Zechariah 8:9-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

Be strong so that the temple might be rebuilt,
you people who are presently listening
to the words from the mouths of the prophets
who spoke when the foundation
for the house of the Lord of Armies was laid.
¹⁰ Before that time there was no money to hire any person or animal.
No one who traveled was safe from the enemy.
I turned every person against his neighbor.
¹¹ But now I won’t deal with the few remaining people
as I did in earlier times, declares the Lord of Armies.