Zechariah 8:1-8

Christian Standard Bible

Obedience and Feasting

8 The word of the Lord of Armies came: ² The Lord of Armies says this: “I am extremely jealous^(A) for Zion; I am jealous for her with great wrath.” ³ The Lord says this: “I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City;^(B) the mountain of the Lord of Armies will be called the Holy Mountain.” ⁴ The Lord of Armies says this: “Old men and women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of advanced age. ⁵ The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.” ⁶ The Lord of Armies says this: “Though it may seem impossible to the remnant of this people in those days, should it also seem impossible to me?”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. ⁷ The Lord of Armies says this: “I will save my people from the land of the east and the land of the west.^{[a] 8} I will bring them back^(C) to live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”^(D)