Yahweh’s Promise to Jerusalem

8 And the word of Yahweh of hosts came, saying, ² “Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘I am exceedingly jealous for Zion;^[a] I am jealous for it with great wrath.’ ³ Thus says Yahweh: ‘I have returned to Zion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be called the faithful city,^[b] and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts will be called the holy mountain.’ ⁴ Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Old men and old women shall again sit in the public squares of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand^[c] because of great age.^{[d] 5} And the public squares of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its public squares.’ ⁶ Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Even if it seems impossible^[e] to the remnant^[f] of this people in those days, should it also seem impossible^[g] to me?’^[h] declares^[i] Yahweh of hosts. ⁷ Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Look! I am going to save my people from the land of the east, and from the land of the west, ⁸ and I will bring them and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. They will be my people and I will be their God in faithfulness^[j] and in righteousness.’