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20 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘It will yet be that (A)peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities. 21 The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, “Let us go at once to [a](B)entreat the favor of Yahweh and to seek Yahweh of hosts; [b]I will also go.” 22 So (C)many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek Yahweh of hosts in Jerusalem and to [c](D)entreat the favor of Yahweh.’ 23 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from every tongue of the nations will [d](E)take hold of the [e]garment of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 8:21 Lit soften the face of
  2. Zechariah 8:21 Or let me go too
  3. Zechariah 8:22 Lit soften the face of
  4. Zechariah 8:23 Lit grasp, and they will grasp
  5. Zechariah 8:23 Or corner of the garment

20 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come, 21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat(A) the Lord and seek(B) the Lord Almighty. I myself am going.’ 22 And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.”(C)

23 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’”(D)

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