⁶ Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Even if it seems impossible^[a] to the remnant^[b] of this people in those days, should it also seem impossible^[c] to me?’^[d] declares^[e] 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^[f] and in righteousness.’