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Zechariah 8:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Zechariah 8:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 Thus says the Lord: I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts shall be called the holy mountain.(A) 4 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age.(B) 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.(C)
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Zechariah 8:3-5
New King James Version
Zechariah 8:3-5
New King James Version
3 “Thus says the Lord:
(A)‘I will return to Zion,
And (B)dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem (C)shall be called the City of Truth,
(D)The Mountain of the Lord of hosts,
(E)The Holy Mountain.’
4 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(F)‘Old men and old women shall again sit
In the streets of Jerusalem,
Each one with his staff in his hand
Because of [a]great age.
5 The streets of the city
Shall be (G)full of boys and girls
Playing in its streets.’
Footnotes
- Zechariah 8:4 Lit. many days
Zechariah 8:3-5
English Standard Version
Zechariah 8:3-5
English Standard Version
3 Thus says the Lord: (A)I have returned to Zion and (B)will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, (C)and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, (D)and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain. 4 Thus says the Lord of hosts: (E)Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
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Zechariah 8:3-5
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Zechariah 8:3-5
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3 This is what the Lord says: “I will return(A) to Zion(B) and dwell in Jerusalem.(C) Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City,(D) and the mountain(E) of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.(F)”
4 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem,(G) each of them with cane in hand because of their age. 5 The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.(H)”
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