Zechariah 8:1-8

New Century Version

The Lord Will Bless Jerusalem

8 The Lord All-Powerful spoke his word, saying, ² This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “I have a very strong love for Jerusalem. My strong love for her is like a fire burning in me.”

³ This is what the Lord says: “I will return to Jerusalem and live in it. Then it will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord All-Powerful will be called the Holy Mountain.”

⁴ This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Old men and old women will again sit along Jerusalem’s streets, each carrying a cane because of age. ⁵ And the streets will be filled with boys and girls playing.”

⁶ This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Those who are left alive then may think it is too difficult to happen, but it is not too difficult for me,” says the Lord All-Powerful. ⁷ This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “I will save my people from countries in the east and west. ⁸ I will bring them back, and they will live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their good and loyal God.”