⁴ This is what the Lord of Armies says. Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, all of them with canes^[a] in their hand due to old age. ⁵ Then the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.

⁶ This is what the Lord of Armies says. Although in those days this may seem unattainable to the surviving remnant of this people, will it also seem unattainable to me? declares the Lord of Armies.

⁷ This is what the Lord of Armies says. Look, I will save my people from the land where the sun rises and from the land where the sun sets, ⁸ and I will bring them to settle in the midst of Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.