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Chapter 8 |
1 | Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to
me, saying, |
2 | Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and
I was jealous for her with great fury. |
3 |
Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of
Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain
of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. |
4 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall
yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every
man with his staff in his hand for very age. |
5 |
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the
streets thereof. |
6 |
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of
this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the
LORD of hosts. |
7 |
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the
east country, and from the west country; |
8 |
And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and
they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in
righteousness. |
9 | Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these
days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day
that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the
temple might be built. |
10
| For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire
for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in
because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his
neighbour. |
11 |
But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days,
saith the LORD of hosts. |
12 |
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the
ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I
will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. |
13 | And it
shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house
of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a
blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. |
14 |
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your
fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: |
15 | So
again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the
house of Judah: fear ye not. |
16 |
These are the things that ye shall do;
Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour;
execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Eph 4:25
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17 | And let none of you imagine evil in your
hearts against his neighbour; and love no false 1oath: for
all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
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Eccles 5:2,
Matt 14:9
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18 |
And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, |
19 |
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the
fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the
house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth
and peace. |
20 | Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet
come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many
cities: |
21 | And the
inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily
to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. |
22 | Yea, many people and strong nations shall
come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the
LORD. |
23
| Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to
pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations,
even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will
go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. |