Zechariah 8:7-13

7Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Behold, I am going to save My people from the land of the 12east and from the land of the 3west; 8and I will 4bring them back and they will 5live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be 6My people, and I will be their God in 7truth and righteousness.’

9“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Let your hands be 8strong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the 9prophets, those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple might be built. 10For before those days there was 10no wage for man or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no 1112peace because of 13his enemies, and I 14set all men one against another. 11But now I will 15not 16treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,’ declares the Lord of hosts. 12‘For there will be 17peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce and the heavens will give their 18dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit 19all these things. 13It will come about that just as you were a 20curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a 21blessing. Do not fear; let your 22hands be strong.’