Zechariah 8:7-23

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.’

14“For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Just as I 23purposed to do harm to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘and I have not 24relented, 15so I have again purposed in these days to 25do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 26Do not fear! 16These are the things which you should do: speak the 27truth to one another; 28judge with truth and judgment for peace in your 29gates. 17Also let none of you 30devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love 3132perjury; for all these are what I 33hate,’ declares the Lord.”

18Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 19“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘The fast of the 34fourth, the fast of the 35fifth, the fast of the 36seventh and the fast of the 37tenth months will become 38joy, gladness, and 39cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so 40love truth and peace.’

20“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will yet be that 41peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities. 21The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, “Let us go at once to 42entreat the favor of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts; 43I will also go.” 22So 44many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to 45entreat the favor of the Lord.’ 23Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from all the 46nations will 4748grasp the 49garment of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’”