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Zechariah 8
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Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, |
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| 8:2
Thus saith the LORD of
hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. |
 (8:2) "I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with
great fury."
Does God ever get furious?
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| 8:3
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.
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| 8:4
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. |
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| 8:5
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the
streets thereof. |
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| 8:6
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. |
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| 8:7
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east
country, and from the west country; |
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| 8:8
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. |
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| 8:9
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. |
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| 8:10
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. |
 (8:10)
"For I set all men every one against his neighbor."
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| 8:11
But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former
days, saith the LORD of hosts. |
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| 8:12
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. |
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| 8:13
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. |
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| 8:14
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: |
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| 8:15
So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the
house of Judah: fear ye not. |
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| 8:16
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: |
 (8:16-17) "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: And let none of you imagine
evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath."
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| 8:17
And let none of you imagine
evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these
are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
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| 8:18
And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, |
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| 8:19
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. |
(8:19) "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 ... feasts."
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| 8:20
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall
come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: |
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| 8:21
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. |
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| 8:22
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts
in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. |
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| 8:23
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.
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 (8:23) "Thus saith the LORD of hosts ... ten men ... shall take
hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew."
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