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The Prophecy
of Zacharias 8
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have been jealous for
Sion with a great jealousy, and with a great indignation
have I been jealous for her.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I am returned to Sion,
and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem
shall be called The city of truth, and the mountain
of the Lord of hosts, The sanctified mountain.
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 through multitude
of days.
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and
girls, playing in the streets thereof.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If it seem hard in the
eyes of the remnant of this people in those days: shall
it be hard in my eyes, saith the Lord of hosts?
Thus saith the Lord of hosts : Behold I will save my
people from the land of the east, and from the land
of the going down of the sun.
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 justice.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strengthened,
you that hear in these days these words by the mouth
of the prophets, in the day that the house of the Lord
of hosts was founded, that the temple might be built.
For before those days there was no hire for men, neither
was there hire for beasts, neither was there peace to
him that came in, nor to him that went out, because
of the tribulation: and I let all men go every one against
his neighbour.
But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people
according to the former days, saith the Lord of hosts.
But there shall be the seed of peace: the vine shall
yield her fruit, and the earth 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.
And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse
among the Gentiles, O house of Juda, and house of Israel:
so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: fear
not, let your hands be strengthened.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts: As I purposed to afflict
you, when your fathers had provoked me to wrath, saith
the Lord,
And I had no mercy: so turning again I have thought
in these days to do good to the house of Juda, and Jerusalem:
fear not.
These then are the things, which you shall do: Speak
ye truth every one to his neighbour: judge ye truth
and judgment of peace in your gates.
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against
his friend: and love not a false oath: for all these
are the things that I hate, saith the Lord.
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
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 Juda, joy, and gladness, and great solemnities: only
love ye truth and peace.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, until people come, and
dwell in many cities,
And the inhabitants go one to another, saying: Let us
go, and entreat the face of the Lord, and let us seek
the Lord of hosts: I also will go.
And many peoples, and strong nations shall come to seek
the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the face
of the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts : In those days, wherein
ten men of all languages of the Gentiles shall take
hold, and shall hold fast the shirt of one that is a
Jew, saying: We will go with you: for we have heard
that God is with you. |
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