Zec 8:3-12
I have returned to Zion,
and I will dwell within Jerusalem;
Jerusalem will be called the faithful city,* b
and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.
Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of old age.c 5The city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.
Even if this should seem impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it seem impossible in my eyes also?d—oracle of the LORD of hosts.
I am going to rescue my people from the land of the rising sun, and from the land of the setting sun. 8I will bring them back to dwell within Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God,e in faithfulness and justice.
Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words which were spoken by the prophets when the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid* for the building of the temple.f 10For before those days, there were no wages for people, nor hire for animals. Those who came and went were not safe from the enemy, for I set neighbor against neighbor. 11But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in former days—oracle of the LORD of hosts.
12For there will be a sowing of peace:
the vine will yield its fruit,
the land will yield its crops,
and the heavens* will yield their dew.
I will give all these things to the remnant of this people to possess.