Zechariah 8:1-8 — Legacy Standard Bible

Jerusalem, the City of Truth

8Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came, saying, ²“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘¹I am ^ajealous with great jealousy for Zion, and with great wrath I am jealous for her.’ ³“Thus says Yahweh, ‘I will return to Zion and will ^adwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of ^bTruth, and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’ ⁴“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘^aOld men and old women will again sit in the ¹streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of ²age. ⁵‘And the ¹streets of the city will be filled with ^aboys and girls playing in its ²streets.’ ⁶“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘If it is ¹^,^atoo difficult in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be ²^,^btoo difficult in My sight?’ declares Yahweh of hosts. ⁷“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Behold, I am going to save My people from the land where the ¹^,^asun rises and from the land where the ²sun sets; ⁸and I will ^abring them back, and they will ^bdwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be ^cMy people, and I will be their God in ¹truth and righteousness.’