Zechariah 8:9-13
9“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Let your hands be astrong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the bprophets, those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of Yahweh of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple might be built. 10‘For before those days there was ano wage for man or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no 1,bpeace because of the adversary, and I cset all men one against another. 11‘But now I will anot 1treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,’ declares Yahweh of hosts. 12‘For there will be apeace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the heavens will give their bdew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit call these things. 13‘And it will be that just as you were a acurse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a bblessing. Do not fear; let your chands be strong.’