19 “The Lord of armies says this: ‘The fast of the (A)fourth, the fast of the (B)fifth, the fast of the (C)seventh, and the fast of the (D)tenth months will become (E)joy, jubilation, and [a]cheerful festivals for the house of Judah; so (F)love truth and peace.’

20 “The Lord of armies says this: ‘It will yet turn out that (G)peoples will come, that is, the inhabitants of many cities. 21 The inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, “Let’s go at once to (H)plead for the favor of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of armies; [b]I also will go.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 8:19 Or goodly
  2. Zechariah 8:21 Or let me go too

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