Thus says the Lord, ‘I will return to Zion and will (A)dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of (B)Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’ Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘(C)Old men and old women will again sit in the [a]streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of [b]age. And the [c]streets of the city will be filled with (D)boys and girls playing in its [d]streets.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 8:4 Or squares
  2. Zechariah 8:4 Lit the multitude of days
  3. Zechariah 8:5 Or squares
  4. Zechariah 8:5 Or squares

This is what the Lord says: “I will return(A) to Zion(B) and dwell in Jerusalem.(C) Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City,(D) and the mountain(E) of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.(F)

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem,(G) each of them with cane in hand because of their age. The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.(H)

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