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Jerusalem, the City of Truth

¹ Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came, saying,² "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, '^(F1)I am ^(C1)jealous 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 ^(C1)dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of ^(C2)Truth, and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.'⁴ "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, '^(C1)Old men and old women will again sit in the ^(F1)streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of ^(F2)age.⁵ 'And the ^(F1)streets of the city will be filled with ^(C1)boys and girls playing in its ^(F1)streets.'⁶ "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'If it is ^(F1)(C1)too difficult in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be ^(F1)(C2)too 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 ^(F1)(C1)sun rises and from the land where the ^(F2)sun sets;⁸ and I will ^(C1)bring them back, and they will ^(C2)dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be ^(C3)My people, and I will be their God in ^(F1)truth and righteousness.'

⁹ "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'Let your hands be ^(C1)strong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the ^(C2)prophets, 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 ^(C1)no wage for man or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no ^(F1)(C2)peace because of the adversary, and I ^(C3)set all men one against another.¹¹ 'But now I will ^(C1)not ^(F1)treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,' declares Yahweh of hosts.¹² 'For there will be ^(C1)peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the heavens will give their ^(C2)dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit ^(C3)all these things.¹³ 'And it will be that just as you were a ^(C1)curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a ^(C2)blessing. Do not fear; let your ^(C3)hands be strong.'

¹⁴ "For thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'Just as I ^(C1)purposed to bring about evil to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,' says Yahweh of hosts, 'and I have not ^(C2)relented,¹⁵ so I have again purposed in these days to ^(C1)do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. ^(C2)Do not fear!¹⁶ 'These are the things which you should do: speak the ^(C1)truth to one another; ^(C2)judge with truth and judgment for peace in your ^(F1)gates.¹⁷ 'Also let none of you ^(C1)devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love ^(F1)(C2)false oaths; for all these are what I ^(C3)hate,' declares Yahweh."

¹⁸ Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,¹⁹ "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'The fast of the ^(C1)fourth, the fast of the ^(C2)fifth, the fast of the ^(C3)seventh, and the fast of the ^(C4)tenth months will become ^(C5)joy, gladness, and ^(F1)merry appointed feasts for the house of Judah; so ^(C6)love truth and peace.'

²⁰ "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'It will yet be that ^(C1)peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities.²¹ 'The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, "Let us go at once to ^(F1)(C1)entreat the favor of Yahweh and to seek Yahweh of hosts; ^(F2)I will also go."²² 'So ^(C1)many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek Yahweh of hosts in Jerusalem and to ^(F1)(C2)entreat the favor of Yahweh.'²³ "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'In those days ten men from every tongue of the nations will ^(F1)(C1)take hold of the ^(F2)garment of a Jew, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."'"