1. The Lord All-Powerful said to me:
2. I love Zion so much that her enemies make me angry.
3. I will return to Jerusalem and live there on Mount Zion. Then Jerusalem will be known as my faithful city, and Zion will be known as my holy mountain.
4. Very old people with walking sticks will once again sit around in Jerusalem,
5. while boys and girls play in the streets.
6. This may seem impossible for my people who are left, but it isn't impossible for me, the Lord All-Powerful.
7. I will save those who were taken to lands in the east and the west,
8. and I will bring them to live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, faithful to bring about justice.