2. This is what the Lord of Armies says:I am very jealous about Zion.I am fiercely possessive of it.
3. This is what the Lord says:I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem.Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth.The mountain of the Lord of Armies will be called the holy mountain.
4. This is what the Lord of Armies says:Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem.Each will have a cane in hand because of old age.
5. The city will be filled with boys and girls playing in the streets.
6. This is what the Lord of Armies says:It may seem impossible to the few remaining people in those days,but will it seem impossible to me? declares the Lord of Armies.
7. This is what the Lord of Armies says:I am going to save my peoplefrom the land where the sun risesand from the land where the sun sets.
8. I will bring them back, and they will live in Jerusalem.They will be my people, and I will be their God, who is faithful and just.
9. This is what the Lord of Armies says:Be strong so that the temple might be rebuilt,you people who are presently listeningto the words from the mouths of the prophetswho spoke when the foundationfor the house of the Lord of Armies was laid.
10. Before that time there was no money to hire any person or animal.No one who traveled was safe from the enemy.I turned every person against his neighbor.