1. Then the word of the Lord of hosts came:
2. Thus says the Lord of hosts:I am intensely jealous for Zion,stirred to jealous wrath for her.
3. Thus says the Lord:I have returned to Zion,and I will dwell within Jerusalem;Jerusalem will be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.
4. Thus says the Lord of hosts:Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of old age.
5. The city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.