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Zechariah 8 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:1 - And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts, saying:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:2 - 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, With great heat I have been zealous for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:3 - Thus said Jehovah: I have turned back unto Zion, And I have dwelt in the midst of Jerusalem, And Jerusalem hath been called 'The city of truth,' And the mountain of Jehovah of Hosts, 'The holy mountain.'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:4 - Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again dwell do old men and old women, In broad places of Jerusalem, And each his staff in his hand, Because of abundance of days.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:5 - And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:6 - Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Surely it is wonderful in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, Also in Mine eyes it is wonderful, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:7 - Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am saving My people from the land of the rising, And from the land of the going in, of the sun,
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:8 - And I have brought them in, They have dwelt in the midst of Jerusalem, And they have been to Me for a people, And I am to them for God, In truth and in righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:9 - Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Let your hands be strong, Ye who are hearing in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets, That in the day the house of Jehovah of Hosts Hath been founded, the temple is to be built.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - For, before those days there hath been no hiring of man, Yea, a hiring of beasts there is none; And to him who is going out, And to him who is coming in, There is no peace because of the adversary, And I send all men -- each against his neighbour.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:11 - And now, not as in the former days am I to the remnant of this people, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:12 - Because of the sowing of peace, The vine doth give her fruit, And the earth doth give her increase, And the heavens do give their dew, And I have caused the remnant of this people To inherit all these.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:13 - And it hath come to pass, As ye have been a reviling among nations, O house of Judah, and house of Israel, So I save you, and ye have been a blessing, Do not fear, let your hands be strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:14 - For, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, As I did purpose to do evil to you, When your fathers made Me wroth, Said Jehovah of Hosts, and I did not repent,
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:15 - So I have turned back, I have purposed, in these days, To do good with Jerusalem, And with the house of Judah -- fear not!
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:16 - These are the things that ye do: Speak ye truth each with his neighbour, Truth and peaceful judgment judge in your gates,
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17 - And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these are things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:18 - And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months, are to the house of Judah for joy and for rejoicing, and for pleasant appointed seasons, and the truth and the peace they have loved.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:20 - Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet come do peoples, and inhabitants of many cities,
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:21 - Yea, gone have inhabitants of one To another, saying: We go diligently, To appease the face of Jehovah, To seek Jehovah of Hosts -- I go, even I.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:22 - Yea, come in have many peoples, and mighty nations, To seek Jehovah of Hosts in Jerusalem, And to appease the face of Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:23 - Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: In those days take hold do ten men of all languages of the nations, Yea, they have taken hold on the skirt of a man, a Jew, saying: We go with you, for we heard God is with you!
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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