The word of YAHWEH All-Powerful came to me. 2Thus says YAHWEH All-Powerful: “I am jealous for Al-Quds with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.“
3Thus says YAHWEH: “I have returned to Al-Quds, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called ‘The City of Truth;’ and the mountain of YAHWEH All-Powerful, ‘The Holy Mountain.‘”
4Thus says YAHWEH All-Powerful: “Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his cane in his hand because of age. 5The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.“
6Thus says YAHWEH All-Powerful: “If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?“ says YAHWEH All-Powerful.
7Thus says YAHWEH All-Powerful: “Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; 8and I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.“
9Thus says YAHWEH All-Powerful: “Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were there in the day that the foundation of the house of YAHWEH All-Powerful was laid, even the temple, that it might be built. 10For before those days there was no wages for man, nor any wages for an animal; neither was there safety for him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I set every man against his neighbour. 11But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days,“ says YAHWEH All-Powerful. 12“For the seed will grow well, and the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things. 13It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not be afraid. Let your hands be strong.“
14For thus says YAHWEH All-Powerful: “As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath,“ says YAHWEH All-Powerful, “and I did not relent; 15so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not be afraid. 16This is what you shall do: Each of you speak the truth to his neighbour.[1] Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates, 17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbour, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate,“ says YAHWEH.
18The word of YAHWEH All-Powerful came to me. 19Thus says YAHWEH All-Powerful: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.“
20Thus says YAHWEH All-Powerful: “Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come; 21and the inhabitants of one shall go to another, saying, ‘Let us go speedily to entreat the favour of YAHWEH, and to seek YAHWEH All-Powerful. I will go also.’ 22Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek YAHWEH All-Powerful in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favour of YAHWEH.“ 23Thus says YAHWEH All-Powerful: “In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.‘”
[1] 8:16 Quoted in the Injil, Ephesians 4:25.