5 The streets of the city Shall be afull of boys and girls Playing in its streets.’
6 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘If it is1 marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, aWill it also be marvelous in My eyes?’ Says the Lord of hosts.
7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, aI will save My people from the land of the1 east And from the land of the1 west;
8 I will abring them back, And they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. bThey shall be My people And I will be their God, cIn truth and righteousness.’
9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: a‘Let your hands be strong, You who have been hearing in these days These words by the mouth of bthe prophets, Who spoke in cthe day the foundation was laid For the house of the Lord of hosts, That the temple might be built.
10 For before these days There were no awages for man nor any hire for beast; Therewas no peace from the enemy for whoever went out or came in; For I set all men, everyone, against his neighbor.
11aBut now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,’ says the Lord of hosts.
save my people from . . . east . . . west—that is, from every region (compare Psalms 50:1; the "West" is literally, "the going down of the sun") to which they are scattered; they are now found especially in countries west of Jerusalem. The dispersion under Nebuchadnezzar was only to the east, namely, to Babylonia. The restoration, including a spiritual return to God (Zechariah 8:8), here foretold, must therefore be still future (Isaiah 11:11-12; Isaiah 43:5-6; Ezekiel 37:21; Amos 9:14-15; also Zechariah 13:9; Jeremiah 30:22; Jeremiah 31:1, Jeremiah 31:33).
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