Verse 3

Zechariah 8:3

Bible in Basic English

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3 This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שַׁ֚בְתִּי אֶל צִיּ֔וֹן וְ/שָׁכַנְתִּ֖י בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ/נִקְרְאָ֤ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ עִ֣יר הָֽ/אֱמֶ֔ת וְ/הַר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת הַ֥ר הַ/קֹּֽדֶשׁ

English Translation

Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of Hosts, the Holy Mountain.

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Chapter 8 Context

1 And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying, Focus ↗

2 These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her w... Focus ↗

3 This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem...

4 This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the op... Focus ↗

5 And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces. Focus ↗

6 This is what the Lord of armies has said: If this is a wonder to the rest of this people, is it a wo... Focus ↗

7 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will be the saviour of my people from the east coun... Focus ↗

8 And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be t... Focus ↗

9 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your hands be strong, you who are now hearing these wo... Focus ↗

10 For before those days there was no payment for a man's work, or for the use of a beast, and there wa... Focus ↗

11 But now I will not be to the rest of this people as I was in the past, says the Lord of armies. Focus ↗

12 For I will let the seed of peace be planted; the vine will give her fruit and the land will give her... Focus ↗

13 And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children... Focus ↗

14 For this is what the Lord of armies has said: As it was my purpose to do evil to you when your fathe... Focus ↗

15 So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have n... Focus ↗

16 These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let y... Focus ↗

17 Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oath... Focus ↗

18 And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying, Focus ↗

19 This is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in... Focus ↗

20 This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those livin... Focus ↗

21 And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from... Focus ↗

22 And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem an... Focus ↗

23 This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the natio... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Zechariah
Chapter: Chapter 8 (23 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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