Verse 9
Zechariah 8:9
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֹּֽה אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יְדֵי/כֶ֔ם הַ/שֹּֽׁמְעִים֙ בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה אֵ֖ת הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה מִ/פִּי֙ הַ/נְּבִיאִ֔ים אֲ֠שֶׁר בְּ/י֞וֹם יֻסַּ֨ד בֵּית יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת הַ/הֵיכָ֖ל לְ/הִבָּנֽוֹת
English Translation
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, you who hear these words from the mouth of the prophets, who spoke on the day when the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
1
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,
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2
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her wit...
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3
Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem...
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4
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem...
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5
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
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6
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those d...
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7
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west...
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and I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people,...
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9
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from t...
10
For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace...
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11
But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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12
For there shall be the seed of peace; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its i...
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13
And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of...
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14
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil unto you, when your fathers provoked me to...
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15
so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye n...
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16
These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the j...
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17
and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all...
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18
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
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19
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast o...
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20
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come peoples, and the inhab...
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21
and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor...
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22
Yea, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entrea...
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23
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out...
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