<vn='1'>Again the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="1961">came</s> to me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; I was <sn="7065">jealous</s> for <sn="6726">Zion</s> with <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7068">jealousy</s>, and I was <sn="7065">jealous</s> for her with <sn="1419">great</s><sn="2534">fury</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; I am <sn="7725">returned</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="6726">Zion</s>, and will <sn="7931">dwell</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> shall be <sn="7121">called</s> a <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="571">truth</s>; and the <sn="2022">mountain</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> the <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="2022">mountain</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; There shall <sn="5750">yet</s> old <sn="2205">men</s> and old <sn="2205">women</s><sn="3427">dwell</s> in the <sn="7339">streets</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and every <sn="376">man</s> with his <sn="4938">staff</s> in his <sn="3027">hand</s> for <sn="4480 7230">very</s><sn="3117">age</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="7339">streets</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> shall be <sn="4390">full</s> of <sn="3206">boys</s> and <sn="3207">girls</s><sn="7832">playing</s> in the <sn="7339">streets</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; <sn="3588">If</s> it be <sn="6381">marvelous</s> in the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of the <sn="7611">remnant</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> in <sn="1992">these</s><sn="3117">days</s>, should it <sn="1571">also</s> be <sn="6381">marvelous</s> in mine <sn="5869">eyes</s>? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="3467">save</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s> from the <sn="4217">east</s><sn="4480 776">country</s>, and from the <sn="3996 8121">west</s><sn="4480 776">country</s>; </v>
<vn='8'>And I will <sn="935">bring</s> them, and they shall <sn="7931">dwell</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: and they shall <sn="1961">be</s> my <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="1961">be</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, in <sn="571">truth</s> and in <sn="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; Let your <sn="3027">hands</s> be <sn="2388">strong</s>, ye that <sn="8085">hear</s> in <sn="428">these</s><sn="3117">days</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s> by the <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, <sn="834">which</s> were in the <sn="3117">day</s> that the foundation of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> was <sn="3245">laid</s>, that the <sn="1964">temple</s> might be <sn="1129">built</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="1992">these</s><sn="3117">days</s> there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="7939">hire</s> for <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="369">nor</s> any <sn="7939">hire</s> for <sn="929">beast</s>; <sn="369">neither</s> was there any <sn="7965">peace</s> to him that went <sn="3318">out</s> or came <sn="935">in</s> because <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="6862">affliction</s>: for I <sn="7971">set</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="120">men</s> every <sn="376">one</s> against his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>But <sn="6258">now</s><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="3808">not</s> be unto the <sn="7611">residue</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> as in the <sn="7223">former</s><sn="3117">days</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="2233">seed</s> shall be <sn="7965">prosperous</s>; the <sn="1612">vine</s> shall <sn="5414">give</s> her <sn="6529">fruit</s>, and the <sn="776">ground</s> shall <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="2981">increase</s>, and the <sn="8064">heavens</s> shall <sn="5414">give</s> their <sn="2919">dew</s>; and I will cause <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7611">remnant</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="5157">possess</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s> things. </v>
<vn='13'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that <sn="834">as</s> ye <sn="1961">were</s> a <sn="7045">curse</s> among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="3651">so</s> will I <sn="3467">save</s> you, and ye shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="1293">blessing</s>: <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="408">not</s>, but let your <sn="3027">hands</s> be <sn="2388">strong</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; <sn="834">As</s> I <sn="2161">thought</s> to <sn="7489">punish</s> you, when your <sn="1">fathers</s> provoked me to <sn="7107 *853">wrath</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, and I <sn="5162">repented</s><sn="3808">not</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3651">So</s><sn="7725">again</s> have I <sn="2161">thought</s> in <sn="428">these</s><sn="3117">days</s> to do <sn="3190">well</s> unto <sn="*853"></s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> and to the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>: <sn="3372">fear</s> ye <sn="408">not</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="428">These</s> are the <sn="1697">things</s><sn="834">that</s> ye shall <sn="6213">do</s>; <sn="1696">Speak</s> ye every <sn="376">man</s> the <sn="571">truth</s><sn="854">to</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>; <sn="8199">execute</s> the <sn="4941">judgment</s> of <sn="571">truth</s> and <sn="7965">peace</s> in your <sn="8179">gates</s>: </v>
<vn='17'>And let <sn="408 376">none</s> of you <sn="2803">imagine</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7451">evil</s> in your <sn="3824">hearts</s> against his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>; and <sn="157">love</s><sn="408">no</s><sn="8267">false</s><sn="7621">oath</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s> are things <sn="834">that</s> I <sn="8130">hate</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; The <sn="6685">fast</s> of the <sn="7243">fourth</s> month, and the <sn="6685">fast</s> of the <sn="2549">fifth</s>, and the <sn="6685">fast</s> of the <sn="7637">seventh</s>, and the <sn="6685">fast</s> of the <sn="6224">tenth</s>, shall <sn="1961">be</s> to the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="8342">joy</s> and <sn="8057">gladness</s>, and <sn="2896">cheerful</s><sn="4150">feasts</s>; therefore <sn="157">love</s> the <sn="571">truth</s> and <sn="7965">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; It shall <sn="5750">yet</s> come to pass, <sn="834">that</s> there shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="5971">people</s>, and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="7227">many</s><sn="5892">cities</s>: </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="259">one</s> city shall <sn="1980">go</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="259">another</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Let us go <sn="1980 1980">speedily</s> to <sn="2470">pray</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>: <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="1980">go</s><sn="1571">also</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Yea, <sn="7227">many</s><sn="5971">people</s> and <sn="6099">strong</s><sn="1471">nations</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and to <sn="2470">pray</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>; In <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s> it shall come to pass, <sn="834">that</s><sn="6235">ten</s><sn="376">men</s> shall take <sn="2388">hold</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="3956">languages</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s>, even shall take <sn="2388">hold</s> of the <sn="3671">skirt</s> of <sn="376">him</s> that is a <sn="3064">Jew</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, We will <sn="1980">go</s><sn="5973">with</s> you: <sn="3588">for</s> we have <sn="8085">heard</s> that <sn="430">God</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> you. </v>