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Zechariah 7
¹¹ But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing.
¹² They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
¹³ And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen," says the Lord of hosts;
¹⁴ "but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate."
Zechariah 8
¹ Then the word of the Lord of hosts came, saying,
² "Thus says the Lord of hosts, ’I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.’
³ Thus says the Lord, ’I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’
⁴ Thus says the Lord of hosts, ’Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of age.
⁵ And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.’
⁶ Thus says the Lord of hosts, ’If it is too difficult in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be too difficult in My sight?’ declares the Lord of hosts.
⁷ Thus says the Lord of hosts, ’Behold, I am going to save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west;