Zechariah 8:7-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁷ Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Behold, I am going to save My people from the land of the ^[a](A)east and from the land of the ^[b]west; ⁸ and I will ^(B)bring them back and they will ^(C)live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be ^(D)My people, and I will be their God in ^[c]truth and righteousness.’

⁹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Let your hands be ^(E)strong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the ^(F)prophets, those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple might be built.