Zechariah 8:8-10

New Century Version

⁸ I will bring them back, and they will live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their good and loyal God.”

⁹ This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Work hard, you who are hearing these words today. The prophets spoke these words when the foundation was laid for the house of the Lord All-Powerful, for the building of the Temple. ¹⁰ Before that time there was no money to hire people or animals. People could not safely come and go because of the enemies; I had turned everyone against his neighbor.