Zechariah 8:19-21

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¹⁹The Lord All-Powerful says, “You have special days of sadness and fasting in the fourth month, the fifth month, the seventh month, and the tenth month.^[a] These days of sadness must be changed into days of happiness. They will be good and happy festivals. And you must love truth and peace.”

²⁰The Lord All-Powerful says,
“In the future, people from many cities will come to Jerusalem.
²¹People from different cities will greet each other and say,
‘We are going to worship the Lord All-Powerful.’
And the other person will say,
‘I would like to go with you!’”

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Footnotes

Zechariah 8:19 days … month These were days when the people remembered the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple. See 2 Kings 25:1-25 and Jer. 41:1-17; 52:1-12.