Zechariah 8:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ I will rescue my people from the lands where they have been taken, ⁸ and will bring them back from east and west to live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, ruling over them faithfully and justly.

⁹ “Have courage! You are now hearing the same words the prophets spoke at the time the foundation was being laid for rebuilding my Temple.