2. The Lord All-Powerful says, “I have a very strong love for Mount Zion. I love her so much that I became angry when she was not faithful to me.”
3. The Lord says, “I have come back to Zion, and I am living in Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called Faithful City. The mountain of the Lord All-Powerful will be called Holy Mountain.”
4. The Lord All-Powerful says, “Old men and women will again be seen in the public places in Jerusalem. People will live so long that they will need their walking sticks.
5. And the city will be filled with children playing in the streets.”
6. The Lord All-Powerful says, “The survivors will think it is wonderful, and so will I!”
7. The Lord All-Powerful says, “Look, I am rescuing my people from countries in the east and west.
8. I will bring them back here, and they will live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their good and faithful God.”
9. The Lord All-Powerful says, “Be strong! You people are hearing the same message today that the prophets gave when the Lord All-Powerful first laid the foundations to rebuild his Temple.