4. He continued, "Once again old men and women will sit in the streets of Jerusalem. All of them will be using canes because they are old.
5. The city streets will be filled with boys and girls. They will be playing there."
6. He continued, "All of that might seem wonderful to the people who are living at that time. But it will not seem wonderful to me."
7. He continued, "I will save my people. I will gather them from the countries of the east and the west.
8. I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem. They will be my people. I will be their faithful God. I will keep my promises to them."
9. The Lord who rules over all says to his people, "Listen to the words that were spoken by the prophets Haggai and Zechariah. They spoke to you when the work on my temple started up again. Let your hands be strong so that you can rebuild the temple.
10. "Before the work was started again, there was no pay for the people or food for the animals. People could not go about their business safely because of their enemies. I had turned all of them against one another.