2. “Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “I am exceedingly zealous for Zion, I am burning with jealousy for her.”
3. Thus says Adonai, “I will return to Zion and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth and the mountain of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be called the Holy Mountain.”
4. Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, “Once again old men and old women will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with his staff in his hand because of his age.
5. The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.”
6. “Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, ‘It may seem difficult in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, but will it also be difficult in My eyes?’—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
7. “Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, ‘Behold, I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
8. I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem. They will be My people and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness.’
9. “Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, ‘Let your hands be strong—you who hear these words spoken by the prophets who were there the day the foundation of the House of Adonai-Tzva’ot was laid—so that the Temple may be rebuilt.
10. Before those days there were no wages for man or animal, nor was there any shalom from adversity for those who came or went because I set every one against his neighbor.
11. But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.