Zechariah 8:7-9

English Standard Version

⁷ Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, ^(A)I will save my people ^(B)from the east country and from the west country, ⁸ and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. ^(C)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, ^(D)in faithfulness and in righteousness.”

⁹ Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^(E)“Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of ^(F)the prophets who were present on ^(G)the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.