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Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Old men and old women shall again sit in the public squares of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand[a] because of great age.[b] And the public squares of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its public squares.’ Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Even if it seems impossible[c] to the remnant[d] of this people in those days, should it also seem impossible[e] to me?’[f] declares[g] Yahweh of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 8:4 Hebrew “a man his staff in his hand”
  2. Zechariah 8:4 Literally “because of the multitude of days”
  3. Zechariah 8:6 Or “wonderful”
  4. Zechariah 8:6 Literally “in the eyes of the remnant”
  5. Zechariah 8:6 Or “wonderful”
  6. Zechariah 8:6 Literally “in my eyes”
  7. Zechariah 8:6 Literally “declaration of”