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"Thussays the LORD, 'I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the HolyMountain.'
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"Thussays the LORD of hosts, 'If it is toodifficult in the sight of the remnant of thispeople in thosedays, will it also be toodifficult in My sight?' declares the LORD of hosts.
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and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.'
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"Thussays the LORD of hosts, 'Let your hands be strong, you who are listening in thesedays to thesewords from the mouth of the prophets, those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple might be built.
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'For beforethosedays there was nowage for man or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was nopeacebecause of his enemies, and I setallmenone against another.
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'For there will be peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of thispeople to inheritallthese things.
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'It will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.'
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"For thussays the LORD of hosts, 'Just as I purposed to doharm to you when your fathersprovoked Me to wrath,' says the LORD of hosts, 'and I have not relented,
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Then the word of the LORD of hostscame to me, saying,
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"Thussays the LORD of hosts, 'The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth months will becomejoy, gladness, and cheerfulfeasts for the house of Judah; so lovetruth and peace.'
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'The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, "Let us go at once to entreat the favor* of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts; I will alsogo."
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"Thussays the LORD of hosts, 'In thosedaystenmen from all the nations will grasp the garment of a Jew, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.""'