Zechariah 8:7-9

New Century Version

⁷ This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “I will save my people from countries in the east and west. ⁸ I will bring them back, and they will live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their good and loyal God.”

⁹ This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Work hard, you who are hearing these words today. The prophets spoke these words when the foundation was laid for the house of the Lord All-Powerful, for the building of the Temple.