so again I have thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Zechariah 8:15 in context
Zechariah 8:12–18
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“For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew. I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
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It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don’t be afraid. Let your hands be strong.”
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For the LORD of Armies says: “As I thought to do evil to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath,” says the LORD of Armies, “and I didn’t repent,
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so again I have thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.
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These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,
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and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate,” says the LORD.
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The word of the LORD of Armies came to me.
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