4 Very old people with walking sticks will once again sit around in Jerusalem,
5 while boys and girls play in the streets.
6 This may seem impossible for my people who are left, but it isn't impossible for me, the Lord All-Powerful.
7 I will save those who were taken to lands in the east and the west,
8 and I will bring them to live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, faithful to bring about justice.
9 I am the Lord All-Powerful! So don't give up. Think about the message my prophets spoke when the foundation of my temple was laid.
10 Before that time, neither people nor animals were rewarded for their work, and no one was safe anywhere, because I had turned them against each other.