1 The Lord Almighty gave this message to Zechariah:
2 “I have longed to help Jerusalem because of my deep love for her people, a love which has made me angry with her enemies.
3 I will return to Jerusalem, my holy city, and live there. It will be known as the faithful city, and the hill of the Lord Almighty almighty: Mount Zion (see Zion in Word List). will be called the sacred hill.
4 Once again old men and women, so old that they use a stick when they walk, will be sitting in the city squares.
5 And the streets will again be full of boys and girls playing.
6 “This may seem impossible to those of the nation who are now left, but it's not impossible for me.
7 I will rescue my people from the lands where they have been taken,