Zechariah 8:5

And the rechovot of the city 1 shall be full of yeladim and yeladot 1 playing in the rechovot thereof. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

In Context

4Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 Zekenim and zekenot shall yet dwell in the rechovot of Yerushalayim, 1 and every man with his staff in his hand me'rov yamim (because of many days). + 8:4 i.e., old age 1

6Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 If it be marvellous in the eyes 1 of the she'erit HaAm HaZeh in those days, 1 should it also be marvellous in Mine eyes? 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 144:12In their youth, may baneinu (our sons) be like plants full grown; 1 may benoteinu (our daughters) be like cornerstones, 1 columns wrought for the Heikhal; 1

Jeremiah 31:13And I will satisfy the nefesh of the Kohanim with deshen (fatness, abundance) 1 and My people shall be sated with My Tuv (Bounty, Goodness), saith Hashem. 1

Jeremiah 33:11The kol (sound, voice) of sasson, and the voice of simchah, the voice of the Choson, and the voice of the Kallah, the voice of them that shall say, 1 Hodu Hashem Tzva'os; 1 for Hashem is tov; 1 for His chesed endureth l'olam; and of them that shall bring the todah (thank offerings, sacrifice of praise) into the Beis Hashem. For I will cause the captives of the land to return, as at the first, saith Hashem.

Zechariah 2:4Then said I, What come these to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the keranot which have scattered Yehudah, so that no man did lift up his head; but these [craftsmen] are come to terrify them, to throw down the karnot haGoyim, which lifted up their keren (horn) over Eretz Yehudah to scatter her.

Matthew 11:16But to what will I compare this generation? It is like yeladim sitting in the marketplaces, calling out to one another,

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:2-9

Encouraging Prospects. ( b. c. 517.) 1 Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the Lord ; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain. 4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and… Read the whole commentary →

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