Zechariah 8:5

The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in them. 1

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

In Context

4Yahweh of hosts says this: 1 Old men and old women will once again be in the streets of Jerusalem, 1 and every person will need a staff in his hand because he has grown so old. 1

6Yahweh of hosts says this: 1 If something seems impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, 1 should it also seem impossible in my eyes?—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 144:12May our sons be like plants who grow to full size in their youth 1 and our daughters like carved corner pillars, shapely like those of a palace. 1

Jeremiah 31:13Then virgins will rejoice with dancing, and young and old men will be together. 1 For I will change their mourning into celebration. I will have compassion on them and cause them to rejoice instead of sorrowing. 1

Jeremiah 33:11the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of the groom and the sound of the bride, the sound of those who say, while they bring thank offerings to the house of Yahweh, “Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts, for Yahweh is good, and his unfailing love lasts forever!” For I will restore the fortunes of the land to what they were before,' says Yahweh.

Zechariah 2:4The second angel said to him, “Run and speak to that young man; say, 1 'Jerusalem will sit in the open country 1 because of the multitudes of men and beasts within her. 1

Matthew 11:16To what should I compare this generation? It is like children playing in the marketplace, who sit and call 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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