ZachaYahu (Zachariah) — 8
Promised Barakah for Yahushalam
1 Then another message came to me from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut:
2 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: My love for Mount Ziun is passionate and strong; I am consumed with passion for Yahushalam!
3 “And now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: I am returning to Mount Ziun, and I will live in Yahushalam. Then Yahushalam will be called the Faithful City; the mountain of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut will be called the Qadash Mountain.
4 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: Once again old men and women will walk Yahushalam’s streets with their canes and will sit together in the city squares.
5 And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls at play.
6 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: All this may seem impossible to you now, a small remnant of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s people. But is it impossible for me? says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut.
7 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: You can be sure that I will rescue my people from the east and from the west.
8 I will bring them home again to live safely in Yahushalam. They will be my people, and I will be faithful and just toward them as their 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH.
9 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: Be strong and finish the task! Ever since the laying of the foundation of the Temple of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut, you have heard what the Nabyms have been saying about completing the building.
10 Before the work on the Temple began, there were no jobs and no money to hire people or animals. No traveler was safe from the enemy, for there were enemies on all sides. I had turned everyone against each other.
11 “But now I will not treat the remnant of my people as I treated them before, says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut.
12 For I am planting seeds of Shalum and prosperity among you. The grapevines will be heavy with fruit. The Arath will produce its crops, and the Shamaym will release the dew. Once more I will cause the remnant in Yahudah and Yashar'AL to inherit these Barakah.
13 Among the other nations, Yahudah and Yashar'AL became symbols of a cursed nation. But no longer! Now I will rescue you and make you both a symbol and a source of Barakah. So do not be afraid. Be strong, and get on with rebuilding the Temple!
14 “For this is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut Dabar: I was determined to punish you when your ancestors angered me, and I did not change my mind, says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.
15 But now I am determined to barak Yahushalam and the people of Yahudah. So do not be afraid.
16 But this is what you must do: Tell the truth to each other. Render verdicts in your courts that are just and that lead to Shalum.
17 Do not scheme against each other. Stop your love of telling lies of what you swear are the truth. I hate all these things, says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.”
18 Here is another message that came to me from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut.
19 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: The traditional fasts and times of mourning you have kept in early summer, midsummer, autumn, and winter are now ended. They will become festivals of joy and celebration for the people of Yahudah. So love truth and Shalum.
20 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Yahushalam.
21 The people of one city will say to the people of another, ‘Come with us to Yahushalam to ask 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH to barak us. Let us worship 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut. I am determined to go.’
22 Many people and powerful nations will come to Yahushalam to seek 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut and to ask for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH's Barakah.
23 “This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: In those days ten men from different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the sleeve of one Yahudym, and they will say, ‘Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH is with you.’”