1 God spoke to Zechariah again. 2 God said, I care for Zion very much. I will keep her safe and strong. ❤️️ 3 God said, I came back to Zion. I will live in Jerusalem. The city will be called a true city. My hill will be called a holy hill. ️️✨ 4 God said, Old men and old women will sit in the city streets. They will hold a stick because they are very old. 5 Boys and girls will play in the streets. ⚽ 6 God said, You may think this is too big. But it is not too big for God. ✨ 7 God said, I will save My people from the east and from the west. ️➡️⬅️ 8 I will bring them home to live in Jerusalem. They will be My people. I will be their God. I will be true and good to them. ️❤️ 9 God said, Be strong. Keep working. You heard My words when the house of God was started. Build My house. ️⛪ 10 Before, there was no pay. People and even animals got no pay. The roads were not safe. Enemies were near. People fought each other. ️⚔️ 11 But now I will not treat My people like before. 12 There will be peace. Vines will give fruit. The ground will give food. The sky will give dew. My people will have all this. ️ 13 Before, other lands said bad of you. Now I will save you. You will be a good gift. Do not be scared. Be strong. 14 God said, Long ago I planned to bring bad to you, and I did it, because your fathers made Me mad. ⚠️ 15 Now I plan to bring good to Jerusalem and to Judah. Do not be scared. ️ 16 Do this: Tell the truth. Make fair rules in your town. Make peace. ️✅⚖️️ 17 Do not plan bad in your heart. Do not make a not-true promise. I hate these things, God says. 18 God spoke to Zechariah again. 19 God said, The no-food days in month 4, 5, 7, and 10 will be happy days. They will be big eat days. So love truth and peace. ➡️️️ 20 God said, People from many towns will come. ️➡️️ 21 People in one town will say to friends, Let us go now to ask God for help. Let us go to God. I will go too. 22 Many people and big groups will come to Jerusalem to ask God for help and to be with God. ️ 23 God said, In those days many from all lands will hold the coat of a Jew. They will say, We will go with you. We heard God is with you.