Zechariah 8:5

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Summary

Zechariah 8:5

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

Playing

General references

Jeremiah 31:24

Bible References

Playing

and said to him, “Run, speak to that young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited

without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it.

Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine

Within your house,

Your children like olive plants
Around your table.

Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants,
And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace;

‘From them will proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who

celebrate;

And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished;
I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant.

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,
“Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
For the Lord is good,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting”;
and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Lord.

“Arise, cry aloud in the night
At the beginning of the night watches;

Pour out your heart like water

Before the presence of the Lord;
Lift up your hands to Him
For the life of your little ones
Who are faint because of hunger
At the head of every street.”

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

General references

Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.