CHAP. VIII.
1 The restauration of Ierusalem. 9 They are incouraged to the building by Gods fauour to them. 16 Good workes are required of them. 18 Ioy and inlargement are promised.
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1 Againe the word of the Lord of hostes came to me, saying;
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2 Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes, I was iealous for Zion, with great iealousie; and I was * iealous for her with great furie. [ * ]
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3 Thus saith the Lord, I am returned vnto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Ierusalem, and Ierusalem shall be called a Citie of trueth, and the Mountaine of the Lord of hostes, the holy Mountaine.
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4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men, and old women, dwell in the streets of Ierusalem, and euery man with his staffe in his hand +for very age.[ + ]
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5 And the streets of the citie shall be full of boyes and girles playing in the streets thereof.
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6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, If it bee marueilous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these dayes, should it also bee || marueilous in my eyes, saith the Lord of hostes?[ || ]
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7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Beholde, I will saue my people from the East countrey, and from the +West countrey.[ + ]
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8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Ierusalem, and they shalbe my people, and I will bee their God, in Trueth and in Righteousnesse.
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9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord of hostes, Let your handes be strong, ye that heare in these dayes, these wordes by the mouth of the Prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laied, that the Temple might be built.
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10 For before these daies there was no ||*hire for man, nor any hire for beast, neither was there any peace to him that went out, or came in, because of the affliction: for I set all men, euery one against his neighbour. [ ||* ]
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11 But now I will not bee vnto the residue of this people, as in the former daies, saith the Lord of hostes.
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12 For the seed shalbe +prosperous: the Uine shall giue her fruit, and the ground shall giue her increase, and the heauens shall giue their dew, and I will cause the remnant of this people to possesse all these things. [+ ]
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13 And it shall come to passe, that as yee were a curse among the heathen, O house of Iudah, and house of Israel; so will I saue you, and ye shalbe a blessing: feare not, but let your handes bee strong.
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99 For thus saith the Lord of hostes, As I thought to punish you, when your fathers prouoked mee to wrath, saith the Lord of hostes, and I repented not:
