Zechariah 8:5

Translations

Modern

And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

Traditional

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

Literal

And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.”

Latin

Et plateæ civitatis complebuntur infantibus et puellis, ludentibus in plateis ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

Notes

Zechariah 8:4–5

The images of elderly men and women walking, along with boys and girls playing in the streets, show that families are returning to the once devastated city of Jerusalem. God's presence returning to his rebuilt temple will bring peace and safety to the city's people (see Jeremiah 33:10–11).

Zechariah 8:1–23

This part of Zechariah’s sermons links to the previous section through fasting and the ethical demands of a covenant with the Lord (Zechariah 7:8–10; 8:16–17). Questions about fasting in 7:2–7 are answered in 8:18–19. The tone and message shift from warning and judgment to encouragement and renewal. Fasting will change to feasting (Zechariah 8:19).

Zechariah 7:1–8:23

These sermons provide a transition between the visions of the present (chapters 1–6) and those of the near future (chapters 9–11) and the more distant future (chapters 12–14).

Chapter 7 talks about fasting due to past disasters. Chapter 8 focuses on feasting for future blessings.

Events

Prophecies of Zechariahc. 520 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 31:13
Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
Zechariah 2:4
…and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
Jeremiah 30:19–20
Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
Jeremiah 33:11
…the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 31:27
“The 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 of beast.
Matthew 11:16–17
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
Psalm 128:3–4
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
Psalm 144:12–15
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

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