10. For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no peace because of his enemies, and I set all men one against another.
11. But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,' declares the Lord of hosts.
12. 'For there will be peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
13. It will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.'
14. "For thus says the Lord of hosts, 'Just as I purposed to do harm to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,' says the Lord of hosts, 'and I have not relented,
15. so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!
16. These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.
17. Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,' declares the Lord."
18. Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,