Zechariah 8:5-8 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

5. The city streets will be filled with boys and girls. They will be playing there."

6. He continued, "All of that might seem wonderful to the people who are living at that time. But it will not seem wonderful to me."

7. He continued, "I will save my people. I will gather them from the countries of the east and the west.

8. I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem. They will be my people. I will be their faithful God. I will keep my promises to them."

Zechariah 8