⁵ “Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh^[a] months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me—for me, indeed?

⁹ “The Lord of Heaven’s Armies said, ‘Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

³ The Lord says, ‘I have returned to Zion and will live within Jerusalem. Now Jerusalem will be called “truthful city,” “mountain of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,” “holy mountain.”’ ⁴ Moreover, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, ‘Old men and women will once more live in the plazas of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age. ⁵ And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing.^[a]