How do promised streets and festivals accompany truth?

The heading interprets Jerusalem’s joyful promises as fully verified in Christ’s church. God declares jealousy and indignation for Sion, return to her and future dwelling in Jerusalem, the city of truth and sanctified mountain. Old men and women with staffs and playing boys and girls will fill streets. What seems hard to the remnant is not hard to God. People from east and sunset lands will be saved and brought to Jerusalem, his people with him as God in truth and justice.

Those hearing prophets at the house’s founding are encouraged to strengthen hands. Former days lacked hire for men and beasts and peace for coming and going, with neighbor against neighbor. God will deal differently with the remnant: seed of peace, vine fruit, earth’s increase and heaven’s dew become their possession. Juda and Israel change from a curse among Gentiles to blessing. Past wrath gives way to intended good. They must speak truth, judge truth and peace at gates, reject imagined evil against friends and false oaths.

Fasts of fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joy, gladness and solemnities; truth and peace must be loved. The edition gives ninth day of fourth month for Jerusalem taken, tenth of fifth for temple burning, third of seventh for Godolias’s murder, and tenth of tenth for the siege’s beginning, retaining future obedience as condition. Inhabitants invite each other to seek God; peoples and strong nations come to Jerusalem. Ten men of Gentile languages hold a Jew’s skirt, having heard God is with them. The edition distinguishes pre-Christian proselytes from more numerous conversions through Jewish apostles and preachers. The future celebrations are not reported already completed.