Zechariah 8:20 meaning and explanation

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—

Zechariah 8:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Zechariah 8:20 continues a series of promises the prophet delivers to the returned exiles in Jerusalem, probably in the late sixth century BC, while the temple was still being rebuilt. The people had known hardship, failed harvests and insecurity, so the LORD answers with a picture of the future that reverses their experience.

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