Zechariah 8:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.’

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:13

Then the young women will rejoice with dancing, while young and old men rejoice together. I will turn their mourning into joy, give them consolation, and bring happiness out of grief.

Zechariah 2:4

He said to him, ‘Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and animals in it.’

Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water before the Lord’s presence. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger at the head of every street.

Jeremiah 33:11

a sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the groom and the bride,  and the voice of those saying, Give thanks to the Lord of Armies, for the Lord is good; his faithful love endures for ever as they bring thanksgiving sacrifices to the temple of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as in former times, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:27

‘Look, the days are coming’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘when I will sow the house of Israel  and the house of Judah with the seed of people and the seed of animals.

Jeremiah 31:12

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant with joy because of the  Lord’s goodness, because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and because of the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.

Zechariah 2:8

For the Lord of Armies says this: ‘In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil  of my  eye.