He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid. Peace be to you. Y’all must be strong-strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
Y’all are to tell those who have a fearful heart, “Y’all be strong! Don’t be afraid! Look, y’all’s God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution is coming. Hᴇ will come and save y’all.
At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will gladly boast all the more in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Then Peter turned around and saw a disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, following them. (This was the one who had also leaned against Jesus’s chest at the supper and asked, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”)
But now you be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says YHWH. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all people of the land,’ says YHWH. ‘Y’all must work, for I am with y’all,’ says YHWH Almighty.
YHWH Almighty says: “Let y’all’s hands be strong, y’all who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the prophets who were there the day that the foundation of the house of YHWH Almighty was laid, even the temple, so that it might be built.
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
It will come to pass that, as y’all were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save y’all, and y’all will be a blessing. So y’all must not be afraid! Instead let y’all’s hands be strong.”