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Zechariah 8 · Grade 5

We Have Heard That God Is with You

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Zechariah 8 is a chain of ten promises, each beginning with Yahweh of Armies says. God declares, I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the middle of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of Yahweh of Armies, the Holy Mountain. The picture of renewal is gentle: old men and old women sit in the streets with staffs, and the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing. If this seems marvelous to the remnant, God asks, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?

God promises to gather his people from the east and the west, and says, they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. He says, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don't be afraid. Let your hands be strong. God reminds them that just as he once brought judgment, now he has thought to do good to Jerusalem.

God's people must respond with changed lives: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates. Mourning fasts would become joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts. Finally, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh. Ten men out of all the languages of the nations will take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, we will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you. God's blessing on his people would draw the whole world toward him.

Show What You Know

  1. What does God's question in verse 6 show?

  2. What covenant words does verse 8 repeat?

  3. How would God's people change among the nations?

  4. What draws the ten men to God's people?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Let your hands be ____.
  2. Execute the judgment of truth and ____ in your gates.
  3. Speak every man the ____ with his neighbor.

Down

  1. Speak every man the truth with his ____.
  2. Old men and old women will again dwell in the ____ of Jerusalem.

Think About It

  1. God promised streets full of children playing. What does this show about the kind of world God wants?

  2. Other nations were drawn to God because they saw he was with his people. How can your church show others that God is with you?

Memory Verse

It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don’t be afraid. Let your hands be strong.”

Zechariah 8:13 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the joy you give. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What helps you feel joy at church?
  • Who could you invite to church or to family worship?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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