Bible in Basic English
"This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will be the saviour of my people from the east country, and from the west country;"
— Zechariah 8:7, Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the open spaces of Jerusalem, every man with his stick in his hand because he is so old.
And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: If this is a wonder to the rest of this people, is it a wonder to me? says the Lord of armies.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will be the saviour of my people from the east country, and from the west country;
And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be to them a God, in good faith and in righteousness.
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your hands be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets, that is to say, in the days when the base of the house of the Lord of armies has been put in place for the building of the house, that is the Temple.
For before those days there was no payment for a man's work, or for the use of a beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because of the attacker: for I had every man turned against his neighbour.