Zechariah 8-10

“So love truth and peace” (8:19).  Zechariah gave comfort and hope to the exiles who were trying to rebuild Jerusalem.  God promised to make Jerusalem a city where older people would safely watch small children play in the streets (8:4).  Young men and women would thrive, and all the people would be at peace, because “they are as stones in a crown, sparkling in His land” (9:16).  That, said Zechariah, is what the Redeemer has in mind for us, “so love truth and peace.”

Zechariah urged the Israelites to repent and turn toward God’s kingdom, the City of Truth (8:3), by pursuing truth and peace with one another.