¹⁸ And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

^{19 Ref} This is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in the fifth and the seventh and the tenth months, will be for the people of Judah times of joy and happy meetings; so be lovers of good faith and of peace.

^{20 Ref} This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,

^{21 Ref} And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.