Elderly Couple and Playing Children in Jerusalem's Streetsby emmanuel_higgins
8:5Zechariah 8:5
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
The picture is of a restored city made safe and flourishing, where young boys and girls fill its open places with free and joyful play. This belongs to a larger divine pledge to return to Zion, to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and to bless the people there. The same pledge pictures aged men and women living on in the city in tranquil security, and Judah and Israel changed from a curse to a blessing among the nations. Despite the testing and watchful care bestowed upon Israel, the nation failed to fulfill the purposes designed for it.
The picture is of a restored city made safe and flourishing, where young boys and girls fill its open places with free and joyful play. This belongs to a larger divine pledge to return to Zion, to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and to bless the people there. The same pledge pictures aged men and women living on in the city in tranquil security, and Judah and Israel changed from a curse to a blessing among the nations. Despite the testing and watchful care bestowed upon Israel, the nation failed to fulfill the purposes designed for it.