<p class="poetry">It will happen in all the land, says the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">that two-thirds of the people<n id="1" /> in it will be cut off and die,p> <p class="poetry">but one-third will be left in it.<n id="2" />p>

as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre<n id="1" /> and Sidon,<n id="2" /> though they consider themselves to be very wise.

And people will settle there, and there will no longer be the threat of divine extermination &#8211; Jerusalem will dwell in security.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8216;I have become compassionate<n id="1" /> toward Jerusalem<n id="2" /> and will rebuild my temple<n id="3" /> in it,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all. &#8216;Once more a surveyor&#8217;s measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.&#8217;

The chariot with the black horses is going to the north country and the white ones are going after them, but the spotted ones are going to the south country.