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Zechariah 8:3

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KJV ORIGINAL

Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.

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This is what God says: 'I'm coming back to Zion, and I'm going to live right in the heart of Jerusalem. People are going to call Jerusalem the city where truth lives, and my mountain will be known as the holy mountain.'

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God's moving back to the neighborhood and bringing truth with him.

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