Zec 8:10-12 | NET2full | STEP | Before that time there was no compensation for man or animal , nor was there any relief from adversity for those who came and went , because I had pitted everybody

‏ Zechariah 8:10-12

10 Before that time there was no compensation for man or animal, nor was there any relief from adversity for those who came and went, because I had pitted everybody—each one—against everyone else. 11 But I will be different now to this remnant of my people from the way I was in those days,’ says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, 12 ‘for there will be a peaceful time of sowing, the vine will produce its fruit, and the ground its yield, and the skies ^{▼▼tn Or “the heavens” (so KJV, NAB, NIV). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “skies” depending on the context.} will rain down dew. Then I will allow the remnant of my people to possess all these things.