Zechariah 8:6

"Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts."

There are ten of these brief statements in this chapter, each one introduced by an affirmation that the promise is of God and not of Zechariah. They begin in Zechariah 8:2,3,4,6,7,9,14,19,20,23.

The subject here is the marvelous fact that a remnant of the people of God have been brought back home, an event unique in human history up to that time. "The message means that the Lord attributes just as much miraculous significance to these events as the amazed people do."[8]