Zechariah 8:5 - Exposition
Full of boys and girls. Jerusalem and the other cities had long been strangers to any such happy sight. Large increase of population is a blessing often promised in the latter days ( Hosea 1:10 ; Micah 2:12 ). Perowne remarks that our Lord alludes to the games of children the marketplaces as a familiar incident his days ( Matthew 11:16 , Matthew 11:17 ; comp. Jeremiah 11:1-23 ).
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