I am jealous for her For [not ‘to’] her. And you will not need to fast and to mourn. And so is the end of the chapter: “The fast of the fifth month, etc.”

because of old age they will require the staff in their hand.

As it will be wonderful in their eyes, the great loving-kindness that I will do for them.

it will also be wonderful in My eyes how I returned from the great wrath. And our Sages expounded on [this phrase], concerning the slaughter of the evil inclination, in tractate Sukkah (52a): it will also be wonderful in My eyes how the righteous will be able to stand up against [the evil inclination] during their lifetime.

Let your hands be strong to build and to complete [the Temple]; and do not fear the people of the land, who are weakening your hands and frightening you from building it, as is related in the Book of Ezra (4:4).

you who hear in these days In the fourth year of Darius

these words of consolations from the mouths of the prophets who prophesied for [the people] - on the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the second year of Darius - to begin the work. Those prophets were proven with their words to be true prophets in your eyes; therefore, it is also worthy to rely on them for the words of consolation concerning the present time. And in what way were they proven? For before those days, there was no hire for man, etc. They prophesied for you that when you would begin the work, a blessing would come into the work of your hands; and their words were fulfilled, for now it is not like the early days.

and I did not repent of what I had planned to bring upon you, [or] retract it; but I brought it. Neither will I repent of the good that I have planned for you.

and judgment of peace I.e., compromise.

And let no one think evil of his neighbors He warned them concerning hatred without cause, which brought about the destruction of the Second Temple.

the fast of the fourth [month] The fast of Tammuz, which is the fourth of the months.

the fast of the fifth [month] of Av.

the fast of the seventh [month] The third of Tishri, when Gedaliah was assassinated.

and the fast of the tenth [month] Of Teveth.

ten men from the seventy nations. This equals seven hundred for each corner. For the four corners of the tallith there will be two thousand and eight hundred.