The Pulpit Commentary on Zechariah 8:5

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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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