John Trapp on Zechariah 8:8

Verſe 8. And I will bring them] and them they are ſure to be brought. For who hath reſiſted his will? he will breathe life into thoſe dead bones and fleſh ſhall cover them: he will make up thoſe two ſticks into one, and David his ſervant ſhall be king over them for ever Ezek. 37.

and they ſhall dwell in the midſt of Ieruſalem] They ſhall, they ſhall. O the Rhetoricke of God! O the certainty of the promiſes! what a monſtrous ſin is unbelief?

and they ſhall be my people, and I will be their God] This is a ſhort Goſpel: this is the ſumm of the covenant of Grace. Brevis & longa, planeque aurea eſt haec clauſula, as Pareus ſome-where ſpeakes of another Teat. This is a long and yet a ſhort clauſe: ſhort in ſound, long in ſenſe, but golden all over.

in truth and righeouſneſſe] I will be their God in truth] that is, in an aſſured performance of promiſe.

and they ſhall be my people in righteouſneſſe] That is, in obedience to my commandements. So here is the covenant renued in a mutuall ſtipulation.