⁶⁴ Immediately ·Zechariah could talk again [^Lhis mouth was opened and his tongue freed], and he began ·praising [blessing] God. ⁶⁵ All their neighbors ·became alarmed [were afraid/in awe], and in all the ·mountains [hill country] of Judea people continued talking about all these things. ⁶⁶ The people who heard about them ·wondered [^Lkept/pondered them in their hearts], saying, “What will this child [turn out to] be?” because the [^Lhand of the; ^Ca metaphor for empowering presence] Lord was with him.