Albert Barnes Commentary Zechariah 8:11

"But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts." — Zechariah 8:11 (ASV)

And now - The words imply a contrast of God’s dealings, rather than a contrast of time. I am not to the remnant of this people. He had said, I will be to them God; so now He does not say that He will not do to them, as in former days, but I am not to the remnant of this people as previously. He would be, as He was in Jesus, in a new relation to them.