Charles Ellicott Commentary Zechariah 1:17

"Cry yet again, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity; and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem." — Zechariah 1:17 (ASV)

Be spread abroad — that is, be filled to overflowing; the Septuagint inserts, "And the angel that spoke in me said to me." . The same verb and conjugation is used in Zechariah 13:7 of "being scattered" in a bad sense, and such is the ordinary use of the verb. But in another conjugation, this verb is used in Genesis 10:18 of "being spread" not in a bad sense.

"Then let the world forbear their rage,
The Church renounce her fear;
Israel must live through every age,
And be the Almighty’s care."