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In the eighth month, inof the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovahthe untoLord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying, |
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JehovahThe Lord was sorevery displeasedangry with your fathers. |
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Therefore say thouto unto them, Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, Return untoto meMe, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, andthat I willmay return untoto you, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts. |
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BeDo ye not asbe like your fathers, untoto whom the former prophets criedproclaimed, saying, Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings:deeds. butBut they did not hear,listen noror hearkengive untoheed meto Me, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord. |
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Your fathers, where are they? andAnd the prophets, do they live for everforever? |
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But mydid not My words and myMy statutes, which I commanded myMy servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? andThen they turnedrepented and said, LikeAs asthe JehovahLord of hosts thoughtpurposed to do untoto us, accordingin toaccordance with our ways, and according to our doingsdeeds, so hathHe hehas dealt with us. |
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UponOn the fourtwenty andfourth twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovahthe untoLord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, theas prophet, saying,follows: |
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I saw inat the night, and, behold, a man was riding uponon a red horse, and he stoodwas standing among the myrtle trees thatwhich were in the bottom;ravine, andwith behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white horses behind him. |
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Then I said I, OMy my Lord, what are these? And the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me said untoto me, I will show theeyou what these are. |
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And the man thatwho stoodwas standing among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are theythose whom Jehovahthe hathLord has sent to walkpatrol to and fro through the earth. |
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AndSo they answered the angel of Jehovahthe thatLord stoodwho was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walkedpatrolled to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sittethis still,peaceful and is at restquiet. |
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Then the angel of Jehovahthe Lord answered and said, O JehovahLord of hosts, how long wilt thouThou not have mercyno oncompassion for Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, againstwith which thouThou hast hadbeen indignationindignant these threescoreseventy and ten years? |
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And Jehovahthe Lord answered the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me with goodgracious words, evencomforting comfortable words. |
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So the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me said untoto me, Cry thouProclaim, saying, Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. |
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AndBut I am very soreangry displeased with the nations thatwho are at ease; for while I was butonly a little displeasedangry, and they helpedfurthered forward the afflictiondisaster. |
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Therefore, thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, I amwill returnedreturn to Jerusalem with merciescompassion; myMy house shallwill be built in it, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, and a measuring line shallwill be stretched forth over Jerusalem. |
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CryAgain, yet againproclaim, saying, Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, My cities shallwill yetagain overflow with prosperity;, and Jehovahthe shallLord yetwill again comfort Zion, and shallagain yet choose Jerusalem. |
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AndThen I lifted up minemy eyes, and sawlooked, and, behold, there were four horns. |
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AndSo I said untoto the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. |
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AndThen Jehovahthe Lord showed me four smithscraftsmen. |
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ThenAnd I said I, What comeare these coming to do? And he spakesaid, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man didlifts lift up his head; but these arecraftsmen have come to terrify them, to castthrow down the horns of the nations, whichwho have lifted up their hornhorns against the land of Judah in order to scatter it. |
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AndThen I lifted up minemy eyes, and sawlooked, and, behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. |
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ThenSo I said I, WhitherWhere goestare thouyou going? And he said untoto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see whathow iswide theit breadthis thereof, and whathow islong theit length thereofis. |
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And, behold, the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me wentwas forthgoing out, and another angel wentwas coming out to meet him, |
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and said untoto him, Run, speak to thisthat young man, saying, Jerusalem shallwill be inhabited as villages without walls, bybecause reason of the multitude of men and cattle thereinwithin it. |
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For I, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire roundaround abouther, and I will be the glory in theher midst of her. |
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Ho, ho,there! fleeFlee from the land of the north, saithdeclares Jehovah;the Lord, for I have spreaddispersed you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord. |
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Ho, Zion,! escapeEscape, thouyou thatwho dwellestare living with the daughter of Babylon. |
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For thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, After glory hathHe hehas sent me untoagainst the nations which plunderedplunder you;, for he thatwho touchethtouches you, touchethtouches the apple of hisHis eye. |
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For, behold, I will shakewave myMy hand over them, andso that they shallwill be aplunder spoilfor totheir thoseslaves. thatThen servedyou them;will and ye shall know that Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas sent meMe. |
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Sing for joy and rejoicebe glad, O daughter of Zion; for, lo,behold I come,am coming and I will dwell in theyour midst, ofdeclares thee,the saith JehovahLord. |
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And many nations shallwill join themselves to Jehovahthe Lord in that day, and shallwill bebecome myMy people;. andThen I will dwell in theyour midst of thee, and thouyou shaltwill know that Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas sent meMe untoto theeyou. |
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And Jehovahthe shallLord inheritwill possess Judah as hisHis portion in the holy land, and shallwill yetagain choose Jerusalem. |
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Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovahthe Lord; for heHe is wakedaroused upfrom outHis of his holy habitation. |
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AndThen he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovahthe Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to beaccuse his adversaryhim. |
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And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto Satan, JehovahThe Lord rebuke theeyou, O Satan;! yeaIndeed, Jehovahthe thatLord hathwho has chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee:you! isIs this not this a brand plucked outfrom of the fire? |
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Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. |
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And he answeredspoke and spakesaid untoto those thatwho stoodwere standing before him, saying, TakeRemove the filthy garments from off him. AndAgain untohe himsaid heto saidhim, BeholdSee, I have causedtaken thineyour iniquity toaway pass from thee,you and I will clothe theeyou with richfestal apparelrobes. |
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AndThen I said, Let them setput a clean mitreturban uponon his head. So they setput a clean mitreturban uponon his head, and clothed him with garments;, andwhile the angel of Jehovahthe Lord was standing by. |
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And the angel of Jehovahthe protestedLord untoadmonished Joshua, saying, |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, If thouyou wiltwill walk in myMy ways, and if thouyou wiltwill keepperform myMy chargeservice, then thouyou will also shaltgovern judgeMy my house, and shalt also keephave mycharge of My courts, and I will givegrant theeyou afree place of access among these thatwho standare bystanding here. |
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HearNow nowlisten, O Joshua the high priest, thouyou and thyyour fellowsfriends thatwho sitare beforesitting thee;in forfront of you indeed they are men thatwho are a sign:symbol, for, behold, I willam going to bring forthin myMy servant the Branch. |
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For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; uponon one stone are seven eyes:. beholdBehold, I will engrave thean gravinginscription thereofon it, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. |
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In that day, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, shallevery yeone inviteof everyyou manwill invite his neighbor to sit under thehis vine and under thehis fig tree. |
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AndThen the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me came againreturned, and wakedroused me, as a man thatwho is wakenedawakened outfrom of his sleep. |
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And he said untoto me, What seestdo thouyou see? And I said, I have seensee, and, behold, a candlesticklampstand all of gold, with its bowl uponon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon;on thereit arewith seven pipesspouts belonging to each of the lamps, which are uponon the top thereofof it; |
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andalso two olive trees by it, one uponon the right side of the bowl, and the other uponon theits left side thereof. |
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AndThen I answered and spakesaid to the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me, saying, What are these, my Lord? |
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ThenSo the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me answered and said untoto me, KnowestDo thouyou not know what these are? And I said, No, my Lord. |
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Then he answered and spakesaid untoto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovahthe untoLord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by myMy Spirit, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts. |
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WhoWhat artare thouyou, O great mountain? beforeBefore Zerubbabel thouyou shaltwill become a plain; and he shallwill bring forth the top stone with shoutingsshouts of Grace, grace, untoto it.! |
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MoreoverAlso the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto me, saying, |
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The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house;, and his hands shallwill also finish it;. andThen thouyou shaltwill know that Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas sent me untoto you. |
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For who hathhas despised the day of small things? forBut these seven shallwill rejoice,be andglad shallwhen they see the plummetplumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel; these are the eyes of Jehovah,the Lord which runrange to and fro throughthroughout the whole earth. |
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Then I answered I, and said untoto him, What are these two olive trees uponon the right side of the candlesticklampstand and uponon theits left side thereof? |
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And I answered the second time, and said untoto him, What are thesethe two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spoutspipes, thatwhich empty the golden oil outfrom of themselves? |
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AndSo he answered me and saidsaying, KnowestDo thouyou not know what these are? And I said, No, my Lord. |
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Then he said he, These are the two anointed ones, thatwho standare standing by the Lord of the whole earth. |
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Then again I lifted up minemy eyes, again and sawlooked, and, behold, there was a flying rollscroll. |
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And he said untoto me, What seestdo thouyou see? And I answered, I see a flying rollscroll; theits length thereof is twenty cubits, and theits breadthwidth thereof ten cubits. |
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Then he said heto unto me, This is the curse that goethis going forth over the face of the whole land:; forsurely everyeveryone onewho thatsteals stealethwill shall be cutpurged offaway onaccording to the writing on one side, accordingand toeveryone it;who andswears everywill onebe thatpurged swearethaway shallaccording beto cutthe offwriting on the other side according to it. |
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I will causemake it to go forth, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, and it shallwill enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of himthe thatone swearethwho swears falsely by myMy name; and it shallwill abidespend in the midstnight ofwithin histhat house, and shall consume it with theits timber thereof and the stones thereof. |
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Then the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me went forthout, and said untoto me, Lift up now thineyour eyes, and see what is this thatis, goethgoing forth. |
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And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah thatgoing goeth forth. HeAgain he said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land |
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and, behold, therea lead cover was lifted up a talent of lead; and this is a woman sitting ininside the midst of the ephah. |
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AndThen he said, This is Wickedness:! andAnd he castthrew her down into the midstmiddle of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead uponweight theon mouthits thereofopening. |
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Then I lifted I up minemy eyes, and sawlooked, and, behold, there came forth two women, andwere coming out with the wind was in their wings; nowand they had wings like the wings of a stork;, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and heaventhe heavens. |
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ThenAnd I said I to the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me, WhitherWhere doare thesethey beartaking the ephah? |
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AndThen he said untoto me, To build her a housetemple for her in the land of Shinar:; and when it is prepared, she shallwill be set there inon her own placepedestal. |
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AndNow again I lifted up minemy eyes, again and sawlooked, and, behold, there came four chariots outwere coming forth from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains of brass. |
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InWith the first chariot were red horses;, andwith in the second chariot black horses;, |
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andwith in the third chariot white horses;, and inwith the fourth chariot grizzled strong dappled horses. |
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Then I answeredspoke and said untoto the angel thatwho talkedwas speaking with me, What are these, my Lord? |
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And the angel answered and said untoto me, These are the four windsspirits of heaven, whichgoing go forth fromafter standing before the Lord of all the earth., |
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Thewith chariotone whereinof arewhich the black horses goethare going forth towardto the north country; and the white wentones go forth after them;, andwhile the grizzleddappled wentones go forth towardto the south country. |
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AndWhen the strong ones went forthout, andthey soughtwere eager to go that they might walk to andpatrol fro through the earth:. andAnd heHe said, Get you henceGo, walkpatrol to and fro through the earth. So they walkedpatrolled to and fro through the earth. |
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Then He cried heout to me, and spakespoke untoto me, saying, BeholdSee, theythose thatwho goare towardgoing to the land of the north country have quietedappeased myMy spiritwrath in the land of the north country. |
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AndThe the word of Jehovahthe Lord also came untoto me, saying, |
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Take ofan themoffering offrom the captivityexiles, evenfrom of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and comeyou thougo the same day, and goenter into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, whitherwhere they arehave comearrived from Babylon;. |
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yea,And take of them silver and gold, and make crownsan ornate crown, and set themit uponon the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;. |
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andThen speaksay untoto him, saying, Thus speakethsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, saying, Behold, thea man whose name is the Branch:, andfor heHe shallwill growbranch up out offrom hiswhere placeHe is; and heHe shallwill build the temple of Jehovah;the Lord. |
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evenYes, heit shallis He who will build the temple of Jehovah;the Lord, and heHe shallwho will bear the glory,honor and shall sit and rule uponon hisHis throne;. andThus, heHe shallwill be a priest uponon hisHis throne;, and the counsel of peace shallwill be between themthe bothtwo offices. |
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AndNow the crownscrown shallwill bebecome a reminder in the temple of the Lord to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of Jehovah. |
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And theythose thatwho are far off shallwill come and build in the temple of Jehovah;the andLord. yeThen shallyou will know that Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas sent me untoto you. And thisit shallwill cometake to passplace, if yeyou willcompletely diligently obey the voiceLord of Jehovah your God. |
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AndThen it came toabout pass in the fourth year of kingKing Darius, that the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto Zechariah inon the fourth day of the ninth month, evenwhich inis Chislev. |
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Now theythe town of BethBethel el had sent Sharezer and RegemRegemmelech melech, and their men, to entreatseek the favor of Jehovahthe Lord, |
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andspeaking to speak unto the priests ofwho belong to the house of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, ShouldShall I weep in the fifth month, separatingand myselfabstain, as I have done these so many years? |
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Then came the word of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts untocame to me, saying, |
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SpeakSay untoto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When yeyou fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month,months even these seventy years, didwas yeit atactually allfor fastMe untothat me,you even to mefasted? |
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And when yeyou eat, and when ye drink, do you not ye eat for yourselves, and do you not drink for yourselves? |
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ShouldAre ye not hearthese the words which Jehovahthe criedLord proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and inprosperous prosperity,with andits the cities thereofaround round about herit, and the SouthNegev and the lowlandfoothills were inhabited? |
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AndThen the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto Zechariah, saying, |
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Thus hathhas Jehovahthe Lord of hosts spokensaid, saying,Dispense Execute true judgmentjustice, and showpractice kindness and compassion everyeach man to his brother; |
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and oppressdo not oppress the widow, noror the fatherlessorphan, the sojourner,stranger noror the poor; and letdo nonenot of you devise evil againstin hisyour brotherhearts inagainst yourone heartanother. |
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But they refused to hearkenpay attention, and pulledturned awaya thestubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, thatfrom they might not hearhearing. |
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Yea,And they made their hearts aslike anflint adamantso stone,that lest they shouldcould not hear the law, and the words which Jehovahthe Lord of hosts had sent by hisHis Spirit bythrough the former prophets:; therefore there came great wrath came from Jehovahthe Lord of hosts. |
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And it iscame comeabout tothat passjust that, as heHe cried,called and they would not hearlisten, so they shallcalled cry, and I willwould not hearlisten, saidsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts; |
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but I willscattered scatter them with a whirlwindstorm wind among all the nations whichwhom they have not known. Thus the land wasis desolatedesolated afterbehind them, so that no manone passedwent throughback norand returned:forth, for they laidmade the pleasant land desolate. |
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AndThen the word of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts came to me, saying, |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great jealousy,wrath and I am jealous for her with great wrath. |
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Thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord, I amwill returnedreturn untoto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem:. andThen Jerusalem shallwill be called Thethe cityCity of truth;Truth, and the mountain of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, Thewill holybe mountaincalled the Holy Mountain. |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, ThereOld shall yet old men and old women dwellwill again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, everyeach man with his staff in his hand forbecause veryof age. |
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And the streets of the city shallwill be fullfilled ofwith boys and girls playing in theits streets thereof. |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, If it beis marvelloustoo difficult in the eyessight of the remnant of this people in those days, shouldwill it also be marvelloustoo difficult in mineMy eyessight? saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts. |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, Behold, I willam going to save myMy people from the land of the east country, and from the land of the west country; |
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and I will bring them back, and they shallwill dwelllive in the midst of Jerusalem;, and they shallwill be myMy people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, Let your hands be strong, yeyou thatwho hearare listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the prophets, thatthose werewho spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts was laid, evento the temple,end that itthe temple might be built. |
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For before those days there was no hirewage for man, noror any hirewage for beastanimal; neitherand wasfor there any peace to him thatwho went out or came in, there was no peace because of thehis adversary:enemies, forand I set all men every one against his neighboranother. |
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But now I will not betreat unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts. |
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For there shallwill be peace for the seed: of peace; the vine shallwill giveyield its fruit, and the groundland shallwill giveyield its increaseproduce, and the heavens shallwill give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things. |
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And it shallwill come toabout pass that, just as yeyou were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will I save you, andthat yeyou shallmay bebecome a blessing. FearDo not, butfear; let your hands be strong. |
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For thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, AsJust as I thoughtpurposed to do evilharm untoto you, when your fathers provoked meMe to wrath, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, and I repentedhave not; relented, |
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so againI have Iagain thoughtpurposed in these days to do good untoto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah:. fearDo yenot not.fear! |
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These are the things thatwhich yeyou shallshould do: Speakspeak ye every man the truth withto hisone neighboranother; executejudge thewith judgment of truth and judgment for peace in your gates;. |
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andAlso let none of you devise evil in your heartsheart against hisanother, neighbor; and lovedo nonot falselove oath:perjury; for all these are thingswhat that I hate, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord. |
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AndThen the word of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts came untoto me, saying, |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shallmonths bewill tobecome the house of Judah joy, and gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; thereforeso love truth and peace. |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, It shallwill yet comebe to pass, that therepeoples shallwill come peoples, andeven the inhabitants of many cities;. |
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andAnd the inhabitants of one citywill shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedilyat once to entreat the favor of Jehovahthe Lord, and to seek Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:; I will also go also. |
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Yea,So many peoples and strongmighty nations shallwill come to seek Jehovahthe Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Jehovahthe Lord. |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shallfrom take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, theywill shallgrasp take hold of the skirtgarment of him that is a Jew, saying, WeLet willus go with you, for we have heard that God is with you. |
| 9:1 |
The burden of the word of Jehovahthe uponLord is against the land of Hadrach, andwith Damascus shallas be its resting place for the eyeeyes of manmen, andespecially of all the tribes of Israel, isare toward Jehovah;the Lord, |
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andAnd Hamath, also, which borderethborders thereonon it; Tyre and Sidon, becausethough they are very wise. |
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AndFor Tyre didbuilt build herself a stronghold,fortress andAnd heapedpiled up silver aslike the dust, andAnd fine gold aslike the mire of the streets. |
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Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, andAnd hecast will smite her powerwealth ininto the sea; andAnd she shallwill be devouredconsumed with fire. |
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Ashkelon shallwill see it, and fear;be afraid. Gaza also,too andwill shallwrithe bein soregreat painedpain; andAlso Ekron, for her expectation shallhas bebeen putconfounded. toMoreover, shame; and the king shallwill perish from Gaza, andAnd Ashkelon shallwill not be inhabited. |
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And a bastardmongrel shallrace will dwell in Ashdod, andAnd I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. |
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And I will takeremove awaytheir his blood outfrom oftheir his mouth, andAnd histheir abominationsdetestable things from between histheir teeth;. andThen hethey also shallwill be a remnant for our God;, andAnd he shall be aslike a chieftainclan in Judah, andAnd Ekron aslike a Jebusite. |
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AndBut I will encampcamp aboutaround myMy house againstbecause theof an army, thatBecause noneof passhim throughwho orpasses return;by and returns; And no oppressor shallwill pass throughover them anyanymore, more:For for now I have I seen with mineMy eyes. |
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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion;! shoutShout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem:! beholdBehold, thyyour king comethis untocoming theeto you; heHe is just, and havingendowed with salvation;, lowlyHumble, and ridingmounted uponon ana assdonkey, evenEven uponon a colt, the foal of ana assdonkey. |
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And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, andAnd the horse from Jerusalem; andAnd the battle bow shallof war will be cut off;. andAnd heHe shallwill speak peace untoto the nations:; andAnd hisHis dominion shallwill be from sea to sea, andAnd from the River to the ends of the earth. |
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As for theeyou also, because of the blood of thyMy covenant with you, I have set freeyour thy prisoners free from the waterless pit wherein is no water. |
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TurnReturn you to the stronghold, yeO prisoners ofwho have the hope:; evenThis tovery day do I declaream declaring that I will renderrestore double untoto theeyou. |
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For I havewill bentbend Judah foras meMy bow, I havewill filledfill the bow with Ephraim;. andAnd I will stir up thyyour sons, O Zion, against thyyour sons, O Greece,; andAnd I will make theeyou aslike the sword of a mightywarriors mansword. |
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AndThen Jehovahthe shallLord bewill seenappear over them;, andAnd hisHis arrow shallwill go forth aslike the lightning; andAnd the Lord JehovahGod will blow the trumpet, andAnd will gomarch within whirlwindsthe storm winds of the south. |
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JehovahThe Lord of hosts will defend them;. andAnd they shallwill devour, and shalltrample treadon down the sling stones; andAnd they shallwill drink, and makebe aboisterous noise as throughwith wine; andAnd they shallwill be filled like bowlsa sacrificial basin, Drenched like the corners of the altar. |
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And Jehovahthe Lord their God will save them in that day asAs the flock of hisHis people; forFor they shallare be as the stones of a crown, liftedSparkling onin highHis over his land. |
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For howwhat greatcomeliness is his goodness, and howbeauty greatwill isbe his beautytheirs! grainGrain shallwill make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins. |
| 10:1 |
Ask yerain offrom Jehovahthe rainLord inat the time of the latterspring rain, evenThe ofLord Jehovahwho thatmakes makeththe lightningsstorm clouds; andAnd heHe will give them showers of rain, tovegetation everyin onethe grassfield into theeach fieldman. |
| 10:2 |
For the teraphim havespeak spoken vanityiniquity, andAnd the diviners havesee seenlying avisions, lie;And andtell they have told false dreams,; theyThey comfort in vain:. thereforeTherefore theythe gopeople theirwander way like sheep, theyThey are afflicted, because there is no shepherd. |
| 10:3 |
MineMy anger is kindled against the shepherds, andAnd I will punish the hemale goats; forFor Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas visited hisHis flock, the house of Judah, andAnd will make them aslike hisHis goodlymajestic horse in the battle. |
| 10:4 |
From himthem shallwill come forth the corner stonecornerstone, fromFrom himthem the nailtent peg, fromFrom himthem the bow of battle bow, fromFrom himthem every ruler, all of them together. |
| 10:5 |
And they shallwill be as mighty men, treadingTreading down theirthe enemiesenemy in the mire of the streets in the battle; andAnd they shallwill fight, becausefor Jehovahthe isLord will be with them; andAnd the riders on horses shallwill be confoundedput to shame. |
| 10:6 |
And I willshall strengthen the house of Judah, andAnd I willshall save the house of Joseph, andAnd I willshall bring them back;, forBecause I have mercyhad uponcompassion on them; andAnd they shallwill be as though I had not castrejected them, off:For for I am Jehovahthe Lord their God, and I will hearanswer them. |
| 10:7 |
And they of Ephraim shallwill be like a mighty man, andAnd their heart shallwill rejoicebe glad as throughif from wine; yeaIndeed, their children shallwill see it, and rejoice;be theirglad, Their heart shallwill berejoice glad in Jehovahthe Lord. |
| 10:8 |
I will hisswhistle for them, andto gather them; fortogether, For I have redeemed them; andAnd they shallwill increasebe as numerous as they havewere increasedbefore. |
| 10:9 |
AndWhen I willscatter sow them among the peoples;, andThey theywill shall remember meMe in far countries;, andAnd they shall live with their children, will live and shallcome returnback. |
| 10:10 |
I will bring them againback alsofrom out of the land of Egypt, andAnd gather them outfrom of Assyria; andAnd I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon;, andUntil placeno shallroom notcan be found for them. |
| 10:11 |
And heHe will pass through the sea of afflictiondistress, andAnd willstrike smite the waves in the sea, andSo that all the depths of the Nile shallwill dry up; andAnd the pride of Assyria shallwill be brought down, andAnd the sceptrescepter of Egypt shallwill depart. |
| 10:12 |
And I willshall strengthen them in Jehovah;the andLord, theyAnd shallin walkHis upname andthey downwill inwalk, hisdeclares name,the saith JehovahLord. |
| 11:1 |
Open thyyour doors, O Lebanon, thatThat thea fire may devourfeed thyon your cedars. |
| 11:2 |
Wail, O fir treecypress, for the cedar ishas fallen, becauseBecause the goodlyglorious onestrees arehave been destroyed:; wailWail, O ye oaks of Bashan, forFor the strongimpenetrable forest ishas come down. |
| 11:3 |
AThere voiceis ofa thesound wailing of the shepherds! forwail, For their glory is destroyed:ruined; There is a voicesound of the roaring of young lions! forroar, For the pride of the Jordan is laid wasteruined. |
| 11:4 |
Thus saidsays Jehovahthe Lord my God:, FeedPasture the flock ofdoomed to slaughter;. |
| 11:5 |
whoseThose possessorswho buy them slay them, and holdgo themselvesunpunished, notand guilty;each andof theythose thatwho sell them saysays, Blessed be Jehovahthe Lord, for I amhave become rich;! andAnd their own shepherds have no pity on them not. |
| 11:6 |
For I willshall no morelonger have pity on the inhabitants of the land, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord; but, lobehold, I willshall delivercause the men everyto onefall, each into hisanothers neighborspower hand, and into the handpower of his king; and they shallwill smitestrike the land, and out of their hand I willshall not deliver them from their power. |
| 11:7 |
So I fedpastured the flock ofdoomed to slaughter, verilyhence the poorafflicted of the flock. And I took untofor memyself two staves;staffs: the one I called BeautyFavor, and the other I called BandsUnion; andso I fedpastured the flock. |
| 11:8 |
AndThen I cutannihilated off the three shepherds in one month;, for my soul was wearyimpatient ofwith them, and their soul also loathedwas weary of me. |
| 11:9 |
Then I said I, I will not feedpasture you:. thatWhat whichis diethto die, let it die;, and thatwhat which is to be cut offannihilated, let it be cut offannihilated; and let themthose thatwho are left eat every one theanothers flesh of another. |
| 11:10 |
And I took my staff, BeautyFavor, and cut it asunderin pieces, thatto I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples. |
| 11:11 |
AndSo it was broken inon that day;, and thus the poorafflicted of the flock thatwho gavewere heedwatching unto me knewrealized that it was the word of Jehovahthe Lord. |
| 11:12 |
And I said untoto them, If yeit thinkis good in your sight, give me my hirewages; andbut if not, forbear.never mind! So they weighed forout my hire thirty piecesshekels of silver as my wages. |
| 11:13 |
AndThen Jehovahthe Lord said untoto me, CastThrow it untoto the potter, thethat goodlymagnificent price thatat which I was prizedvalued at by them. AndSo I took the thirty piecesshekels of silver, and castthrew them untoto the potter, in the house of Jehovahthe Lord. |
| 11:14 |
Then I cut asundermy minesecond other staff, even BandsUnion, thatin Ipieces, mightto break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. |
| 11:15 |
And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto me, Take untoagain theefor yetyourself again the instrumentsequipment of a foolish shepherd. |
| 11:16 |
For, lobehold, I willam going to raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visitcare thosefor thatthe are cut offperishing, neither will seek thosethe that are scattered, nor heal thatthe which is broken, noror feedsustain thatthe whichone isstanding, sound; but he will eatdevour the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear off their hoofs in pieces. |
| 11:17 |
Woe to the worthless shepherd thatWho leavethleaves the flock! theA sword shallwill be uponon his arm, andAnd uponon his right eye:! hisHis arm shallwill be cleantotally dried upwithered, andAnd his right eye shallwill be utterly darkenedblind. |
| 12:1 |
The burden of the word of Jehovahthe Lord concerning Israel. Thus saithdeclares Jehovah,the Lord who stretchethstretches forthout the heavens, andlays layeth the foundation of the earth, and formethforms the spirit of man within him:, |
| 12:2 |
Behold, I willam going to make Jerusalem a cup ofthat causes reeling untoto all the peoples roundaround; about, and uponwhen Judahthe alsosiege shallis against Jerusalem, it bewill inalso thebe siege against JerusalemJudah. |
| 12:3 |
And it shallwill come toabout pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensomeheavy stone for all the peoples; all thatwho burdenlift themselves with it shallwill be soreseverely wounded;injured. andAnd all the nations of the earth shallwill be gathered together against it. |
| 12:4 |
In that day, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord, I will smitestrike every horse with terrorbewilderment, and his rider with madness;. andBut I will openwatch mineover eyes upon the house of Judah, andwhile willI smitestrike every horse of the peoples with blindness. |
| 12:5 |
AndThen the chieftainsclans of Judah shallwill say in their hearthearts, TheA strong support for us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem arethrough mythe strengthLord in Jehovah of hosts, their God. |
| 12:6 |
In that day I will I make the chieftainsclans of Judah like a panfirepot ofamong firepieces amongof wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves;, andso they shallwill devourconsume all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; andall theythe surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall yet again dwell inon their own place,sites even in Jerusalem. |
| 12:7 |
JehovahThe Lord also shallwill save the tents of Judah first, in order that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem bemay not be magnified above Judah. |
| 12:8 |
In that day shallthe JehovahLord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem;, and hethe thatone who is feeble among them atin that day shallwill be aslike David;, and the house of David shallwill be aslike God, aslike the angel of Jehovahthe Lord before them. |
| 12:9 |
And it shallwill come toabout pass in that day, that I will seekset about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. |
| 12:10 |
And I will pour uponout on the house of David, and uponon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spiritSpirit of grace and of supplication;, andso that they shallwill look untoon meMe whom they have pierced; and they shallwill mourn for himHim, as one mournethmourns for hisan only son, and shallthey bewill inweep bitternessbitterly forover himHim, aslike onethe thatbitter isweeping inover bitternessa for his first born. |
| 12:11 |
In that day shall there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, aslike the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valleyplain of MegiddonMegiddo. |
| 12:12 |
And the land shallwill mourn, every family apartby itself; the family of the house of David apartby itself, and their wives apartby themselves; the family of the house of Nathan apartby itself, and their wives apartby themselves; |
| 12:13 |
the family of the house of Levi apartby itself, and their wives apartby themselves; the family of the Shimeites apartby itself, and their wives apartby themselves; |
| 12:14 |
all the families that remain, every family apartby itself, and their wives apartby themselves. |
| 13:1 |
In that day therea shallfountain will be a fountain opened tofor the house of David and tofor the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleannessimpurity. |
| 13:2 |
And it shallwill come toabout pass in that day, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols outfrom of the land, and they shallwill no morelonger be remembered; and also I will causealso remove the prophets and the unclean spirit tofrom pass out of the land. |
| 13:3 |
And it shallwill come toabout pass that, whenif anyanyone shallstill yet prophesyprophesies, then his father and his mother thatwho begatgave birth to him shallwill say untoto him, ThouYou shaltshall not live;, for thouyou speakesthave liesspoken falsely in the name of Jehovahthe Lord; and his father and his mother thatwho begatgave birth to him shallwill thrustpierce him through when he prophesiethprophesies. |
| 13:4 |
AndAlso it shallwill come toabout pass in that day, that the prophets shallwill each be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth;prophesies, neitherand shall they wearwill not put on a hairy mantlerobe in order to deceive:; |
| 13:5 |
but he shallwill say, I am nonot a prophet,; I am a tiller of the ground;, for Ia haveman beensold mademe as a bondmanslave fromin my youth. |
| 13:6 |
And one shallwill say untoto him, What are these wounds between thineyour arms? Then he shallwill answersay, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. |
| 13:7 |
Awake, O sword, against myMy shepherdShepherd, andAnd against the man, thatMy isAssociate, myDeclares fellow,the saithLord Jehovah of hosts:. smiteStrike the shepherd,Shepherd andthat the sheep shallmay be scattered; andAnd I will turn myMy hand uponagainst the little ones. |
| 13:8 |
And it shallwill come toabout pass, that in all the land, saithDeclares Jehovahthe Lord, That two parts thereinin shallit will be cut off and dieperish; butBut the third shallwill be left thereinin it. |
| 13:9 |
And I will bring the third part intothrough the fire, andRefine will refine them as silver is refined, andAnd willtest try them as gold is triedtested. They shallwill call on myMy name, andAnd I will hearanswer them:; I will say, ItThey isare myMy people;, andAnd they shallwill say, JehovahThe Lord is my God. |
| 14:1 |
Behold, a day ofis Jehovahcoming cometh,for the Lord when thythe spoil shalltaken befrom dividedyou inwill thebe midstdivided ofamong theeyou. |
| 14:2 |
For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle;, and the city shallwill be takencaptured, and the houses rifledplundered, and the women ravished;, and half of the city shall go forth into captivityexiled, andbut the residuerest of the people shallwill not be cut off from the city. |
| 14:3 |
Then shallthe JehovahLord will go forth, and fight against those nations, as when heHe foughtfights inon thea day of battle. |
| 14:4 |
And hisin feetthat shallday standHis infeet thatwill daystand uponon the mountMount of Olives, which is beforein front of Jerusalem on the east; and the mountMount of Olives shallwill be cleftsplit in theits midstmiddle thereoffrom toward the east andto toward the west, andby there shall be a very greatlarge valley;, andso that half of the mountain shallwill removemove toward the north, and halfthe ofother ithalf toward the south. |
| 14:5 |
And yeyou shallwill flee by the valley of myMy mountains;, for the valley of the mountains shallwill reach untoto Azel; yeayes, yeyou shallwill flee, likejust as yeyou fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah;. andThen Jehovahthe Lord, my God, shallwill come, and all the holy ones with thee.Him! |
| 14:6 |
And it shallwill come toabout pass in that day, that there shallwill not be no light; the brightluminaries oneswill shall withdraw themselves:dwindle. |
| 14:7 |
butFor it shallwill be onea unique day which is known untoto Jehovah;the notLord, neither day, andnor not night;, but it shallwill come toabout pass, that at evening time there shallwill be light. |
| 14:8 |
And it shallwill come toabout pass in that day, that living waters shallwill goflow out fromof Jerusalem;, half of them toward the eastern sea, and halfthe ofother themhalf toward the western sea:; it will be in summer andas well as in winter shall it be. |
| 14:9 |
And Jehovahthe shallLord will be Kingking over all the earth:; in that day shallthe JehovahLord will be the only one, and hisHis name the only one. |
| 14:10 |
All the land shallwill be madechanged likeinto thea Arabah,plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; andbut sheJerusalem shallwill berise lifted up, and shallremain dwellon inits hersite place, from Benjamins gateGate untoas far as the place of the firstFirst gate,Gate untoto the cornerCorner gateGate, and from the towerTower of Hananel untoto the kings winepresseswine presses. |
| 14:11 |
And menpeople shallwill dwelllive thereinin it, and there shallwill be no more curse;, butfor Jerusalem shallwill dwell safelyin security. |
| 14:12 |
AndNow this shallwill be the plague wherewithwith Jehovahwhich the Lord will smitestrike all the peoples thatwho have warredgone to war against Jerusalem:; their flesh shallwill consumerot away while they stand uponon their feet, and their eyes shallwill consumerot away in their sockets, and their tongue shallwill consumerot away in their mouth. |
| 14:13 |
And it shallwill come toabout pass in that day, that a great tumultpanic from Jehovahthe shallLord bewill amongfall on them; and they shallwill layseize holdone everyanothers onehand, onand the hand of hisone neighbor,will andbe hislifted hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighboranother. |
| 14:14 |
And Judah also shallwill fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations roundwill about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel,garments in great abundance. |
| 14:15 |
AndSo soalso shalllike this plague, will be the plague ofon the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the assdonkey, and of all the beastscattle that shallwill be in those camps, as that plague. |
| 14:16 |
AndThen it shallwill come toabout pass, that everyany onewho thatare is left of all the nations that camewent against Jerusalem shallwill go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, and to keepcelebrate the feastFeast of tabernaclesBooths. |
| 14:17 |
And it shallwill be, that whosowhichever of all the families of the earth goethdoes not go up untoto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, upon them there shallwill be no rain on them. |
| 14:18 |
And if the family of Egypt godoes not go up, andor come notenter, neitherthen shallno itrain bewill uponfall on them; thereit shallwill be the plague wherewithwith Jehovahwhich willthe smiteLord smites the nations thatwho godo not go up to keepcelebrate the feastFeast of tabernaclesBooths. |
| 14:19 |
This shallwill be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations thatwho godo not go up to keepcelebrate the feastFeast of tabernaclesBooths. |
| 14:20 |
In that day shall there will be uponinscribed on the bells of the horses, HolyHOLY untoTO Jehovah;THE andLord. And the cooking pots in Jehovahsthe Lords house shallwill be like the bowls before the altar. |
| 14:21 |
Yea,And every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shallwill be holy untoto Jehovahthe Lord of hosts; and all theywho that sacrifice shallwill come and take of them, and boil therein: and in thatthem. dayAnd there shallwill be no morelonger be a Canaanite in the house of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts in that day. |