| 1:1 |
In the eighth month in the second year of Darius came the word of Jehovahthe untoLord Zechariahcame to Zechari′ah the son of BerechiahBerechi′ah 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 me saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts and I will return untoto you saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts |
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Be ye not aslike your fathers untoto whom the former prophets cried sayingout Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts Return ye now from your evil ways and from your evil doings:deeds butBut they did not hear noror hearkenheed unto me saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
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Your fathers where are they andAnd the prophets do they live for ever |
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But my words and my statutes which I commanded my servants the prophets did they not overtake your fathers andSo they turnedrepented and said LikeAs asthe JehovahLord of hosts thoughtpurposed to dodeal untowith us accordingfor to our ways and accordingdeeds to our doings so hathhas he dealt with us |
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UponOn the fourtwenty andfourth twentieth day of the eleventh month which is the month of Shebat in the second year of Darius came the word of Jehovahthe untoLord Zechariahcame to Zechari′ah the son of BerechiahBerechi′ah the son of Iddo the prophet; sayingand Zechari′ah said |
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I saw in the night and behold a man riding upon a red horse andHe hewas stoodstanding among the myrtle trees that were in the bottomglen; and behind him there were horses red sorrel and white horses |
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Then said I Osaid myWhat lord what are these Andmy thelord The angel thatwho talked with me said untoto me I will show theeyou what thesethey are |
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AndSo the man thatwho stoodwas standing among the myrtle trees answered and said These are they whom Jehovahthe hathLord has sent to walkpatrol to and fro through the earth |
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And 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 sittethremains still and is at rest |
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Then the angel of Jehovahthe answeredLord and said O JehovahLord of hosts how long wilt thou not have no mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah against which thou hast had indignation these threescoreseventy and ten years |
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And Jehovahthe Lord answered gracious and comforting words to the angel thatwho talked with me with good words even comfortable words |
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So the angel thatwho talked with me said untoto me Cry thouout saying Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy |
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And I am very soreangry displeased with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little displeased and they helpedfurthered forward the afflictiondisaster |
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Therefore thus saithsays Jehovah:the Lord I amhave returned to Jerusalem with merciescompassion; my house shall be built in it saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts and athe measuring line shall be stretched forthout over Jerusalem |
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Cry yet again saying Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: My cities shall yetagain overflow with prosperity; and Jehovahthe shallLord yetwill again comfort Zion and shallagain yet choose Jerusalem |
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And I lifted upmy mine eyes and saw and behold four horns |
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And I said untoto the angel thatwho talked 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 smiths |
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ThenAnd I said I What comeare these coming to do AndHe heanswered spake saying These are the horns which scattered Judah so that no man didraised lift up his head; butand these arehave come to terrify them to cast down the horns of the nations whichwho lifted up their hornhorns against the land of Judah to scatter it |
| 2:1 |
And I lifted upmy mine eyes and saw and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand |
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Then I said IWhere Whitherare goestyou thougoing And he said untoto me To measure Jerusalem to see what is theits breadth thereof and what is theits length thereof |
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And behold the angel thatwho talked with me wentcame forthforward and another angel wentcame outforward to meet him |
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and said untoto him Run speaksay to thisthat young man saying Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls bybecause reason of the multitude of men and cattle thereinin it |
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For I saith Jehovah will be untoto her a wall of fire round about says the Lord and I will be the glory inwithin the midst of her |
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Ho ho fleeFlee from the land of the north saithsays Jehovahthe Lord; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
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Ho Escape to Zion escapeyou thouwho thatdwell dwellest with the daughter of Babylon |
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For thus saithsaid Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: Afterafter his glory hath he sent me untoto the nations whichwho plundered you; for he thatwho touchethtouches you touchethtouches the apple of his eye: |
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ForBehold behold I will shake my hand over them and they shall bebecome aplunder spoilfor to those thatwho served them; andThen yeyou shallwill know that Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas sent me |
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Sing and rejoice O daughter of Zion; for lo I come and I will dwell in the midst of theeyou saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
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And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovahthe Lord in that day and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of theeyou and thouyou shaltshall know that Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas sent me untoto theeyou |
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And Jehovahthe shallLord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and shallwill yetagain choose Jerusalem |
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Be silent all flesh before Jehovahthe Lord; for he ishas wakedroused uphimself outfrom of his holy habitationdwelling |
| 3:1 |
AndThen he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovahthe Lord and Satan standing at his right hand to beaccuse hishim adversary |
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And Jehovahthe Lord said untoto Satan JehovahThe Lord rebuke theeyou O Satan; yeaThe JehovahLord thatwho hathhas chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee:you isIs not this a brand plucked outfrom of the fire |
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Now Joshua was standing before the angel clothed with filthy garments and was standing before the angel |
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And hethe answeredangel andsaid spaketo unto those thatwho stoodwere standing before him sayingRemove Take the filthy garments from off him And untoto him he said Behold I have causedtaken thineyour iniquity toaway pass from theeyou and I will clothe theeyou with rich apparel |
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And 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; and the angel of Jehovahthe Lord was standing by |
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And the angel of Jehovahthe protestedLord untoenjoined Joshua saying |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: If thouyou wiltwill walk in my ways and if thou wilt keep my charge then thouyou alsoshall shaltrule judge my house and shalthave alsocharge keepof my courts and I will give theeyou athe placeright of access among thesethose thatwho standare bystanding here |
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Hear now O Joshua the high priest thouyou and thyyour fellowsfriends thatwho sit before thee;you for they are men thatof aregood a signomen: for behold I will bring forth my servant the Branch |
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For behold upon the stone thatwhich I have set before Joshua; upon onea single stone arewith seven eyes:facets behold I will engrave theits gravinginscription thereofsays saiththe JehovahLord of hosts and I will remove the iniquityguilt of thatthis land in onea single day |
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In that day saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts shallevery yeone inviteof everyyou manwill invite his neighbor under thehis vine and under thehis fig tree |
| 4:1 |
And the angel thatwho talked with me came again and waked me aslike a man that is wakened out of his sleep |
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And he said untoto me What seestdo thouyou Andsee I said I havesee seen and behold a candlesticklampstand all of gold with itsa bowl uponon the top of it and its seven lamps thereon;on thereit arewith seven pipeslips toon each of the lamps which are uponon the top thereof;of it |
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andAnd there are 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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And I answeredsaid and spake to the angel thatwho talked with me saying What are these my lord |
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Then the angel thatwho talked with me answered and said unto me KnowestDo thouyou not know what these are And I said No my lord |
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Then he answeredsaid andto spake unto me saying This is the word of Jehovahthe untoLord Zerubbabelto sayingZerub′babel: Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts |
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WhoWhat artare thouyou O great mountain beforeBefore ZerubbabelZerub′babel thouyou shaltshall become a plain; and he shall bring forthforward the top stone withamid shoutingsshouts of Grace grace untoto it |
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Moreover the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto me saying |
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The hands of ZerubbabelZerub′babel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finishcomplete it; andThen thouyou shaltwill know that Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas sent me untoto you |
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For whowhoever hathhas despised the day of small things for these seven shall rejoice and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel;Zerub′babel theseThese seven are the eyes of Jehovahthe Lord which runrange to and fro through the whole earth |
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Then answered I and said untoto him What are these two olive trees uponon the right sideand of the candlestickleft andof upon the leftlampstand side thereof |
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And Ia answered the second time andI said untoto him What are these two branches of the olive branchestrees which are beside the two golden spoutspipes thatfrom emptywhich the golden oil outis ofpoured themselvesout |
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AndHe hesaid answeredto me andDo saidyou Knowestnot thouknow not what these are And I said No my lord |
| 4:14 |
Then he said he These are the two anointed oneswho that stand by the Lord of the whole earth |
| 5:1 |
ThenAgain again I lifted upmy mine eyes and saw and behold a flying rollscroll |
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And he said untoto me What seestdo thouyou Andsee I answered I see a flying rollscroll; theits length thereof is twenty cubits and theits breadth thereof ten cubits |
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Then he said heto unto me This is the curse that goethgoes forthout over the face of the whole land:; for every one thatwho stealethsteals shall be cut off onhenceforth the one side according to it; and every one thatwho swearethswears falsely shall be cut off onhenceforth the other side according to it |
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I will causesend it toforth gosays forththe saithLord Jehovah of hosts and it shall enter into the house of the thief and into the house of him thatwho swearethswears falsely by my name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house and shall consume it withboth the timber thereof and the stones thereof |
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Then the angel thatwho talked with me wentcame forthforward and said untoto me Lift upyour now thine eyes and see what this is this that goethgoes forth |
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And I said What is it AndHe he said This is the ephah that goethgoes forth HeAnd he said moreover This is their appearanceiniquity in all the land |
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andAnd behold therethe leaden cover was lifted up a talent of lead; and thisthere iswas a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah |
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And he said This is Wickedness: andAnd he castthrust her downback into the midst of the ephah; and hethrust castdown the leaden weight of lead upon theits mouth thereof |
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Then lifted I uplifted minemy eyes and saw and behold there came forth two women andcoming theforward The wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and heaven |
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Then I said I to the angel thatwho talked with me WhitherWhere doare thesethey beartaking the ephah |
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AndHe he said untoto me To buildthe herland aof houseShinar into thebuild landa ofhouse Shinar:for it; and when itthis is prepared shethey shallwill be set the ephah down there inon herits own placebase |
| 6:1 |
And again I lifted upmy mine eyes and saw and behold there came four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brassbronze |
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InThe the first chariot werehad red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; |
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and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzleddappled stronggray horses |
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Then I answered and said untoto the angel thatwho talked with me What are these my lord |
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And the angel answered and said unto me These are going forth to the four winds of heaven whichafter gopresenting forththemselves from standing before the Lord of all the earth |
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The chariot whereinwith are the black horses goethgoes forth toward the north country; and the white wentones forthgo aftertoward them;the west country and the grizzleddappled wentones forthgo toward the south country |
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AndWhen the strongsteeds wentcame forthout andthey soughtwere impatient to goget thatoff they might walk to and fropatrol through the earth: andAnd he said GetGo youpatrol hence walk to and fro through the earth So they walkedpatrolled to and fro through the earth |
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Then he cried he to me and spake unto me saying Behold theythose thatwho go toward the north country have quietedset my spiritSpirit at rest in the north country |
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And the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto me: saying |
| 6:10 |
Take offrom themthe ofexiles theHeldai captivityTobi′jah evenand ofJedai′ah Heldaiwho ofhave Tobijaharrived andfrom of JedaiahBabylon; and comego thou the same day andto go into the house of JosiahJosi′ah the son of ZephaniahZephani′ah whither they are come from Babylon; |
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yeaTake takefrom of them silver and gold and make crownsa crown and set themit upon the head of Joshua the son of JehozadakJehoz′adak the high priest; |
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and speaksay untoto him saying Thus speakethsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts saying Behold the man whose name is the Branch: andfor he shall grow up outin of his place; and he shall build the temple of Jehovah;the Lord |
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evenIt is he who shall build the temple of Jehovah;the Lord and he shall bear theroyal gloryhonor and shall sit and rule upon his throne; andAnd hethere shall be a priest uponby his throne; and thepeaceful counselunderstanding of peace shall be between them both |
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And the crownscrown shall be toin Helemthe andtemple toof Tobijahthe andLord toas Jedaiaha andreminder to HenHeldai theTobi′jah sonJedai′ah ofand ZephaniahJosi′ah for a memorial in the templeson of Jehovah Zephani′ah |
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And theythose thatwho are far off shall come and help to build in the temple of Jehovahthe Lord; and yeyou shall know that Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathhas sent me untoto you And this shall come to pass if yeyou will diligently obey the voice of Jehovahthe Lord your God |
| 7:1 |
AndIn it came to pass in the fourth year of kingKing Darius that the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto ZechariahZechari′ah inon the fourth day of the ninth month evenwhich inis Chislev |
| 7:2 |
Now theythe people of BethBethel el had sent SharezerShare′zer and RegemReg′em melechmel′ech and their men to entreat the favor of Jehovahthe Lord |
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and to speakask unto the priests of the house of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts and to the prophets saying Should I weepmourn and fast in the fifth month separating myself as I have done thesefor so many years |
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Then came the word of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts untocame to me: saying |
| 7:5 |
SpeakSay untoto all the people of the land and to the priests saying When yeyou fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh monthfor even these seventy years didwas yeit atfor all fast unto me eventhat toyou mefasted |
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And when yeyou eat and when yeyou drink do you not ye eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves |
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ShouldWhen ye not hear the words which Jehovah cried by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity andwith theher cities thereof round about her and the South and the lowland were inhabited were not these the words which the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets |
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And the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto ZechariahZechari′ah saying |
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Thus hathsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts spokenRender saying Execute true judgmentjudgments and show kindness and compassionmercy everyeach man to his brother; |
| 7:10 |
anddo not oppress not the widow nor the fatherless the sojourner noror the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart |
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But they refused to hearken and pulledturned awaya thestubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear |
| 7:12 |
YeaThey they made their hearts aslike an adamant stone lest they should hear the law and the words which Jehovahthe Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit bythrough the former prophets: thereforeTherefore there came great wrath came from Jehovahthe Lord of hosts |
| 7:13 |
AndAs itI iscalled come to pass that as he cried and they would not hear so they shallcalled cry and I willwould not hear saidsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts; |
| 7:14 |
butand I willscattered scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they havehad not known Thus the land they left was desolate after them so that no manone passedwent throughto norand returned:fro forand they laid the pleasant land was made desolate |
| 8:1 |
And the word of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts came to me saying |
| 8:2 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy and I am jealous for her with great wrath |
| 8:3 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord: I amwill returnedreturn untoto Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called Thethe faithful city of truth; and the mountain of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts Thethe holy mountain |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: ThereOld shall yet old men and old women dwellshall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem everyeach man with his staff in his hand for very age |
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And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in theits streets thereof |
| 8:6 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: If it beis marvellousmarvelous in the eyessight of the remnant of this people in thosethese days should it also be marvellousmarvelous in minemy eyessight saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: Behold I will save my people from the east country and from the west country; |
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and I will bring them andto they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people and I will be their God in truthfaithfulness and in righteousness |
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Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strong yeyou thatwho hear in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets thatsince were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts was laid eventhat the temple that it might be built |
| 8:10 |
For before those days there was no hirewage for man noror any hirewage for beast; neither was there any peacesafety tofrom the foe for him thatwho went out or came in; because of the adversary: for I set all men every oneman against his neighborfellow |
| 8:11 |
But now I will not bedeal untowith the remnant of this people as in the former days saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts |
| 8:12 |
For there shall be thea seedsowing of peace; the vine shall giveyield its fruit and the ground shall give its increase and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inheritpossess all these things |
| 8:13 |
And itas shallyou comehave tobeen passa thatbyword asof yecursing were a curse among the nations O house of Judah and house of Israel so will I save you and yeyou shall be a blessing Fear not but let your hands be strong |
| 8:14 |
For thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: As I thoughtpurposed to do evil untoto you when your fathers provoked me to wrath saithand JehovahI ofdid hostsnot andrelent Isays repentedthe not;Lord of hosts |
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so again have I thoughtpurposed in these days to do good untoto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah:; fear ye not |
| 8:16 |
These are the things that yeyou shall do: Speak yethe everytruth manto theone truthanother withrender hisin neighbor;your executegates thejudgments judgmentthat ofare truthtrue and peacemake infor yourpeace gates; |
| 8:17 |
anddo letnot none of you devise evil in your hearts against hisone neighbor;another and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
| 8:18 |
And the word of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts came untoto me saying |
| 8:19 |
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 shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts; therefore love truth and peace |
| 8:20 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: ItPeoples shall yet come toeven pass that there shall come peoples and the inhabitants of many cities; |
| 8:21 |
and the inhabitants of one city 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 willam gogoing also |
| 8:22 |
YeaMany many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovahthe Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 8:23 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass that ten men shallfrom take hold out of all the languagesnations of theevery nationstongue they shall take hold of the skirtrobe of him that is a Jew saying WeLet willus go with you for we have heard that God is with you |
| 9:1 |
An Oracle The burdenword of the wordLord ofis Jehovahagainst upon the land of Hadrach and will rest upon Damascus shallFor beto itsthe restingLord placebelong for the eyecities of manAram andeven ofas all the tribes of Israel is toward Jehovah; |
| 9:2 |
and Hamath also which borderethborders thereon; Tyre and Sidon becausethough they are very wise |
| 9:3 |
And Tyre didhas buildbuilt herself a strongholdrampart and heaped up silver aslike the dust and fine gold aslike the miremud of the streets |
| 9:4 |
BeholdBut lo the Lord will dispossessstrip her andof heher willpossessions smiteand hurl her powerwealth ininto the sea; and she shall be devoured withby fire |
| 9:5 |
AshkelonAsh′kelon shall see it and fearbe afraid; Gaza alsotoo and shall bewrithe sorein painedanguish; and Ekron foralso herbecause expectationits shallhopes beare putconfounded toThe shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza; andAsh′kelon Ashkelon shall not be inhabited uninhabited; |
| 9:6 |
And a bastardmongrel people shall dwell in Ashdod; and I will cutmake offan end of the pride of the Philistines Philistia |
| 9:7 |
And I will take away hisits blood outfrom ofits his mouth and hisits abominations from between hisits teeth; andit hetoo also shall be a remnant for our God; andit he shall be aslike a chieftainclan in Judah and Ekron asshall abe Jebusitelike the Jeb′usites |
| 9:8 |
AndThen I will encamp aboutat my house againstas thea armyguard so that none passshall throughmarch orto returnand fro; and no oppressor shall passagain throughoverrun them any more: for now have I seensee with minemy own eyes |
| 9:9 |
Rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion; shoutShout aloud O daughter of Jerusalem: beholdLo thyyour king comethcomes untoto theeyou; hetriumphant isand justvictorious andis havinghe salvation;humble lowly and riding uponon an ass evenon upon a colt the foal of an ass |
| 9:10 |
And I will cut off the chariot from EphraimE′phraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speakcommand peace untoto the nations:; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth |
| 9:11 |
As for theeyou also because of the blood of thymy covenant with you I havewill set freeyour thycaptives prisonersfree from the waterless pit wherein is no water |
| 9:12 |
TurnReturn you to theyour stronghold yeO prisoners of hope:; eventoday to day do I declare that I will renderrestore doubleto untoyou thee double |
| 9:13 |
For I have bent Judah foras memy bow; I have filledmade theE′phraim bowits witharrow Ephraim; and I will stirbrandish upyour thy sons O Zion againstover thyyour sons O Greece and willwield makeyou theelike asa thewarriors sword of a mighty man |
| 9:14 |
AndThen Jehovahthe shallLord bewill seenappear over them; and his arrow shall go forth aslike the lightning; and the Lord JehovahGod will blowsound the trumpet and willmarch goforth within the whirlwinds of the south |
| 9:15 |
JehovahThe Lord of hosts will defendprotect them; and they shall devour and shall tread down the sling stonesslingers; and they shall drink andtheir makeblood alike noise as through wine; and they shall be filledfull like bowlsa bowl drenched like the corners of the altar |
| 9:16 |
AndOn Jehovahthat day the Lord their God will save them infor thatthey dayare as the flock of his people; for theylike shall be as the stonesjewels of a crown liftedthey onshall highshine overon his land |
| 9:17 |
ForYea how greatgood is his goodness and how greatfair isit hisshall beautybe grainGrain shall make the young men flourish and new wine the virginsmaidens |
| 10:1 |
Ask yerain offrom Jehovahthe rainLord in the timeseason of the latterspring rain evenfrom ofthe JehovahLord thatwho makethmakes lightnings;the andstorm heclouds willwho givegives themmen showers of rain to every one grassthe vegetation in the field |
| 10:2 |
For the teraphim haveutter spokennonsense vanity and the diviners havesee seen a lielies; andthe theydreamers havetell told false dreams theyand comfortgive inempty vain:consolation thereforeTherefore theythe gopeople theirwander way like sheep; they are afflicted becausefor therewant isof noa shepherd |
| 10:3 |
MineMy anger is kindledhot against the shepherds and I will punish the he goatsleaders; for Jehovahthe Lord of hosts hathcares visitedfor his flock the house of Judah and will make them aslike his goodlyproud horsesteed in the battle |
| 10:4 |
FromOut himof them shall come forth the cornercornerstone stoneout fromof himthem the nailtent frompeg himout of them the battle bow fromout himof them every ruler together |
| 10:5 |
AndTogether they shall be aslike mighty men treadingin downbattle theirtrampling enemiesthe foe in the miremud of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight because Jehovahthe Lord is with them; and they shall confound the riders on horses shall be confounded |
| 10:6 |
And I will strengthen the house of Judah and I will save the house of Joseph and I will bring them back; forbecause I have mercycompassion uponon them; and they shall be as though I had not castrejected them; off: for I am Jehovahthe Lord their God and I will hearanswer them |
| 10:7 |
AndThen theyE′phraim of Ephraim shall bebecome like a mighty manwarrior and their hearthearts shall rejoicebe glad as throughwith wine; yeaTheir their children shall see it and rejoice; their hearthearts shall beexult glad in Jehovahthe Lord |
| 10:8 |
I will hisssignal for them and gather them; in for I have redeemed them; and they shall increasebe as theymany haveas increasedof old |
| 10:9 |
AndThough I willscattered sow them among the peoples;nations andyet in far countries they shall remember me inand farwith countries;their andchildren they shall live with their children and shall return |
| 10:10 |
I will bring them againhome alsofrom out of the land of Egypt and gather them outfrom of Assyria; and I will bring them intoto the land of Gilead and to Lebanon; andtill placethere shallis notno beroom found for them |
| 10:11 |
AndThey heshall will pass through the sea of afflictionEgypt and will smite the waves inof the sea shall be smitten and all the depths of the Nile shalldried dry up; andThe the pride of Assyria shall be broughtlaid downlow and the sceptrescepter of Egypt shall depart |
| 10:12 |
And I will strengthenmake them strong in Jehovah;the Lord and they shall walkglory up and down in his name saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
| 11:1 |
Open thyyour doors O Lebanon that the fire may devour thyyour cedars |
| 11:2 |
Wail O fircypress tree for the cedar ishas fallen becausefor the goodlyglorious onestrees are destroyed:ruined wailWail O ye oaks of Bashan for the strongthick forest ishas comebeen down felled |
| 11:3 |
AHark voice of the wailingwail of the shepherds for their glory is destroyed:despoiled aHark voice of the roaringroar of youngthe lions for the pridejungle of the Jordan is laid waste |
| 11:4 |
Thus said Jehovahthe Lord my God: FeedBecome shepherd of the flock ofdoomed to slaughter; |
| 11:5 |
whoseThose possessorswho buy them slay them and holdgo themselves not guiltyunpunished; and theythose thatwho sell them say Blessed be Jehovahthe forLord I amhave become rich; and their own shepherds have no pity on them not |
| 11:6 |
For I will no morelonger have pity on the inhabitants of thethis land saithsays Jehovah;the butLord loLo I will delivercause the men everyto onefall each into the hand of his neighborsshepherd hand and each into the hand of his king; and they shall smitecrush the landearth and out of their hand I will not deliver themnone from their hand |
| 11:7 |
So I fedbecame the flockshepherd of slaughterthe verilyflock thedoomed poorto ofbe slain for those who trafficked in the flocksheep And I took unto me two stavesstaffs; the one I callednamed BeautyGrace and the other I callednamed Bands;Union andAnd I fedtended the flocksheep |
| 11:8 |
AndIn one month I cutdestroyed off the three shepherds inBut oneI month;became forimpatient mywith soul was weary of them and theirthey soul also loatheddetested me |
| 11:9 |
ThenSo I said I I will not feedbe you:your thatshepherd whichWhat diethis to die let it die; andwhat that which is to be cutdestroyed off let it be cut offdestroyed; and let themthose that are left eatdevour every one the flesh of one another |
| 11:10 |
And I took my staff BeautyGrace and cutI broke it asunderannulling thatthe I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples |
| 11:11 |
AndSo it was brokenannulled inon that day; and thus the poortraffickers ofin the flocksheep thatwho gavewere heedwatching unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 11:12 |
AndThen I said untoto them If yeit thinkseems goodright to you give me my hirewages; andbut if not forbearkeep Sothem And they weighed forout as my hirewages thirty piecesshekels of silver |
| 11:13 |
AndThen Jehovahthe Lord said untoto me Cast it untointo the potter treasury—the goodlylordly price thatat which I was prizedpaid atoff by them AndSo I took the thirty piecesshekels of silver and cast them untointo the pottertreasury in the house of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 11:14 |
Then I cutbroke asundermy minesecond other staff evenUnion Bandsannulling that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel |
| 11:15 |
AndThen Jehovahthe Lord said untoto me Take untoonce theemore yet again the instrumentsimplements of a foolishworthless shepherd |
| 11:16 |
For lo I willam raiseraising up a shepherd in the land a shepherd who willdoes not visitcare thosefor thatthe areperishing cutor off neither will seek thosethe thatwandering areor scattered nor heal thatthe whichmaimed isor brokennourish northe feed that which is sound; but hedevours will eat the flesh of the fat sheepones andtearing willoff teareven their hoofs in pieces |
| 11:17 |
Woe to themy worthless shepherd thatwho leavethdeserts the flock May the sword shallsmite be upon his arm and upon his right eye: Let his arm shall be cleanwholly driedwithered up and his right eye shall be utterly darkenedblinded |
| 12:1 |
An Oracle The burdenword of the wordLord of Jehovah concerning Israel: Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord who stretchethstretched forthout the heavens and layethfounded the foundation of the earth and formethformed the spirit of man within him: |
| 12:2 |
BeholdLo I willam about to make Jerusalem a cup of reeling untoto all the peoples round about; andit uponwill be against Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem |
| 12:3 |
AndOn it shall come to pass in that day that I will make Jerusalem a burdensomeheavy stone for all the peoples; all thatwho burdenlift themselves with it shall begrievously sorehurt wounded;themselves andAnd all the nations of the earth shallwill become gathered together against it |
| 12:4 |
InOn that day saithsays Jehovahthe Lord I will smitestrike every horse with terrorpanic and hisits rider with madness; andBut I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah andI will smiteopen my eyes when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness |
| 12:5 |
AndThen the chieftainsclans of Judah shall say into theirthemselves heart The inhabitants of Jerusalem arehave my strength inthrough Jehovahthe Lord of hosts their God |
| 12:6 |
InOn that day I will I make the chieftainsclans of Judah like a panblazing ofpot firein amongthe midst of wood and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they shall devour allto the peoplesright roundand aboutto on the rightleft handall and on the left;peoples andround theyabout ofwhile Jerusalem shall yetstill againbe dwellinhabited in theirits own place even in Jerusalem |
| 12:7 |
JehovahAnd alsothe shallLord savewill give victory to the tents of Judah first that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem bemay not magnifiedbe aboveexalted over that of Judah |
| 12:8 |
InOn that day shallthe JehovahLord defendwill put a shield about the inhabitants of Jerusalem; andso he that isthe feeblefeeblest among them aton that day shall be aslike David; and the house of David shall be aslike God aslike the angel of Jehovahthe beforeLord themat their head |
| 12:9 |
And iton shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem |
| 12:10 |
And I will pour uponout on the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem thea spirit of gracecompassion and of supplication; andso that when they shall look untoon mehim whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mournethmourns for hisan only sonchild and shallweep bebitterly inover bitterness for him as one thatweeps isover ina bitterness for his first born |
| 12:11 |
InOn that day shallthe theremourning bein aJerusalem greatwill mourningbe inas Jerusalemgreat as the mourning offor HadadrimmonHadad rim′mon in the valleyplain of MegiddonMegid′do |
| 12:12 |
AndThe the land shall mourn everyeach 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 ShimeitesShim′e apartites by itself and their wives apartby themselves; |
| 12:14 |
and all the families that remainare everyleft familyeach apartby itself and their wives apartby themselves |
| 13:1 |
InOn that day there shall be a fountain opened tofor the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem forto cleanse them from sin and for uncleanness |
| 13:2 |
And iton shall come to pass in that day saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts that I will cut off the names of the idols outfrom of the land andso that they shall be remembered no more be remembered; and also I will causeremove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land |
| 13:3 |
And itif shallany comeone toagain passappears thatas whena anyprophet shall yet prophesy then his father and his mother thatwho begatbore him shallwill say untoto him ThouYou shaltshall not live; for thouyou speakestspeak lies in the name of Jehovahthe Lord; and his father and his mother thatwho begatbore him shall thrustpierce him through when he prophesiethprophesies |
| 13:4 |
AndOn it shall come to pass in that day thatevery theprophet prophetswill shall be ashamed every one of his vision when he prophesiethprophesies; neitherhe shallwill theynot wearput on a hairy mantle in order to deceive: |
| 13:5 |
but he shallwill say I am no prophet I am a tiller of the groundsoil; for Ithe haveland has been mademy apossession bondmansince from my youth |
| 13:6 |
And if one shallasks say unto him What are these wounds betweenon thineyour armsback Then he shallwill answersay ThoseThe withwounds which I wasreceived wounded in the house of my friends |
| 13:7 |
Awake O sword against my shepherd and against the man thatwho isstands mynext fellowto saithme Jehovahsays the Lord of hosts: smiteStrike the shepherd andthat the sheep shallmay be scattered; and I will turn my hand uponagainst the little ones |
| 13:8 |
AndIn itthe shallwhole comeland tosays pass that in all the landLord saith Jehovah two partsthirds therein shall be cut off and die;perish butand theone third shall be left therein alive |
| 13:9 |
And I will bringput thethis third part into the fire and will refine them as silverone isrefines refinedsilver and willtest try them as gold is triedtested They shallwill call on my name and I will hearanswer them: I will say ItThey isare my people; and they shallwill say JehovahThe Lord is my God |
| 14:1 |
Behold a day of Jehovahthe comethLord is coming when thythe spoil shalltaken from you will be divided in the midst of theeyou |
| 14:2 |
For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken and the houses rifledplundered and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivityexile andbut the residuerest of the people shall not be cut off from the city |
| 14:3 |
Then shallthe JehovahLord will go forth and fight against those nations as when he foughtfights inon thea day of battle |
| 14:4 |
AndOn that day his feet shall stand inon that day upon the mountMount of Olives which islies before Jerusalem on the east; and the mountMount of Olives shall be cleftsplit in thetwo midstfrom thereof toward the east andto toward the west andby there shall be a very greatwide valley; andso that one half of the mountainMount shall removewithdraw towardnorthward and the northother and half ofsouthward it toward the south |
| 14:5 |
And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; shall be stopped up for the valley of the mountains shall reachtouch untothe Azelside of it; yeaand yeyou shall flee like as yeyou fled from before the earthquake in the days of UzziahUzzi′ah king of Judah; andThen Jehovahthe myLord your God shallwill come and all the holy ones with thee him |
| 14:6 |
AndOn it shall come to pass in that day that there shall not be light;neither thecold brightnor onesfrost shall withdraw themselves: |
| 14:7 |
butAnd itthere shall be onecontinuous day whichit is known untoto Jehovah;the Lord not day and not night; butfor it shall come to pass that at evening time there shall be light |
| 14:8 |
AndOn it shall come to pass in that day that living waters shall goflow out from Jerusalem; half of them towardto the eastern sea and half of them towardto the western sea:; it shall continue in summer andas in winter shall it be |
| 14:9 |
And Jehovahthe shallLord bewill Kingbecome king over all the earth:; inon that day shallthe JehovahLord will be one and his name one |
| 14:10 |
AllThe thewhole land shall be madeturned likeinto thea Arabahplain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; andBut sheJerusalem shall beremain liftedaloft upupon andits shallsite dwellfrom inthe herGate placeof fromBenjamin Benjaminsto gate unto the place of the firstformer gate untoto the cornerCorner gateGate and from the towerTower of HananelHan′anel untoto the kings winepresseswine presses |
| 14:11 |
And menit shall dwellbe thereininhabited andfor there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safelyin security |
| 14:12 |
And this shall be the plague wherewithwith Jehovahwhich the Lord will smite all the peoples that havewage warredwar against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consumerot away while they standare uponstill on their feet and their eyes shall consumerot away in their sockets and their tonguetongues shall consumerot away in their mouthmouths |
| 14:13 |
And iton shall come to pass in that day that a great tumultpanic from Jehovahthe Lord shall befall amongon them; andso theythat shalleach will lay hold every one on the hand of his neighborfellow and histhe hand shallof risethe upone will be raised against the hand of histhe neighborother; |
| 14:14 |
Andeven Judah alsowill shall fight atagainst Jerusalem; andAnd the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gatheredcollected together gold and silver and apparelgarments in great abundance |
| 14:15 |
And soa shallplague belike thethis plague ofshall thefall horseon of the mulehorses of the camelmules andthe ofcamels the assasses and ofwhatever all the beasts thatmay shall be in those camps as that plague |
| 14:16 |
AndThen it shall come to pass that every one that issurvives left of all the nations that camehave come against Jerusalem shall go up from year toafter year to worship the King Jehovahthe Lord of hosts and to keep the feast of tabernaclesbooths |
| 14:17 |
And itif shallany be that whoso of all the families of the earth goethdo not go up untoto Jerusalem to worship the King Jehovahthe Lord of hosts upon them there shallwill be no rain upon them |
| 14:18 |
And if the family of Egypt godo not go up and comepresent notthemselves neitherthen shall it be upon them; there shall become the plague wherewithwith Jehovahwhich willthe smiteLord afflicts the nations that godo not go up to keep the feast of tabernaclesbooths |
| 14:19 |
This shall be the punishment ofto Egypt and the punishment ofto all the nations that godo not go up to keep the feast of tabernacles booths |
| 14:20 |
InAnd on that day there shall there be uponinscribed on the bells of the horses Holy untoto Jehovah;the andLord And the pots in Jehovahsthe house of the Lord shall be likeas the bowls before the altar; |
| 14:21 |
Yeaand every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holysacred untoto Jehovahthe Lord of hosts; andso that all theywho that sacrifice shallmay come and take of them and boil therein:the andflesh of the sacrifice in thatthem dayAnd there shall be no morelonger be a Canaanitetrader in the house of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts on that day |