| 1:1 |
In the eighth month in the second year of Darius the word of the Lord came to Zechari′ah the prophet Zechariah son of Berechi′ahBerechiah son of Iddo the prophet saying: |
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The Lord was very angry with your fathersancestors |
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BeDo not be like your fathersancestors to whom the former prophets criedproclaimed out Thus says the Lord of hosts Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds But they did not hear or heed me says the Lord |
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Your fathersancestors where are they And the prophets do they live forforever ever |
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But my words and my statutes which I commanded my servants the prophets did they not overtake your fathersancestors So they repented and said AsThe the Lord of hosts purposedhas todealt deal with us foraccording to our ways and deeds sojust hasas he dealtplanned withto usdo |
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On the twenty fourth day of the eleventh month which is the month of Shebat in the second year of Darius the word of the Lord came to Zechari′ah the prophet Zechariah son of Berechi′ahBerechiah son of Iddo the prophet; and Zechari′ahZechariah said |
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IIn saw in the night andI beholdsaw a man riding uponon a red horse He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen; and behind him were red sorrel and white horses |
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So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered TheseThey are theythose whom the Lord has sent to patrol the earth |
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AndThen they answeredspoke to the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees We have patrolled the earth and beholdlo all the whole earth remains at restpeace |
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Then the angel of the Lord said O Lord of hosts how long wiltwill thouyou havewithhold no mercy onfrom Jerusalem and the cities of Judah againstwith which thouyou hasthave hadbeen indignationangry these seventy years |
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AndThen the Lord answeredreplied with gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me |
| 1:14 |
So the angel who talked with me said to me CryProclaim outthis message: Thus says the Lord of hosts:; I am exceedinglyvery jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion |
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And I am veryextremely angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angryonly but a little angry they furtheredmade the disaster worse |
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CryProclaim againfurther: Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; and the Lord will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem |
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And I liftedlooked myup eyes and saw and behold four horns |
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And I saidasked to the angel who talked with me What are these And he answered me These are the horns whichthat have scattered Judah Israel and Jerusalem |
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Then the Lord showed me four smithsblacksmiths |
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And I saidasked What are thesethey coming to do He answered These are the horns whichthat scattered Judah so that no manhead raisedcould hisbe headraised; andbut these have come to terrify them to caststrike down the horns of the nations whothat lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter itits people |
| 2:1 |
And I liftedlooked myup eyes and saw and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand |
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Then I saidasked Where are you going AndHe heanswered said to me To measure Jerusalem to see what is its breadthwidth and what is its length |
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AndThen behold the angel who talked with me came forward and another angel came forward to meet him |
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and said to him Run say to that young man: Jerusalem shall be inhabited aslike villages without walls because of the multitude of menpeople and cattleanimals in it |
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For I will be to her a wall of fire roundall aboutaround it says the Lord and I will be the glory within herit |
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HoUp houp Flee from the land of the north says the Lord; for I have spread you abroad aslike the four winds of theheaven heavens says the Lord |
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HoUp Escape to Zion you whothat dwelllive with the daughter of Babylon |
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For thus said the Lord of hosts after his glory sent me toregarding the nations whothat plundered you: forTruly heone who touches you touches the apple of hismy eye: |
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BeholdSee now I willam shakegoing to raise my hand overagainst them and they shall become plunder for thosetheir whoown servedslaves them Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me |
| 2:10 |
Sing and rejoice O daughter of Zion; forFor lo I will come and I will dwell in theyour midst of you says the Lord |
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AndMany many nations shall join themselves to the Lord inon that day and shall be my people; and I will dwell in theyour midst ofAnd you and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you |
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AndThe the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem |
| 2:13 |
Be silent all fleshpeople before the Lord; for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling |
| 3:1 |
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him |
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And the Lord said to Satan The Lord rebuke you O Satan The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you Is not this man a brand plucked from the fire |
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Now Joshua was standingdressed beforewith thefilthy angelclothes clothedas withhe filthystood garmentsbefore the angel |
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AndThe the angel said to those who were standing before him RemoveTake theoff his filthy garmentsclothes from him And to him he said BeholdSee I have taken your iniquityguilt away from you and I will clothe you with richfestal apparel |
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And I said Let them put a clean turban on his head So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garmentsthe apparel; and the angel of the Lord was standing by |
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AndThen the angel of the Lord enjoinedassured Joshua saying |
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Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my chargerequirements then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here |
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HearNow nowlisten O Joshua the high priest you and your friendscolleagues who sit before you forFor they are menan omen of goodthings omento come: behold I willam going to bring my servant the Branch |
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For beholdon upon the stone whichthat I have set before Joshua uponon a single stone with seven facets I will engrave its inscription says the Lord of hosts and I will remove the guilt of this land in a single day |
| 3:10 |
InOn that day says the Lord of hosts everyyou oneshall ofinvite youeach willother inviteto hiscome neighbor under hisyour vine and under his fig tree |
| 4:1 |
AndThe the angel who talked with me came again and wakedwakened me likeas aone man that is wakened outfrom of his sleep |
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AndHe he said to me What do you see And I said I see and behold a lampstand all of gold with a bowl on the top of it; andthere are seven lamps on it with seven lips on each of the lamps whichthat are on the top of it |
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And by it there are two olive trees by it one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left |
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And I said to the angel who talked with me What are these my lord |
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ThenHe he said to me This is the word of the Lord to Zerub′babelZerubbabel: Not by might nor by power but by my Spiritspirit says the Lord of hosts |
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What are you O great mountain Before Zerub′babelZerubbabel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring forwardout the top stone amid shouts of Grace grace to it |
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The hands of Zerub′babelZerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also complete it Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you |
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For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerub′babelZerubbabel These seven are the eyes of the Lord which range through the whole earth |
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And a second time I said to him What are these two branches of the olive trees which arepour besideout the twooil goldenthrough pipes from which the oiltwo isgolden pouredpipes out |
| 4:14 |
Then he said These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth |
| 5:1 |
Again I liftedlooked myup eyes and saw and behold a flying scroll |
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And he said to me What do you see I answered I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits and its breadthwidth ten cubits |
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Then he said to me This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land; for everyeveryone one who steals shall be cut off henceforth according to itthe andwriting everyon one side and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off henceforth according to itthe writing on the other side |
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I willhave sendsent it forthout says the Lord of hosts and it shall enter the house of the thief and the house of himanyone who swears falsely by my name; and it shall abide in histhat house and consume it both timber and stones |
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Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me LiftLook yourup eyes and see what this is that goesis forthcoming out |
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And I said What is it He said This is thea ephahbasket thatcoming goesout forth And he said This is their iniquity in all the land |
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AndThen beholda the leaden cover was lifted and there was a woman sitting in the ephahbasket |
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And he said This is Wickedness AndSo he thrust her back into the ephahbasket and thrustpressed down the leaden weight upondown on its mouth |
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Then I liftedlooked myup eyes and saw and behold two women coming forward The wind was in their wings; they had wings like the wings of a stork and they lifted up the ephahbasket between earth and heavensky |
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Then I said to the angel who talked with me Where are they taking the ephahbasket |
| 5:11 |
He said to me To the land of Shinar to build a house for it; and when this is prepared they will set the ephahbasket down there on its base |
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And again I liftedlooked myup eyes and saw and behold four chariots camecoming out from between two mountains; and the —mountains were mountains of bronze |
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The first chariot had red horses the second chariot black horses |
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the third chariot white horses and the fourth chariot dappled gray horses |
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AndThe the angel answered me These are going forth to the four winds of heaven going out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth |
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Then he cried out to me BeholdLo those who go toward the north country have set my Spiritspirit at rest in the north country |
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AndThe the word of the Lord came to me: |
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TakeCollect silver and gold from the exiles—from Heldai Tobi′jahTobijah and Jedai′ah Jedaiah—who have arrived from Babylon; and go the same day to the house of Josi′ahJosiah the son of Zephani′ahZephaniah |
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Take fromthe them silver and gold and make a crown and set it uponon the head of Joshua the sonhigh ofpriest Jehoz′adakJoshua theson highof priestJehozadak; |
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and say to him: Thus says the Lord of hosts: BeholdHere theis a man whose name is the Branch: for he shall growbranch upout in his place and he shall build the temple of the Lord |
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It is he whothat shall build the temple of the Lord; andhe shall bear royal honor and shall sit and rule uponon his throne AndThere there shall be a priest by his throne andwith peaceful understanding shallbetween bethe betweentwo of them both |
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And the crown shall be in the templecare of theHeldai LordTobijah asJedaiah aand reminderJosiah toson Heldaiof Tobi′jahZephaniah Jedai′ahas anda Josi′ahmemorial in the sontemple of Zephani′ahthe Lord |
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AndThose those who are far off shall come and help to build the temple of the Lord; and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you AndThis thiswill shallhappen come to pass if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God |
| 7:1 |
In the fourth year of King Darius the word of the Lord came to Zechari′ahZechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month which is Chislev |
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Now the people of Bethel had sent Share′zerSharezer and Reg′emRegem mel′echmelech and their men to entreat the favor of the Lord |
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and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets Should I mourn and fastpractice abstinence in the fifth month as I have done for so many years |
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Say to all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and mournedlamented in the fifth month and in the seventh for these seventy years was it for me that you fasted |
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And when you eat and when you drink do you not eat for yourselves and drink only for yourselves |
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WhenWere Jerusalemnot wasthese inhabitedthe andwords inthat prosperitythe withLord herproclaimed citiesby roundthe aboutformer herprophets andwhen theJerusalem Southwas inhabited and thein lowlandprosperity werealong inhabitedwith werethe nottowns thesearound theit wordsand whichwhen the LordNegeb proclaimedand by the formerShephelah prophetswere inhabited |
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AndThe the word of the Lord came to Zechari′ahZechariah saying: |
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Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments show kindness and mercy each to hisone brotheranother; |
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do not oppress the widow the fatherlessorphan the sojourneralien or the poor; and letdo nonenot of you devise evil againstin hisyour brotherhearts inagainst yourone heartanother |
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But they refused to hearkenlisten and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears thatin theyorder might not to hear |
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They made their hearts like adamant lestin theyorder shouldnot to hear the law and the words whichthat the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spiritspirit through the former prophets Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts |
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AsJust as when I called and they would not hear so when they called and I would not hear says the Lord of hosts |
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and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whichthat they had not known Thus the land they left was desolate so that no one went to and fro and thea pleasant land was made desolate |
| 8:1 |
AndThe the word of the Lord of hosts came to me saying: |
| 8:3 |
Thus says the Lord: I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city and the mountain of the Lord of hosts shall be called the holy mountain |
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Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem each with staff in hand forbecause veryof their great age |
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Thus says the Lord of hosts: IfEven though it isseems marvelousimpossible into the sight of the remnant of this people in these days should it also beseem marvelousimpossible into myme sight says the Lord of hosts |
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Thus says the 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 to dwelllive in the midst of Jerusalem; andThey they shall be my people and I will be their God in faithfulness and in righteousness |
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Thus says the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strong —you whothat inhave theserecently days have been hearing these words from the mouthmouths of the prophets sincewho thewere daypresent thatwhen the foundation ofwas laid for the houserebuilding of the Lordtemple ofthe hostshouse wasof laid that the templeLord mightof behosts built |
| 8:10 |
For before those days there waswere no wagewages for manpeople or any wage for beastanimals neithernor was there any safety from the foe for himthose who went out or came in; forand I set everythem manall against hisone fellowother |
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For there shall be a sowing of peace; the vine shall yield its fruit and the ground shall give its increaseproduce and the heavensskies shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things |
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AndJust as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations O house of Judah and house of Israel so I will I save you and you shall be a blessing FearDo not be afraid but let your hands be strong |
| 8:14 |
For thus says the Lord of hosts: AsJust as I purposed to dobring evildisaster toupon you when your fathersancestors provoked me to wrath and I did not relent says the Lord of hosts |
| 8:15 |
so again I have I purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; feardo not be afraid |
| 8:17 |
do not devise evil in your hearts against one another and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate says the Lord |
| 8:18 |
AndThe the word of the Lord of hosts came to me saying: |
| 8:19 |
Thus says the 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;festivals for the house of Judah: therefore love truth and peace |
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Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come even the inhabitants of many cities; |
| 8:21 |
the inhabitants of one city shall go to another saying LetCome let us go at once to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going |
| 8:23 |
Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men from the nations of every tonguelanguage shall take hold of thea robeJew ofgrasping ahis Jewgarment and saying Let us go with you for we have heard that God is with you |
| 9:1 |
An Oracle The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach and will rest upon Damascus For to the Lord belongbelongs the citiescapital of Aram even as do all the tribes of Israel; |
| 9:2 |
Hamath also which borders thereonon it Tyre and Sidon though they are very wise |
| 9:3 |
Tyre has built herselfitself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust and gold like the muddirt of the streets |
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But lonow the Lord will strip herit of herits possessions and hurl herits wealth into the sea and sheit shall be devoured by fire |
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Ash′kelonAshkelon shall see it and be afraid; Gaza too and shall writhe in anguish; Ekron also because its hopes are confoundedwithered The king shall perish from Gaza; Ash′kelonAshkelon shall be uninhabited; |
| 9:6 |
a mongrel people shall dwellsettle in Ashdod; and I will make an end of the pride of Philistia |
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I will take away its blood from its mouth and its abominations from between its teeth; it too shall be a remnant for our God; it shall be like a clan in Judah and Ekron shall be like the Jeb′usitesJebusites |
| 9:8 |
Then I will encamp at my house as a guard so that noneno one shall march to and fro; no oppressor shall again overrun them for now I seehave seen with my own eyes |
| 9:9 |
Rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion Shout aloud O daughter of Jerusalem Lo your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he humble and riding on ana assdonkey on a colt the foal of ana assdonkey |
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IHe will cut off the chariot from E′phraimEphraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth |
| 9:11 |
As for you also because of the blood of my covenant with you I will set your captivesprisoners free from the waterless pit |
| 9:13 |
For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made E′phraimEphraim its arrow I will brandisharouse your sons O Zion overagainst your sons O Greece and wield you like a warriors sword |
| 9:15 |
The Lord of hosts will protect them and they shall devour and tread down the slingers; and they shall drink their blood like wine and be full like a bowl drenched like the corners of the altar |
| 9:17 |
YeaFor howwhat goodgoodness and howbeauty fairare ithis shall be Grain shall make the young men flourish and new wine the maidensyoung women |
| 10:1 |
Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain from the Lord who makes the storm clouds who gives men showers of rain to everyyou one the vegetation in the field to everyone |
| 10:2 |
For the teraphim utter nonsense and the diviners see lies; the dreamers tell false dreams and give empty consolation Therefore the people wander like sheep; they aresuffer afflicted for wantlack of a shepherd |
| 10:3 |
My anger is hot against the shepherds and I will punish the leaders; for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock the house of Judah and will make them like his proud steedwar in battlehorse |
| 10:4 |
Out of them shall come the cornerstone out of them the tent peg out of them the battle bow out of them every rulercommander |
| 10:5 |
Together they shall be like mightywarriors men in battle trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight becausefor the Lord is with them and they shall confoundput to shame the riders on horses |
| 10:7 |
Then E′phraimthe people of Ephraim shall become like awarriors mighty warrior and their hearts shall be glad as with wine Their children shall see it and rejoice their hearts shall exult in the Lord |
| 10:8 |
I will signal for them and gather them in for I have redeemed them and they shall be as manynumerous as ofthey oldwere before |
| 10:9 |
Though I scattered them among the nations yet in far countries they shall remember me and withthey shall rear their children they shall live and return |
| 10:10 |
I will bring them home from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria; and I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon tilluntil there is no room for them |
| 10:11 |
They shall pass through the sea of Egyptdistress and the waves of the sea shall be smittenstruck down and all the depths of the Nile dried up The pride of Assyria shall be laid low and the scepter of Egypt shall depart |
| 10:12 |
I will make them strong in the Lord and they shall glorywalk in his name says the Lord |
| 11:1 |
Open your doors O Lebanon so that the fire may devour your cedars |
| 11:3 |
HarkListen the wail of the shepherds for their glory is despoiled HarkListen the roar of the lions for the junglethickets of the Jordan isare laid wastedestroyed |
| 11:4 |
Thus said the Lord my God: BecomeBe a shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter |
| 11:5 |
Those who buy them slaykill them and go unpunished; and those who sell them say Blessed be the Lord for I have become rich; and their own shepherds have no pity on them |
| 11:6 |
For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of thisthe landearth says the Lord Lo I will cause menthem every one to fall each into the hand of hisa shepherdneighbor and each into the hand of histhe king; and they shall crushdevastate the earth and I will deliver noneno one from their hand |
| 11:7 |
So on behalf of the sheep merchants I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to beslaughter slain for those who trafficked in the sheep And I took two staffs; one I named GraceFavor the other I named UnionUnity Andand I tended the sheep |
| 11:8 |
In one month I destroyeddisposed of the three shepherds Butfor I becamehad become impatient with them and they also detested me |
| 11:10 |
And I took my staff GraceFavor and I broke it annulling the covenant whichthat I had made with all the peoples |
| 11:11 |
So it was annulled on that day and the traffickerssheep inmerchants the sheep who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord |
| 11:12 |
Then I then said to them If it seems right to you give me my wages; but if not keep them AndSo they weighed out as my wages thirty shekels of silver |
| 11:13 |
Then the Lord said to me CastThrow it into the treasury —thethis lordly price at which I was paidvalued off by them So I took the thirty shekels of silver and castthrew them into the treasury in the house of the Lord |
| 11:14 |
Then I broke my second staff UnionUnity annulling the brotherhoodfamily ties between Judah and Israel |
| 11:15 |
Then the Lord said to me: Take once more the implements of a worthless shepherd |
| 11:16 |
For lo I am now raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for the perishing or seek the wandering or heal the maimed or nourish the soundhealthy but devours the flesh of the fat ones tearing off even their hoofs |
| 11:17 |
WoeOh to my worthless shepherd who deserts the flock May the sword smitestrike his arm and his right eye Let his arm be whollycompletely withered his right eye utterly blinded |
| 12:1 |
An Oracle The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit of man within him: |
| 12:2 |
LoSee I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of reeling tofor all the surrounding peoples round about; it will be against Judah also in the siege against Jerusalem |
| 12:3 |
On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it shall grievously hurt themselves And all the nations of the earth willshall come together against it |
| 12:4 |
On that day says the Lord I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness But uponon the house of Judah I will openkeep mya eyeswatchful eye when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness |
| 12:6 |
On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot inon thea midstpile of wood like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples round about while Jerusalem shall stillagain be inhabited in its place in Jerusalem |
| 12:8 |
On that day the Lord will put a shield about the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David and the house of David shall be like God like the angel of the Lord at their head |
| 12:10 |
And I will pour out a spirit of compassion and supplication on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of compassion and supplication so that when they look on himthe one whom they have pierced they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly over him as one weeps over a firstfirstborn born |
| 12:11 |
On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad rim′monrimmon in the plain of Megid′doMegiddo |
| 12:13 |
the family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shim′eShimeites ites by itself and their wives by themselves; |
| 13:1 |
On that day therea fountain shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and uncleannessimpurity |
| 13:2 |
AndOn on that day says the Lord of hosts I will cut off the names of the idols from the land so that they shall be remembered no more; and also I will remove from the land the prophets and the unclean spirit |
| 13:3 |
And if any oneprophets appear again appearstheir asfathers a prophet his father and mothermothers who bore himthem will say to himthem You shall not live for you speak lies in the name of the Lord; and histheir fatherfathers and mothertheir mothers who bore himthem shall pierce himthem through when hethey prophesiesprophesy |
| 13:4 |
On that day everythe prophetprophets will be ashamed every one of histheir visionvisions when hethey prophesiesprophesy; hethey will not put on a hairy mantle in order to deceive |
| 13:5 |
but heeach of them will say I am no prophet I am a tiller of the soil; for the land has been my possession since my youth |
| 13:6 |
And if oneanyone asks himthem What are these wounds on your backchest hethe answer will saybe The wounds I received in the house of my friends |
| 13:7 |
Awake O sword against my shepherd against the man who standsis nextmy toassociate me says the Lord of hosts Strike the shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones |
| 13:9 |
And I will put this third into the fire and refine them as one refines silver and test them as gold is tested They will call on my name and I will answer them I will say They are my people; and they will say The Lord is myour God |
| 14:1 |
BeholdSee a day ofis coming for the Lord is coming when the spoilplunder taken from you will be divided in theyour midst of you |
| 14:2 |
For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle and the city shall be taken and the houses plunderedlooted and the women ravishedraped; half of the city shall go into exile but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city |
| 14:5 |
And you shall flee by the valley of mythe mountainsLords shallmountain be stopped up for the valley ofbetween the mountains shall touchreach theto side of itAzal; and you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzzi′ahKing kingUzziah of Judah Then the Lord yourmy God will come and all the holy ones with him |
| 14:6 |
On that day there shall not be neithereither cold noror frost |
| 14:10 |
The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem But Jerusalem shall remain aloft uponon its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate to the Corner Gate and from the Tower of Han′anelHananel to the kings wine presses |
| 14:11 |
And it shall be inhabited for therenever again shall it be nodoomed moreto cursedestruction; Jerusalem shall dwellabide in security |
| 14:12 |
AndThis this shall be the plague with which the Lord will smitestrike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh shall rot while they are still on their feet; their eyes shall rot in their sockets and their tongues shall rot in their mouths |
| 14:13 |
AndOn on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them so that each will layseize hold on the hand of hisa fellowneighbor and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other; |
| 14:14 |
even Judah will fight againstat Jerusalem And the wealth of all the surrounding nations round about shall be collected —gold silver and garments in great abundance |
| 14:15 |
And a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses the mules the camels the assesdonkeys and whatever beastsanimals may be in those camps |
| 14:16 |
Then everyall onewho thatsurvive survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King the Lord of hosts and to keep the feastfestival of booths |
| 14:17 |
AndIf if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King the Lord of hosts there will be no rain upon them |
| 14:18 |
And if the family of Egypt do not go up and present themselves then uponon them shall come the plague withthat which the Lord afflictsinflicts on the nations that do not go up to keep the feastfestival of booths |
| 14:19 |
ThisSuch shall be the punishment toof Egypt and the punishment toof all the nations that do not go up to keep the feastfestival of booths |
| 14:20 |
AndOn on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses Holy to the Lord And the cooking pots in the house of the Lord shall be as holy as the bowls beforein front of the altar; |
| 14:21 |
and every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be sacred to the Lord of hosts so that all who sacrifice may come and takeuse of them andto boil the flesh of the sacrifice in them And there shall no longer be atraders trader in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day |