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Zechariah 1 1 In midautumn of the second year of King Darius's reign, the LORD gave this message to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo.
Zechariah 1 2 "I, the LORD, was very angry with your ancestors.
Zechariah 1 3 Therefore, say to the people, `This is what the LORD Almighty says: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD Almighty.'
Zechariah 1 4 Do not be like your ancestors who would not listen when the earlier prophets said to them, `This is what the LORD Almighty says: Turn from your evil ways and stop all your evil practices.'
Zechariah 1 5 "Your ancestors and their prophets are now long dead.
Zechariah 1 6 But all the things I said through my servants the prophets happened to your ancestors, just as I said they would. As a result, they repented and said, `We have received what we deserved from the LORD Almighty. He has done what he said he would do.'"
Zechariah 1 7 Then on February 15 of the second year of King Darius's reign, the LORD sent another message to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo. Zechariah said:
Zechariah 1 8 In a vision during the night, I saw a man sitting on a red horse that was standing among some myrtle trees in a small valley. Behind him were red, brown, and white horses, each with its own rider.
Zechariah 1 9 I asked the angel who was talking with me, "My lord, what are all those horses for?I will show you," the angel replied.
Zechariah 1 10 So the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, "They are the ones the LORD has sent out to patrol the earth."
Zechariah 1 11 Then the other riders reported to the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the myrtle trees, "We have patrolled the earth, and the whole earth is at peace."
Zechariah 1 12 Upon hearing this, the angel of the LORD prayed this prayer: "O LORD Almighty, for seventy years now you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. How long will it be until you again show mercy to them?"
Zechariah 1 13 And the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.
Zechariah 1 14 Then the angel said to me, "Shout this message for all to hear: `This is what the LORD Almighty says: My love for Jerusalem and Mount Zion is passionate and strong.
Zechariah 1 15 But I am very angry with the other nations that enjoy peace and security. I was only a little angry with my people, but the nations punished them far beyond my intentions.
Zechariah 1 16 " `Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I have returned to show mercy to Jerusalem. My Temple will be rebuilt, says the LORD Almighty, and plans will be made for the reconstruction of Jerusalem. '
Zechariah 1 17 Say this also: `This is what the LORD Almighty says: The towns of Israel will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem as his own.'"
Zechariah 1 18 Then I looked up and saw four animal horns.
Zechariah 1 19 "What are these?" I asked the angel who was talking with me. He replied, "These horns represent the world powers that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
Zechariah 1 20 Then the LORD showed me four blacksmiths.
Zechariah 1 21 "What are these men coming to do?" I asked. The angel replied, "The blacksmiths have come to terrify the four horns that scattered and humbled Judah. They will throw them down and destroy them."
Zechariah 2 1 When I looked around me again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
Zechariah 2 2 "Where are you going?" I asked. He replied, "I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is."
Zechariah 2 3 Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.
Zechariah 2 4 The other angel said, "Hurry, and say to that young man, `Jerusalem will someday be so full of people that it won't have room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls, with all their livestock--and yet they will be safe.
Zechariah 2 5 For I, myself, will be a wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the glory inside the city!'"
Zechariah 2 6 The LORD says, "Come away! Flee from the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.
Zechariah 2 7 Come away! Escape to Jerusalem, you who are exiled in Babylon!"
Zechariah 2 8 "After a period of glory, the LORD Almighty sent me against the nations who oppressed you. For he said, `Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.
Zechariah 2 9 I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.' Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me."
Zechariah 2 10 The LORD says, "Shout and rejoice, O Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you.
Zechariah 2 11 Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD Almighty sent me to you.
Zechariah 2 12 The land of Judah will be the LORD's inheritance in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city.
Zechariah 2 13 Be silent before the LORD, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling."
Zechariah 3 1 Then the angel showed me Jeshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD. Satan was there at the angel's right hand, accusing Jeshua of many things.
Zechariah 3 2 And the LORD said to Satan, "I, the LORD, reject your accusations, Satan. Yes, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you. This man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from a fire."
Zechariah 3 3 Jeshua's clothing was filthy as he stood there before the angel.
Zechariah 3 4 So the angel said to the others standing there, "Take off his filthy clothes." And turning to Jeshua he said, "See, I have taken away your sins, and now I am giving you these fine new clothes."
Zechariah 3 5 Then I said, "Please, could he also have a clean turban on his head?" So they put a clean priestly turban on his head and dressed him in new clothes while the angel of the LORD stood by.
Zechariah 3 6 Then the angel of the LORD spoke very solemnly to Jeshua and said,
Zechariah 3 7 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: If you follow my ways and obey my requirements, then you will be given authority over my Temple and its courtyards. I will let you walk in and out of my presence along with these others standing here.
Zechariah 3 8 Listen to me, O Jeshua the high priest, and all you other priests. You are symbols of the good things to come. Soon I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.
Zechariah 3 9 Now look at the jewel I have set before Jeshua, a single stone with seven facets. I will engrave an inscription on it, says the LORD Almighty, and I will remove the sins of this land in a single day.
Zechariah 3 10 And on that day, says the LORD Almighty, each of you will invite your neighbor into your home to share your peace and prosperity."
Zechariah 4 1 Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.
Zechariah 4 2 "What do you see now?" he asked. I answered, "I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl of oil on top of it. Around the bowl are seven lamps, each one having seven spouts with wicks.
Zechariah 4 3 And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl."
Zechariah 4 4 Then I asked the angel, "What are these, my lord? What do they mean?"
Zechariah 4 5 "Don't you know?" the angel asked. "No, my lord," I replied.
Zechariah 4 6 Then he said to me, "This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD Almighty.
Zechariah 4 7 Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel's way; it will flatten out before him! Then Zerubbabel will set the final stone of the Temple in place, and the people will shout: `May God bless it! May God bless it!'"
Zechariah 4 8 Then another message came to me from the LORD:
Zechariah 4 9 "Zerubbabel is the one who laid the foundation of this Temple, and he will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me.
Zechariah 4 10 Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand. For these seven lamps represent the eyes of the LORD that search all around the world."
Zechariah 4 11 Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees on each side of the lampstand,
Zechariah 4 12 and what are the two olive branches that pour out golden oil through two gold tubes?"
Zechariah 4 13 "Don't you know?" he asked. "No, my lord," I replied.
Zechariah 4 14 Then he said to me, "They represent the two anointed ones who assist the Lord of all the earth."
Zechariah 5 1 I looked up again and saw a scroll flying through the air.
Zechariah 5 2 "What do you see?" the angel asked. "I see a flying scroll," I replied. "It appears to be about thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide. "
Zechariah 5 3 Then he said to me, "This scroll contains the curse that is going out over the entire land. One side says that those who steal will be banished from the land; the other side says that those who swear falsely will be banished from the land.
Zechariah 5 4 And this is what the LORD Almighty says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely by my name. And my curse will remain in that house until it is completely destroyed--even its timbers and stones."
Zechariah 5 5 Then the angel who was talking with me came forward and said, "Look up! Something is appearing in the sky."
Zechariah 5 6 "What is it?" I asked. He replied, "It is a basket for measuring grain, and it is filled with the sins of everyone throughout the land."
Zechariah 5 7 When the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket, there was a woman sitting inside it.
Zechariah 5 8 The angel said, "The woman's name is Wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again.
Zechariah 5 9 Then I looked up and saw two women flying toward us, with wings gliding on the wind. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they picked up the basket and flew with it into the sky.
Zechariah 5 10 "Where are they taking the basket?" I asked the angel.
Zechariah 5 11 He replied, "To the land of Babylonia, where they will build a temple for the basket. And when the temple is ready, they will set the basket there on its pedestal."
Zechariah 6 1 Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two bronze mountains.
Zechariah 6 2 The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second by black horses,
Zechariah 6 3 the third by white horses, and the fourth by dappled-gray horses.
Zechariah 6 4 "And what are these, my lord?" I asked the angel who was talking with me.
Zechariah 6 5 He replied, "These are the four spirits of heaven who stand before the Lord of all the earth. They are going out to do his work.
Zechariah 6 6 The chariot with black horses is going north, the chariot with white horses is going west, and the chariot with dappled-gray horses is going south."
Zechariah 6 7 The powerful horses were eager to be off, to patrol back and forth across the earth. And the LORD said, "Go and patrol the earth!" So they left at once on their patrol.
Zechariah 6 8 Then the LORD summoned me and said, "Those who went north have vented the anger of my Spirit there."
Zechariah 6 9 Then I received another message from the LORD:
Zechariah 6 10 "Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah will bring gifts of silver and gold from the Jews exiled in Babylon. As soon as they arrive, meet them at the home of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
Zechariah 6 11 Accept their gifts and make a crown from the silver and gold. Then put the crown on the head of Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
Zechariah 6 12 Tell him that the LORD Almighty says: Here is the man called the Branch. He will branch out where he is and build the Temple of the LORD.
Zechariah 6 13 He will build the LORD's Temple, and he will receive royal honor and will rule as king from his throne. He will also serve as priest from his throne, and there will be perfect harmony between the two.
Zechariah 6 14 "The crown will be a memorial in the Temple of the LORD to honor those who gave it--Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Josiah son of Zephaniah."
Zechariah 6 15 Many will come from distant lands to rebuild the Temple of the LORD. And when this happens, you will know my messages have been from the LORD Almighty. All this will happen if you carefully obey the commands of the LORD your God.
Zechariah 7 1 On December 7 of the fourth year of King Darius's reign, another message came to Zechariah from the LORD.
Zechariah 7 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech, along with their men, to seek the LORD's favor.
Zechariah 7 3 They were to ask this question of the prophets and of the priests at the Temple of the LORD Almighty: "Should we continue to mourn and fast each summer on the anniversary of the Temple's destruction, as we have done for so many years?"
Zechariah 7 4 The LORD Almighty sent me this message:
Zechariah 7 5 "Say to all your people and your priests, `During those seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and at the festival in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting?
Zechariah 7 6 And even now in your holy festivals, you don't think about me but only of pleasing yourselves.
Zechariah 7 7 Isn't this the same message the LORD proclaimed through the prophets years ago when Jerusalem and the towns of Judah were bustling with people, and the Negev and the foothills of Judah were populated areas?'"
Zechariah 7 8 Then this message came to Zechariah from the LORD:
Zechariah 7 9 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: Judge fairly and honestly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.
Zechariah 7 10 Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And do not make evil plans to harm each other.
Zechariah 7 11 "Your ancestors would not listen to this message. They turned stubbornly away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.
Zechariah 7 12 They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the law or the messages that the LORD Almighty had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the LORD Almighty was so angry with them.
Zechariah 7 13 "Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to me, says the LORD Almighty.
Zechariah 7 14 I scattered them as with a whirlwind among the distant nations, where they lived as strangers. Their land became so desolate that no one even traveled through it. The land that had been so pleasant became a desert."
Zechariah 8 1 Then another message came to me from the LORD Almighty:
Zechariah 8 2 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: My love for Mount Zion is passionate and strong; I am consumed with passion for Jerusalem!
Zechariah 8 3 And now the LORD says: I am returning to Mount Zion, and I will live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City; the mountain of the LORD Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.
Zechariah 8 4 This is what the LORD Almighty says: Once again old men and women will walk Jerusalem's streets with a cane and sit together in the city squares.
Zechariah 8 5 And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls at play.
Zechariah 8 6 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: All this may seem impossible to you now, a small and discouraged remnant of God's people. But do you think this is impossible for me, the LORD Almighty?
Zechariah 8 7 This is what the LORD Almighty says: You can be sure that I will rescue my people from the east and from the west.
Zechariah 8 8 I will bring them home again to live safely in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be faithful and just toward them as their God.
Zechariah 8 9 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: Take heart and finish the task! You have heard what the prophets have been saying about building the Temple of the LORD Almighty ever since the foundation was laid.
Zechariah 8 10 Before the work on the Temple began, there were no jobs and no wages for either people or animals. No traveler was safe from the enemy, for there were enemies on all sides. I had turned everyone against each other.
Zechariah 8 11 But now I will not treat the remnant of my people as I treated them before, says the LORD Almighty.
Zechariah 8 12 For I am planting seeds of peace and prosperity among you. The grapevines will be heavy with fruit. The earth will produce its crops, and the sky will release the dew. Once more I will make the remnant in Judah and Israel the heirs of these blessings.
Zechariah 8 13 Among the nations, Judah and Israel had become symbols of what it means to be cursed. But no longer! Now I will rescue you and make you both a symbol and a source of blessing! So don't be afraid or discouraged, but instead get on with rebuilding the Temple!
Zechariah 8 14 "For this is what the LORD Almighty says: I did not change my mind when your ancestors angered me and I promised to punish them, says the LORD Almighty.
Zechariah 8 15 Neither will I change my decision to bless Jerusalem and the people of Judah. So don't be afraid.
Zechariah 8 16 But this is what you must do: Tell the truth to each other. Render verdicts in your courts that are just and that lead to peace.
Zechariah 8 17 Do not make evil plots to harm each other. And stop this habit of swearing to things that are false. I hate all these things, says the LORD."
Zechariah 8 18 Here is another message that came to me from the LORD Almighty.
Zechariah 8 19 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: The traditional fasts and times of mourning you have kept in early summer, midsummer, autumn, and winter are now ended. They will become festivals of joy and celebration for the people of Judah. So love truth and peace.
Zechariah 8 20 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem.
Zechariah 8 21 The people of one city will say to the people in another, `Let us go to Jerusalem to ask the LORD to bless us and to seek the LORD Almighty. We are planning to go ourselves.'
Zechariah 8 22 People from many nations, even powerful nations, will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and to ask the LORD to bless them.
Zechariah 8 23 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: In those days ten people from nations and languages around the world will clutch at the hem of one Jew's robe. And they will say, `Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"
Zechariah 9 1 This is the message from the LORD against the land of Aram and the city of Damascus, for the eyes of all humanity, including the people of Israel, are on the LORD.
Zechariah 9 2 Doom is certain for Hamath, near Damascus, and for the cities of Tyre and Sidon, too, though they are so clever.
Zechariah 9 3 Tyre has built a strong fortress and has piled up so much silver and gold that it is as common as dust in the streets!
Zechariah 9 4 But now the Lord will strip away Tyre's possessions and hurl its fortifications into the Mediterranean Sea. Tyre will be set on fire and burned to the ground.
Zechariah 9 5 The city of Ashkelon will see Tyre fall and will be filled with fear. Gaza will shake with terror, and so will Ekron, for their hopes will be dashed. Gaza will be conquered and its king killed, and Ashkelon will be completely deserted.
Zechariah 9 6 Foreigners will occupy the city of Ashdod. Thus, I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.
Zechariah 9 7 They will no longer eat meat with blood in it or feed on other forbidden foods. All the surviving Philistines will worship our God and be adopted as a new clan in Judah. And the Philistines of Ekron will join my people, just as the Jebusites once did.
Zechariah 9 8 I will guard my Temple and protect it from invading armies. I am closely watching their movements. No foreign oppressor will ever again overrun my people's land.
Zechariah 9 9 Rejoice greatly, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey--even on a donkey's colt.
Zechariah 9 10 I will remove the battle chariots from Israel and the warhorses from Jerusalem, and I will destroy all the weapons used in battle. Your king will bring peace to the nations. His realm will stretch from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
Zechariah 9 11 Because of the covenant I made with you, sealed with blood, I will free your prisoners from death in a waterless dungeon.
Zechariah 9 12 Come back to the place of safety, all you prisoners, for there is yet hope! I promise this very day that I will repay you two mercies for each of your woes!
Zechariah 9 13 Judah is my bow, and Israel is my arrow! Jerusalem is my sword, and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.
Zechariah 9 14 The LORD will appear above his people; his arrows will fly like lightning! The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet; he will go out against his enemies like a whirlwind from the southern desert.
Zechariah 9 15 The LORD Almighty will protect his people, and they will subdue their enemies with sling stones. They will shout in battle as though drunk with wine, shedding the blood of their enemies. They will be filled with blood like a bowl, drenched with blood like the corners of the altar.
Zechariah 9 16 When that day arrives, the LORD their God will rescue his people, just as a shepherd rescues his sheep. They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown.
Zechariah 9 17 How wonderful and beautiful they will be! The young men and women will thrive on the abundance of grain and new wine.
Zechariah 10 1 Ask the LORD for rain in the spring, and he will give it. It is the LORD who makes storm clouds that drop showers of rain so that every field becomes a lush pasture.
Zechariah 10 2 Household gods give false advice, fortune-tellers predict only lies, and interpreters of dreams pronounce comfortless falsehoods. So my people are wandering like lost sheep, without a shepherd to protect and guide them.
Zechariah 10 3 "My anger burns against your shepherds, and I will punish these leaders. For the LORD Almighty has arrived to look after his flock of Judah; he will make them strong and glorious, like a proud warhorse in battle.
Zechariah 10 4 From Judah will come the cornerstone, the tent peg, the battle bow, and all the rulers.
Zechariah 10 5 They will be like mighty warriors in battle, trampling their enemies in the mud under their feet. Since the LORD is with them as they fight, they will overthrow even the horsemen of the enemy.
Zechariah 10 6 "I will strengthen Judah and save Israel; I will reestablish them because I love them. It will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the LORD their God, who will hear their cries.
Zechariah 10 7 The people of Israel will become like mighty warriors, and their hearts will be happy as if by wine. Their children, too, will see it all and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
Zechariah 10 8 When I whistle to them, they will come running, for I have redeemed them. From the few that are left, their population will grow again to its former size.
Zechariah 10 9 Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations, still they will remember me in distant lands. With their children, they will survive and come home again to Israel.
Zechariah 10 10 I will bring them back from Egypt and Assyria and resettle them in Gilead and Lebanon. There won't be enough room for them all!
Zechariah 10 11 They will pass safely through the sea of distress, for the waves of the sea will be held back. And the waters of the Nile will become dry. The pride of Assyria will be crushed, and the rule of Egypt will end.
Zechariah 10 12 I will make my people strong in my power, and they will go wherever they wish by my authority. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
Zechariah 11 1 Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may sweep through your cedar forests.
Zechariah 11 2 Weep, you cypress trees, for all the ruined cedars; the tallest and most beautiful of them are fallen. Weep, you oaks of Bashan, as you watch the thickest forests being felled.
Zechariah 11 3 Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their wealth is gone. Hear the young lions roaring, for their thickets in the Jordan Valley have been destroyed.
Zechariah 11 4 This is what the LORD my God says: "Go and care for a flock that is intended for slaughter.
Zechariah 11 5 The buyers will slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers will say, `Praise the LORD, I am now rich!' Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.
Zechariah 11 6 And likewise, I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the land," says the LORD. "I will let them fall into each other's clutches, as well as into the clutches of their king. They will turn the land into a wilderness, and I will not protect them."
Zechariah 11 7 So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter--the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd's staffs and named one Favor and the other Union.
Zechariah 11 8 I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month. But I became impatient with these sheep--this nation--and they hated me, too.
Zechariah 11 9 So I told them, "I won't be your shepherd any longer. If you die, you die. If you are killed, you are killed. And those who remain will devour each other!"
Zechariah 11 10 Then I took my staff called Favor and snapped it in two, showing that I had revoked the covenant I had made with all the nations.
Zechariah 11 11 That was the end of my covenant with them. Those who bought and sold sheep were watching me, and they knew that the LORD was speaking to them through my actions.
Zechariah 11 12 And I said to them, "If you like, give me my wages, whatever I am worth; but only if you want to." So they counted out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
Zechariah 11 13 And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potters "--this magnificent sum at which they valued me! So I took the thirty coins and threw them to the potters in the Temple of the LORD.
Zechariah 11 14 Then I broke my other staff, Union, to show that the bond of unity between Judah and Israel was broken.
Zechariah 11 15 Then the LORD said to me, "Go again and play the part of a worthless shepherd.
Zechariah 11 16 This will illustrate how I will give this nation a shepherd who will not care for the sheep that are threatened by death, nor look after the young, nor heal the injured, nor feed the healthy. Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep and tear off their hooves.
Zechariah 11 17 Doom is certain for this worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! The sword will cut his arm and pierce his right eye! His arm will become useless, and his right eye completely blind!"
Zechariah 12 1 This message concerning the fate of Israel came from the LORD: "This message is from the LORD, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the spirit within humans.
Zechariah 12 2 I will make Jerusalem and Judah like an intoxicating drink to all the nearby nations that send their armies to besiege Jerusalem.
Zechariah 12 3 On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone, a burden for the world. None of the nations who try to lift it will escape unscathed.
Zechariah 12 4 "On that day, says the LORD, I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind the horses of her enemies.
Zechariah 12 5 And the clans of Judah will say to themselves, `The people of Jerusalem have found strength in the LORD Almighty, their God.'
Zechariah 12 6 "On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a brazier that sets a woodpile ablaze or like a burning torch among sheaves of grain. They will burn up all the neighboring nations right and left, while the people living in Jerusalem remain secure.
Zechariah 12 7 The LORD will give victory to the rest of Judah first, before Jerusalem, so that the people of Jerusalem and the royal line of David will not have greater honor than the rest of Judah.
Zechariah 12 8 On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem; the weakest among them will be as mighty as King David! And the royal descendants will be like God, like the angel of the LORD who goes before them!
Zechariah 12 9 For my plan is to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Zechariah 12 10 "Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on all the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.
Zechariah 12 11 The sorrow and mourning in Jerusalem on that day will be like the grievous mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
Zechariah 12 12 "All Israel will weep in profound sorrow, each family by itself, with the husbands and wives in separate groups. The family of David will mourn, along with the family of Nathan,
Zechariah 12 13 the family of Levi, and the family of Shimei.
Zechariah 12 14 Each of the surviving families from Judah will mourn separately, husbands and wives apart.
Zechariah 13 1 "On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and defilement.
Zechariah 13 2 "And on that day, says the LORD Almighty, I will get rid of every trace of idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land all false prophets and the unclean spirits that inspire them.
Zechariah 13 3 If anyone begins prophesying again, his own father and mother will tell him, `You must die, for you have prophesied lies in the name of the LORD.' Then his own father and mother will stab him.
Zechariah 13 4 "No one will be boasting then of a prophetic gift! No one will wear prophet's clothes to try to fool the people.
Zechariah 13 5 `No,' he will say. `I'm not a prophet; I'm a farmer. The soil has been my means of livelihood from my earliest youth.'
Zechariah 13 6 And if someone asks, `Then what are those scars on your chest?' he will say, `I was wounded at the home of friends!'
Zechariah 13 7 "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner, says the LORD Almighty. Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.
Zechariah 13 8 Two-thirds of the people in the land will be cut off and die, says the LORD. But a third will be left in the land.
Zechariah 13 9 I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure, just as gold and silver are refined and purified by fire. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, `These are my people,' and they will say, `The LORD is our God.'"
Zechariah 14 1 Watch, for the day of the LORD is coming when your possessions will be plundered right in front of you!
Zechariah 14 2 On that day I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses plundered, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken away into captivity, and half will be left among the ruins of the city.
Zechariah 14 3 Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as he has fought in times past.
Zechariah 14 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives will split apart, making a wide valley running from east to west, for half the mountain will move toward the north and half toward the south.
Zechariah 14 5 You will flee through this valley, for it will reach across to Azal. Yes, you will flee as you did from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.
Zechariah 14 6 On that day the sources of light will no longer shine,
Zechariah 14 7 yet there will be continuous day! Only the LORD knows how this could happen! There will be no normal day and night, for at evening time it will still be light.
Zechariah 14 8 On that day life-giving waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half toward the Dead Sea and half toward the Mediterranean, flowing continuously both in summer and in winter.
Zechariah 14 9 And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one LORD--his name alone will be worshiped.
Zechariah 14 10 All the land from Geba, north of Judah, to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become one vast plain. But Jerusalem will be raised up in its original place and will be inhabited all the way from the Benjamin Gate over to the site of the old gate, then to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
Zechariah 14 11 And Jerusalem will be filled, safe at last, never again to be cursed and destroyed.
Zechariah 14 12 And the LORD will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses, their flesh rotting away. Their eyes will shrivel in their sockets, and their tongues will decay in their mouths.
Zechariah 14 13 On that day they will be terrified, stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will fight against each other in hand-to-hand combat;
Zechariah 14 14 Judah, too, will be fighting at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the neighboring nations will be captured--great quantities of gold and silver and fine clothing.
Zechariah 14 15 This same plague will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other animals in the enemy camps.
Zechariah 14 16 In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each year to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
Zechariah 14 17 And any nation anywhere in the world that refuses to come to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, will have no rain.
Zechariah 14 18 And if the people of Egypt refuse to attend the festival, the LORD will punish them with the same plague that he sends on the other nations who refuse to go.
Zechariah 14 19 Egypt and the other nations will all be punished if they don't go to celebrate the festival.
Zechariah 14 20 On that day even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with these words: SET APART AS HOLY TO THE LORD. And the cooking pots in the Temple of the LORD will be as sacred as the basins used beside the altar.
Zechariah 14 21 In fact, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be set apart as holy to the LORD Almighty. All who come to worship will be free to use any of these pots to boil their sacrifices. And on that day there will no longer be traders in the Temple of the LORD Almighty.
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