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{\MTB The Book of
\par }{\MT Zechariah

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
eighth
month,
in
the
second
year
of
Darius,
the
LORD’s\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.}
word
came
to
the
prophet
Zechariah
the
son
of
Berechiah,
the
son
of
Iddo,
saying,
\VS{2}“The
LORD
was very
displeased
with
your
fathers.
\VS{3}Therefore
tell
them,
the
LORD
of
Armies
says: ‘Return
to
me,’
says
the
LORD
of
Armies, ‘and
I
will
return
to
you,’
says
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\VS{4}Don’t
you
be
like
your
fathers,
to
whom
the
former
prophets
proclaimed,
saying:
The
LORD
of
Armies
says, ‘Return
now
from
your
evil
ways
and
from
your
evil
doings;’
but
they
didn’t
hear
nor
listen
to
me,
says
the
LORD.
\VS{5}Your
fathers,
where
are
they?
And
the
prophets, do
they
live
forever?
\VS{6}But
my
words
and
my
decrees,
which
I
commanded
my
servants
the
prophets,
didn’t
they
overtake
your
fathers?
\par }{\PP “Then
they
repented
and
said, ‘Just
as
the
LORD
of
Armies determined
to
do
to
us, according
to
our
ways
and according
to
our
practices,
so
he
has dealt
with
us.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}On
the twenty-fourth
day
of
the
eleventh
month,
which
is
the
month
Shebat,
in
the
second
year
of
Darius,
the
LORD’s
word
came
to
the
prophet
Zechariah
the
son
of
Berechiah,
the
son
of
Iddo,
saying,
\VS{8}“I
had
a
vision
in
the
night,
and
behold,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:8 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
a
man
riding
on
a
red
horse,
and
he
stood amongst
the
myrtle
trees
that
were
in
a
ravine;
and
behind
him
there
were
red, brown,
and
white
horses.
\VS{9}Then
I
asked, ‘My
lord,
what
are
these?’ ”
\par }{\PP The
angel
who
talked
with
me
said
to
me, “I
will
show
you
what
these
are.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
man
who
stood amongst
the
myrtle
trees
answered, “They
are
the
ones
the
LORD
has
sent
to
go
back
and
forth
through
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}They reported
to
the
LORD’s
angel
who
stood amongst
the
myrtle
trees,
and
said, “We
have
walked
back
and
forth
through
the
earth,
and
behold,
all
the
earth
is
at
rest
and
in
peace.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
the
LORD’s
angel
replied, “O
LORD
of
Armies,
how
long
will
you
not
have
mercy
on
Jerusalem
and
on
the
cities
of
Judah,
against
which
you
have
had
indignation
these
seventy
years?”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
LORD
answered
the
angel
who
talked
with
me
with
kind
and
comforting
words.
\VS{14}So
the
angel
who
talked
with
me
said
to
me, “Proclaim,
saying, ‘The
LORD
of
Armies
says: “I
am
jealous
for
Jerusalem
and
for
Zion
with
a
great
jealousy.
\VS{15}I
am
very
angry
with
the
nations
that
are
at
ease;
for
I
was
but
a
little
displeased,
but
they added
to
the
calamity.”
\VS{16}Therefore
the
LORD
says: “I
have
returned
to
Jerusalem
with
mercy.
My
house
shall
be
built
in
it,”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies, “and
a line
shall
be
stretched
out
over
Jerusalem.” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{17}“Proclaim
further,
saying, ‘The
LORD
of
Armies
says: “My
cities
will
again
overflow
with
prosperity,
and
the
LORD
will
again
comfort
Zion,
and
will
again
choose
Jerusalem.” ’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns.
\VS{19}I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?”
\par }{\PP He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}The LORD showed me four craftsmen.
\VS{21}Then I asked, “What are these coming to do?”
\par }{\PP He said, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw,
and
behold,
a
man
with
a measuring line
in
his hand.
\VS{2}Then
I
asked, “Where
are
you going?”
\par }{\PP He
said
to
me, “To measure
Jerusalem,
to
see
what
is
its width
and
what
is
its length.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Behold,
the angel
who talked
with
me went
out,
and another angel went
out
to meet
him,
\VS{4}and
said
to
him, “Run,
speak
to
this young
man,
saying, ‘Jerusalem
will
be inhabited
as villages
without walls,
because
of
the multitude
of
men
and livestock
in
it.
\VS{5}For
I,’ says
the LORD, ‘will
be
to
her
a wall
of fire
around
it,
and
I
will
be
the glory
in
the middle
of
her.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Come!
Come! Flee
from
the land
of
the north,’
says
the LORD; ‘for
I
have
spread
you abroad
as
the four winds
of
the sky,’
says
the LORD.
\VS{7}‘Come, Zion!
Escape,
you
who dwell
with
the daughter
of Babylon.’
\VS{8}For
the LORD
of Armies
says: ‘For honour
he
has
sent
me
to
the nations
which plundered
you;
for
he
who touches
you touches
the apple
of
his eye.
\VS{9}For, behold,
I
will shake
my hand
over
them,
and
they
will
be
a plunder
to
those
who
served
them;
and
you
will know
that
the
LORD
of Armies
has sent
me.
\VS{10}Sing
and rejoice, daughter
of
Zion!
For behold,
I come
and
I
will dwell within
you,’
says
the
LORD.
\VS{11}Many nations
shall
join themselves
to
the LORD
in
that day,
and
shall
be
my
people;
and I
will
dwell amongst
you,
and
you
shall know
that
the LORD
of Armies
has sent me
to
you.
\VS{12}The
LORD
will inherit Judah
as
his portion
in
the holy land,
and
will
again choose
Jerusalem.
\VS{13}Be silent,
all flesh,
before
the
LORD;
for
he
has roused
himself
from
his holy habitation!”

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}He
showed
me
Joshua
the
high
priest
standing
before
the
LORD’s
angel,
and
Satan
standing
at
his
right
hand
to
be
his
adversary.
\VS{2}The
LORD
said
to
Satan, “The
LORD
rebuke
you,
Satan! Yes,
the
LORD
who
has
chosen
Jerusalem
rebuke
you!
Isn’t
this
a
burning stick
plucked
out
of
the
fire?”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Now
Joshua
was
clothed
with
filthy
garments,
and
was
standing
before
the
angel.
\VS{4}He
answered
and
spoke
to
those
who
stood
before
him,
saying, “Take
the
filthy
garments
off
him.”
To
him
he
said, “Behold,
I
have caused
your
iniquity
to
pass
from
you,
and
I
will
clothe
you
with rich
clothing.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}I
said, “Let
them
set
a
clean
turban
on
his
head.”
\par }{\PP So
they
set
a
clean
turban
on
his
head,
and
clothed
him;
and
the
LORD’s
angel
was
standing
by.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
LORD’s
angel solomnly assured
Joshua,
saying,
\VS{7}“The
LORD
of
Armies
says: ‘If
you
will
walk
in
my
ways,
and
if
you
will
follow
my
instructions,
then
you
also
shall
judge
my
house,
and
shall
also
keep
my courts,
and
I
will
give
you
a
place
of access amongst
these
who
stand
by.
\VS{8}Hear
now,
Joshua
the
high
priest,
you
and
your
fellows
who
sit
before
you,
for
they
are
men
who
are
a
sign;
for,
behold,
I
will
bring
out
my
servant,
the
Branch.
\VS{9}For,
behold,
the
stone
that
I
have
set
before
Joshua:
on
one
stone
are
seven
eyes;
behold,
I
will engrave
its
inscription,’
says
the
LORD
of
Armies, ‘and
I
will
remove
the
iniquity
of
that
land
in
one
day.
\VS{10}In
that
day,’
says
the
LORD
of
Armies, ‘you
will
invite
every
man
his neighbour
under
the
vine
and
under
the
fig
tree.’ ”

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
angel
who
talked
with
me
came
again
and wakened
me,
as
a
man
who
is wakened
out
of
his
sleep.
\VS{2}He
said
to
me, “What
do
you
see?”
\par }{\PP I
said, “I
have
seen,
and
behold,
a
lamp stand
all
of
gold,
with
its
bowl
on
the
top
of
it,
and
its
seven
lamps
on
it;
there
are
seven
pipes
to
each
of
the
lamps
which
are
on
the
top
of
it;
\VS{3}and
two
olive
trees
by
it,
one
on
the
right
side
of
the
bowl,
and
the
other
on
the
left
side
of
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}I
answered
and
spoke
to
the
angel
who
talked
with
me,
saying, “What
are
these,
my
lord?”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
the
angel
who
talked
with
me
answered
me, “Don’t
you
know
what
these
are?”
\par }{\PP I
said, “No,
my
lord.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
he
answered
and
spoke
to
me,
saying, “This
is
the
LORD’s
word
to
Zerubbabel,
saying, ‘Not
by
might,
nor
by
power,
but
by
my
Spirit,’
says
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\VS{7}Who
are
you,
great
mountain?
Before
Zerubbabel
you
are
a
plain;
and
he
will
bring
out
the
capstone
with
shouts
of ‘Grace,
grace,
to
it!’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Moreover
the
LORD’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
\VS{9}“The
hands
of
Zerubbabel
have
laid
the
foundation
of
this
house.
His
hands
shall
also
finish
it;
and
you
will
know
that
the
LORD
of
Armies
has
sent
me
to
you.
\VS{10}Indeed,
who
despises
the
day
of
small
things?
For
these
seven
shall
rejoice,
and
shall
see
the
plumb
line
in
the
hand
of
Zerubbabel.
These
are
the
LORD’s
eyes,
which run back
and forth
through
the
whole
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
I
asked
him, “What
are
these
two
olive
trees
on
the
right
side
of
the lamp stand
and
on
the
left
side
of
it?”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}I
asked
him
the
second
time, “What
are
these
two
olive
branches,
which
are
beside
the
two
golden spouts
that pour
the
golden
oil
out
of
themselves?”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}He
answered
me, “Don’t
you
know
what
these
are?”
\par }{\PP I
said, “No,
my
lord.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
he
said, “These
are
the
two
anointed
ones
who
stand
by
the
Lord\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:14 }
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”}
of
the
whole
earth.”

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
again
I
lifted
up
my
eyes
and
saw,
and
behold,
a flying
scroll.
\VS{2}He
said
to
me, “What
do
you
see?”
\par }{\PP I
answered, “I
see
a flying
scroll; its
length
is
twenty
cubits,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:2 }
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.}
and its
width
ten
cubits.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
he
said
to
me, “This
is
the
curse
that
goes
out
over
the
surface
of
the
whole
land,
for
everyone
who
steals
shall
be cut
off
according
to
it
on
the
one
side;
and
everyone
who
swears falsely
shall
be cut
off
according
to
it
on
the
other
side.
\VS{4}I
will cause
it
to
go
out,”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies, “and
it
will
enter
into
the
house
of
the
thief,
and
into
the
house
of
him
who
swears
falsely
by
my
name;
and
it
will
remain
in
the
middle
of
his
house,
and
will
destroy
it
with
its
timber
and
its
stones.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
the
angel
who
talked
with
me
came
forward
and
said
to
me, “Lift
up
now
your
eyes
and
see
what
this
is
that
is
appearing.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}I
said, “What
is
it?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “This
is
the
ephah\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5:6 }
An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or about 2/3 of a bushel.
}
basket
that
is appearing.”
He
said moreover, “This
is
their
appearance
in
all
the
land—
\VS{7}and
behold,
a
lead
cover
weighing
one
talent\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 5:7 }
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.}
was
lifted
up—and
there
was
a
woman
sitting
in
the
middle
of
the
ephah\FTNT{§}{{\FR 5:7 }
1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel}
basket.”
\VS{8}He
said, “This
is
Wickedness;”
and
he
threw
her
down
into
the
middle
of
the
ephah
basket;
and
he
threw
the
lead
weight
on
its
mouth.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
I
lifted
up
my
eyes
and
saw,
and
behold,
there
were
two
women;
and
the
wind
was
in
their
wings.
Now
they
had
wings
like
the
wings
of
a
stork,
and
they
lifted
up
the
ephah
basket
between
earth
and
the
sky.
\VS{10}Then
I
said
to
the
angel
who
talked
with
me, “Where
are
these carrying
the
ephah
basket?”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}He
said
to
me, “To
build
her
a
house
in
the
land
of
Shinar.
When
it
is
prepared, she
will
be
set
there
in
her own
place.”

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Again
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw,
and
behold,
four
chariots
came
out
from
between
two
mountains;
and
the
mountains
were
mountains
of
bronze.
\VS{2}In
the
first
chariot
were
red
horses.
In
the
second
chariot
were
black
horses.
\VS{3}In
the
third
chariot
were
white
horses.
In
the
fourth
chariot
were
dappled
horses, all
of them powerful.
\VS{4}Then
I
asked
the
angel
who
talked
with
me, “What
are
these,
my
lord?”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
angel
answered
me, “These
are
the
four
winds
of
the
sky,
which
go
out
from
standing
before
the
Lord
of
all
the
earth.
\VS{6}The
one
with
the
black
horses
goes
out towards
the
north
country;
and
the
white
went
out
after
them;
and
the
dappled
went
out towards
the
south
country.”
\VS{7}The
strong
went
out,
and
sought
to
go
that
they might
walk
back
and
forth
through
the
earth.
He
said, “Go
around
and
through
the
earth!”
So
they
walked
back
and
forth
through
the
earth.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
he
called
to
me,
and
spoke
to
me,
saying, “Behold,
those
who
go towards
the
north
country
have quieted
my
spirit
in
the
north
country.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
LORD’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
\VS{10}“Take
of
them
of
the captivity,
even
of
Heldai,
of
Tobijah,
and
of
Jedaiah;
and
come
the
same
day,
and
go
into
the
house
of
Josiah
the
son
of
Zephaniah,
where
they
have
come
from
Babylon.
\VS{11}Yes,
take
silver
and
gold,
and
make
crowns,
and
set
them
on
the
head
of
Joshua
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest;
\VS{12}and
speak
to
him,
saying, ‘The
LORD
of
Armies
says, “Behold,
the
man
whose
name
is
the
Branch!
He
will
grow
up
out
of
his
place;
and
he
will
build
the
LORD’s
temple.
\VS{13}He
will
build
the
LORD’s
temple.
He
will
bear
the
glory,
and
will
sit
and
rule
on
his
throne.
He
will
be
a
priest
on
his
throne.
The
counsel
of
peace
will
be
between
them
both.
\VS{14}The
crowns
shall
be
to
Helem,
to
Tobijah,
to
Jedaiah,
and
to
Hen
the
son
of
Zephaniah,
for
a
memorial
in
the
LORD’s
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Those
who
are
far
off
shall
come
and
build
in
the
LORD’s
temple;
and
you
shall
know
that
the
LORD
of
Armies
has
sent
me
to
you.
This
will
happen,
if
you
will
diligently
obey
the
LORD
your
God’s
voice.” ’ ”\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:15 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
fourth
year
of
King
Darius,
the
LORD’s
word
came
to
Zechariah
in
the
fourth
day
of
the
ninth
month,
the
month
of
Chislev.
\VS{2}The
people
of
Bethel
sent
Sharezer
and Regem Melech
and
their
men
to
entreat
the
LORD’s favour,
\VS{3}and
to
speak
to
the
priests
of
the
house
of
the
LORD
of
Armies
and
to
the
prophets,
saying, “Should
I
weep
in
the
fifth
month, separating myself,
as
I
have
done
these
so
many
years?”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
the
word
of
the
LORD
of
Armies
came
to
me,
saying,
\VS{5}“Speak
to
all
the
people
of
the
land
and
to
the
priests,
saying, ‘When
you
fasted
and
mourned
in
the
fifth
and
in
the
seventh month
for
these
seventy
years, did
you
at
all
fast
to
me,
really
to
me?
\VS{6}When
you
eat
and
when
you
drink,
don’t
you
eat
for
yourselves
and
drink
for
yourselves?
\VS{7}Aren’t
these
the
words
which
the
LORD
proclaimed
by
the
former
prophets
when
Jerusalem
was
inhabited
and
in prosperity,
and
its
cities
around
her,
and
the
South
and
the
lowland
were
inhabited?’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
LORD’s
word
came
to
Zechariah,
saying,
\VS{9}“Thus
has
the
LORD
of
Armies
spoken,
saying, ‘Execute
true judgement,
and
show
kindness
and
compassion
every
man
to
his
brother.
\VS{10}Don’t
oppress
the
widow,
the
fatherless,
the
foreigner,
nor
the
poor;
and
let
none
of
you
devise
evil
against
his
brother
in
your
heart.’
\VS{11}But
they
refused
to
listen,
and
turned
their
backs,
and
stopped
their
ears,
that
they might not
hear.
\VS{12}Yes,
they
made
their
hearts
as
hard
as
flint, lest
they
might
hear
the
law
and
the
words
which
the
LORD
of
Armies
had
sent
by
his
Spirit
by
the
former
prophets.
Therefore
great
wrath
came
from
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\VS{13}It
has
come
to
pass
that,
as
he
called
and
they
refused
to
listen,
so
they
will
call
and
I
will
not
listen,”
said
the
LORD
of
Armies;
\VS{14}“but
I
will scatter
them
with
a whirlwind amongst
all
the
nations
which
they
have
not
known.
Thus
the
land
was
desolate
after
them,
so
that
no
man
passed
through
nor
returned;
for
they
made
the
pleasant
land
desolate.”

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
word
of
the
LORD
of
Armies
came
to
me.
\VS{2}The
LORD
of
Armies
says: “I
am
jealous
for
Zion
with
great
jealousy,
and
I
am
jealous
for
her
with
great
wrath.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
LORD
says: “I
have
returned
to
Zion,
and
will
dwell
in
the
middle
of
Jerusalem.
Jerusalem
shall
be
called ‘The
City
of
Truth;’
and
the
mountain
of
the
LORD
of
Armies, ‘The
Holy
Mountain.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The
LORD
of
Armies
says: “Old
men
and
old
women
will
again
dwell
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
every
man
with
his
staff
in
his
hand
because
of
their
old
age.
\VS{5}The
streets
of
the
city
will be
full
of
boys
and
girls
playing
in
its
streets.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
LORD
of
Armies
says: “If
it
is marvellous
in
the
eyes
of
the
remnant
of
this
people
in
those
days,
should
it
also
be marvellous
in
my
eyes?”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
LORD
of
Armies
says: “Behold,
I
will
save
my
people
from
the
east
country
and
from
the
west
country.
\VS{8}I
will
bring
them,
and
they
will
dwell
within
Jerusalem.
They
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God,
in
truth
and
in
righteousness.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
LORD
of
Armies
says: “Let
your
hands
be
strong,
you
who
hear
in
these
days
these
words
from
the
mouth
of
the
prophets
who
were
in
the
day
that
the
foundation
of
the
house
of
the
LORD
of
Armies
was
laid,
even
the
temple,
that
it
might
be
built.
\VS{10}For
before
those
days
there
was
no
wages
for
man
nor
any
wages
for
an
animal,
neither
was
there
any
peace
to
him
who
went
out
or
came
in,
because
of
the adversary.
For
I
set
all
men
everyone
against
his neighbour.
\VS{11}But
now
I
will
not
be
to
the
remnant
of
this
people
as
in
the
former
days,”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\VS{12}“For
the
seed
of
peace
and
the
vine
will
yield
its
fruit,
and
the
ground
will
give
its
increase,
and
the
heavens
will
give
their
dew.
I
will
cause
the
remnant
of
this
people
to
inherit
all
these
things.
\VS{13}It
shall
come
to
pass
that,
as
you
were
a
curse amongst
the
nations,
house
of
Judah
and
house
of
Israel,
so
I
will
save
you,
and
you
shall
be
a
blessing.
Don’t
be
afraid.
Let
your
hands
be
strong.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}For
the
LORD
of
Armies
says: “As
I
thought
to do
evil
to
you
when
your
fathers
provoked
me
to
wrath,”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies, “and
I
didn’t
repent,
\VS{15}so
again
I
have thought
in
these
days
to
do
good
to
Jerusalem
and
to
the
house
of
Judah.
Don’t
be
afraid.
\VS{16}These
are
the
things
that
you
shall
do:
speak
every
man
the
truth
with
his neighbour.
Execute
the judgement
of
truth
and
peace
in
your
gates,
\VS{17}and
let
none
of
you
devise
evil
in
your
hearts
against
his neighbour,
and
love
no
false
oath;
for
all
these
are
things
that
I
hate,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}The
word
of
the
LORD
of
Armies
came
to
me.
\VS{19}The
LORD
of
Armies
says: “The fasts
of
the
fourth,
fifth,
seventh,
and
tenth
months
shall
be
for
the
house
of
Judah
joy,
gladness,
and cheerful
feasts.
Therefore
love
truth
and
peace.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}The
LORD
of
Armies
says: “Many
peoples
and
the
inhabitants
of
many
cities
will
yet
come.
\VS{21}The
inhabitants
of
one
will
go
to
another,
saying, ‘Let’s
go speedily
to
entreat
the favour
of
the
LORD,
and
to
seek
the
LORD
of
Armies.
I
will
go
also.’
\VS{22}Yes,
many
peoples
and
strong
nations
will
come
to
seek
the
LORD
of
Armies
in
Jerusalem
and
to
entreat
the favour
of
the
LORD.”
\VS{23}The
LORD
of
Armies
says: “In
those
days,
ten
men
out
of
all
the
languages
of
the
nations
will
take
hold
of
the
skirt
of
him
who
is
a
Jew,
saying, ‘We
will go
with
you,
for
we
have
heard
that
God
is
with
you.’ ”

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A revelation.
\par }{\Q The
LORD’s
word
is
against
the
land
of
Hadrach,
\par }{\QB and
will
rest upon
Damascus—
\par }{\Q for
the
eye
of
man
\par }{\QB and
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
is towards
the
LORD—
\par }{\Q \VS{2}and
Hamath,
also, which
borders
on
it,
\par }{\QB Tyre
and
Sidon,
because
they
are
very
wise.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Tyre
built herself
a stronghold,
\par }{\QB and heaped
up
silver
like
the
dust,
\par }{\QB and
fine
gold
like
the
mire
of
the
streets.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Behold,
the
Lord
will
dispossess
her,
\par }{\QB and
he
will
strike
her
power
in
the
sea;
\par }{\QB and
she
will
be
devoured
with
fire.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}Ashkelon
will
see
it,
and
fear;
\par }{\QB Gaza
also,
and
will
writhe
in agony;
\par }{\QB as
will
Ekron,
for
her
expectation
will
be
disappointed;
\par }{\QB and
the
king
will
perish
from
Gaza,
\par }{\QB and
Ashkelon
will
not
be
inhabited.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Foreigners
will
dwell
in
Ashdod,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
cut
off
the
pride
of
the
Philistines.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}I
will
take
away
his
blood
out
of
his
mouth,
\par }{\QB and
his
abominations
from
between
his
teeth;
\par }{\Q and
he
also
will
be
a
remnant
for
our
God;
\par }{\QB and
he
will
be
as
a chieftain
in
Judah,
\par }{\QB and
Ekron
as
a
Jebusite.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}I
will
encamp
around
my
house
against
the
army,
\par }{\QB that
no
one
pass
through
or
return;
\par }{\QB and
no
oppressor
will
pass
through
them
any
more:
\par }{\QB for
now
I
have
seen
with
my
eyes.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}Rejoice
greatly,
daughter
of
Zion!
\par }{\QB Shout,
daughter
of
Jerusalem!
\par }{\Q Behold,
your
King
comes
to
you!
\par }{\QB He
is
righteous,
and
having
salvation;
\par }{\QB lowly,
and
riding
on
a
donkey,
\par }{\QB even
on
a
colt,
the
foal
of
a
donkey.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}I
will
cut
off
the
chariot
from
Ephraim
\par }{\QB and
the
horse
from
Jerusalem.
\par }{\Q The
battle
bow
will
be
cut
off;
\par }{\QB and
he
will
speak
peace
to
the
nations.
\par }{\Q His dominion
will
be
from
sea
to
sea,
\par }{\QB and
from
the
River
to
the
ends
of
the
earth.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}As
for
you
also,
\par }{\QB because
of
the
blood
of
your
covenant,
\par }{\QB I
have
set
free
your
prisoners
from
the
pit
in
which
is
no
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Turn
to
the
stronghold,
you
prisoners
of
hope!
\par }{\QB Even
today
I
declare
that
I
will
restore
double
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}For
indeed
I
bend
Judah
as
a
bow
for
me.
\par }{\QB I
have
loaded
the
bow
with
Ephraim.
\par }{\Q I
will
stir
up
your
sons,
Zion,
\par }{\QB against
your
sons,
Greece,
\par }{\QB and
will
make
you
like
the
sword
of
a
mighty
man.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}The
LORD
will
be
seen
over
them.
\par }{\QB His
arrow
will
flash
like
lightning.
\par }{\Q The
Lord
GOD
will
blow
the
trumpet,
\par }{\QB and
will
go
with whirlwinds
of
the
south.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}The
LORD
of
Armies
will
defend
them.
\par }{\QB They
will destroy
and overcome
with sling
stones.
\par }{\Q They
will
drink,
and
roar
as
through
wine.
\par }{\QB They
will
be
filled
like
bowls,
\par }{\QB like
the
corners
of
the
altar.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}The
LORD
their
God
will
save
them
in
that
day
as
the
flock
of
his
people;
\par }{\QB for
they
are
like
the jewels
of
a
crown,
\par }{\QB lifted
on high
over
his
land.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}For
how great
is
his
goodness,
\par }{\QB and
how great
is
his
beauty!
\par }{\Q Grain
will
make
the
young
men
flourish,
\par }{\QB and
new
wine
the
virgins.

\par }\PoetryChap{10}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ask
of
the
LORD
rain
in
the
spring
time,
\par }{\QB the
LORD
who
makes
storm
clouds,
\par }{\QB and
he
gives
rain
showers
to
everyone
for
the
plants
in
the
field.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}For
the
teraphim\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:2 }
teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.}
have
spoken
vanity,
\par }{\QB and
the
diviners
have
seen
a
lie;
\par }{\QB and
they
have
told
false
dreams.
\par }{\Q They
comfort
in
vain.
\par }{\QB Therefore
they
go
their
way
like
sheep.
\par }{\QB They
are
oppressed,
because
there
is
no
shepherd.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}My
anger
is
kindled
against
the
shepherds,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
punish
the
male
goats,
\par }{\QB for
the
LORD
of
Armies
has
visited
his
flock,
the
house
of
Judah,
\par }{\QB and
will
make
them
as
his
majestic
horse
in
the
battle.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}From
him
will
come
the
cornerstone,
\par }{\QB from
him
the
tent
peg,
\par }{\QB from
him
the
battle
bow,
\par }{\QB from
him
every
ruler
together.
\par }{\QB \VS{5}They
will
be
as
mighty
men,
\par }{\QB treading
down muddy
streets
in
the
battle.
\par }{\Q They
will
fight,
because
the
LORD
is
with
them.
\par }{\QB The
riders
on
horses
will
be confounded.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{6}“I
will
strengthen
the
house
of
Judah,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
save
the
house
of
Joseph.
\par }{\Q I
will
bring
them
back,
\par }{\QB for
I
have
mercy
on
them.
\par }{\Q They
will
be
as
though
I
had
not cast
them
off,
\par }{\QB for
I
am
the
LORD
their
God,
and
I
will hear
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Ephraim
will
be
like
a
mighty
man,
\par }{\QB and
their
heart
will
rejoice
as
through
wine.
\par }{\Q Yes,
their
children
will
see
it
and
rejoice.
\par }{\QB Their
heart
will
be
glad
in
the
LORD.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}I will signal
for
them
and
gather
them,
\par }{\QB for
I
have
redeemed
them.
\par }{\QB They will
increase
as
they were before.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}I
will
sow
them amongst
the
peoples.
\par }{\QB They
will
remember
me
in
far
countries.
\par }{\QB They
will
live
with
their
children
and
will
return.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}I
will
bring
them
again
also
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
\par }{\QB and
gather
them
out
of
Assyria.
\par }{\Q I
will
bring
them
into
the
land
of
Gilead
and
Lebanon;
\par }{\QB and
there
won’t
be room
enough
for
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}He
will
pass
through
the
sea
of
affliction,
\par }{\QB and
will
strike
the
waves
in
the
sea,
\par }{\QB and
all
the
depths
of
the
Nile
will
dry
up;
\par }{\QB and
the
pride
of
Assyria
will
be
brought
down,
\par }{\QB and
the sceptre
of
Egypt
will
depart.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
will
strengthen
them
in
the
LORD.
\par }{\QB They
will
walk up
and
down
in
his
name,”
says
the
LORD.

\par }\PoetryChap{11}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Open
your
doors,
Lebanon,
\par }{\QB that
the
fire
may
devour
your
cedars.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Wail,
cypress tree,
for
the
cedar
has
fallen,
\par }{\QB because
the
stately
ones
are
destroyed.
\par }{\Q Wail,
you
oaks
of
Bashan,
\par }{\QB for
the strong
forest
has
come
down.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}A
voice
of
the
wailing
of
the
shepherds!
\par }{\QB For
their
glory
is
destroyed—a
voice
of
the
roaring
of
young
lions!
\par }{\QB For
the
pride
of
the
Jordan
is
ruined.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The
LORD
my
God
says: “Feed
the
flock
of
slaughter.
\VS{5}Their buyers
slaughter
them
and
go unpunished.
Those
who
sell
them
say, ‘Blessed
be
the
LORD,
for
I
am
rich;’
and
their own
shepherds
don’t
pity
them.
\VS{6}For
I
will
no
more
pity
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,”
says
the
LORD; “but,
behold,
I
will
deliver
every
one
of
the
men
into
his neighbour’s
hand
and
into
the
hand
of
his
king.
They
will
strike
the
land,
and
out
of
their
hand
I
will
not
deliver
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}So
I fed
the
flock
to
be slaughtered,
especially
the
oppressed
of
the
flock.
I
took
for myself
two
staffs.
The
one
I
called “Favour”
and
the
other
I
called “Union”,
and
I fed
the
flock.
\VS{8}I
cut
off
the
three
shepherds
in
one
month;
for
my
soul
was weary
of
them,
and
their
soul
also loathed
me.
\VS{9}Then
I
said, “I
will
not
feed
you.
That
which
dies,
let
it
die;
and
that
which
is
to
be
cut
off,
let
it
be
cut
off;
and
let
those
who
are
left
eat
each other’s
flesh.”
\VS{10}I
took
my
staff Favour
and
cut
it apart,
that
I
might
break
my
covenant
that
I
had
made
with
all
the
peoples.
\VS{11}It
was
broken
in
that
day;
and
thus
the
poor
of
the
flock
that listened
to
me
knew
that
it
was
the
LORD’s
word.
\VS{12}I
said
to
them, “If
you
think
it
best,
give
me
my
wages;
and
if
not, keep
them.”
So
they
weighed
for
my
wages
thirty pieces
of
silver.
\VS{13}The
LORD
said
to
me, “Throw
it
to
the
potter—the handsome
price
that
I
was
valued
at
by
them!”
I
took
the
thirty pieces
of
silver
and
threw
them
to
the
potter
in
the
LORD’s
house.
\VS{14}Then
I
cut apart
my
other
staff, Union,
that
I
might
break
the
brotherhood
between
Judah
and
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}The
LORD
said
to
me, “Take
for
yourself
yet
again
the
equipment
of
a
foolish
shepherd.
\VS{16}For,
behold,
I
will
raise
up
a
shepherd
in
the
land
who
will
not
visit
those
who
are
cut
off,
neither
will
seek
those
who
are
scattered,
nor
heal
that which
is
broken,
nor
feed
that which
is sound;
but
he
will
eat
the
meat
of
the
fat
sheep,
and
will
tear
their
hoofs
in
pieces.
\VS{17}Woe
to
the
worthless
shepherd
who
leaves
the
flock!
The
sword
will strike
his
arm
and
his
right
eye.
His
arm
will
be
completely
withered,
and
his
right
eye
will
be
totally blinded!”

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A revelation
of
the
LORD’s
word
concerning
Israel:
The
LORD,
who
stretches
out
the
heavens
and
lays
the
foundation
of
the
earth,
and
forms
the
spirit
of
man
within
him
says:
\VS{2}“Behold,
I
will
make
Jerusalem
a cup
of
reeling
to
all
the
surrounding
peoples,
and
it
will
also
be
on
Judah
in
the
siege
against
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
I
will
make
Jerusalem
a
burdensome
stone
for
all
the
peoples.
All
who
burden
themselves
with
it
will
be
severely wounded,
and
all
the
nations
of
the
earth
will
be
gathered
together
against
it.
\VS{4}In
that
day,”
says
the
LORD, “I
will
strike
every
horse
with terror
and
his
rider
with
madness.
I
will
open
my
eyes
on
the
house
of
Judah,
and
will
strike
every
horse
of
the
peoples
with
blindness.
\VS{5}The chieftains
of
Judah
will
say
in
their
heart, ‘The
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
are
my strength
in
the
LORD
of
Armies
their
God.’
\par }{\PP \VS{6}In
that
day
I
will
make
the chieftains
of
Judah
like
a
pan
of
fire amongst
wood,
and
like
a
flaming
torch amongst
sheaves.
They
will
devour
all
the
surrounding
peoples
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left;
and
Jerusalem
will
yet
again
dwell
in
their own
place,
even
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
LORD
also
will
save
the
tents
of
Judah
first,
that
the
glory
of
David’s
house
and
the
glory
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
not
be
magnified
above
Judah.
\VS{8}In
that
day
the
LORD
will
defend
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
He
who
is
feeble amongst
them
at
that
day
will
be
like
David,
and
David’s
house
will
be
like
God,
like
the
LORD’s
angel
before
them.
\VS{9}It
will
happen
in
that
day,
that
I
will
seek
to
destroy
all
the
nations
that
come
against
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}I
will
pour
on
David’s
house
and
on
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
the
spirit
of
grace
and
of
supplication.
They
will
look
to
me\FTNT{*}{{\FR 12:10 }
After “me”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.}
whom
they
have
pierced;
and
they
shall
mourn
for
him
as
one
mourns
for
his
only
son,
and
will grieve
bitterly
for
him
as
one grieves
for
his
firstborn.
\VS{11}In
that
day there
will
be
a
great
mourning
in
Jerusalem, like
the
mourning
of
Hadadrimmon
in
the
valley
of
Megiddo.
\VS{12}The
land
will
mourn,
every
family
apart;
the
family
of
David’s
house
apart,
and
their
wives
apart;
the
family
of
the
house
of
Nathan
apart,
and
their
wives
apart;
\VS{13}the
family
of
the
house
of
Levi
apart,
and
their
wives
apart;
the
family
of
the
Shimeites
apart,
and
their
wives
apart;
\VS{14}all
the
families
who
remain,
every
family
apart,
and
their
wives
apart.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“In
that
day
there
will
be
a
fountain
opened
to
David’s
house
and
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
for
sin
and
for
uncleanness.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}It
will
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
says
the
LORD
of
Armies,
that
I
will
cut
off
the
names
of
the
idols
out
of
the
land,
and
they
will
be
remembered
no
more.
I
will
also
cause
the
prophets
and
the
spirit
of
impurity
to
pass
out
of
the
land.
\VS{3}It
will
happen
that
when
anyone
still
prophesies,
then
his
father
and
his
mother
who
bore
him
will
tell
him, ‘You
must die,
because
you
speak
lies
in
the
LORD’s
name;’
and
his
father
and
his
mother
who
bore
him
will
stab
him
when
he
prophesies.
\VS{4}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
prophets
will
each
be
ashamed
of
his
vision
when
he
prophesies;
they
won’t
wear
a
hairy
mantle
to
deceive,
\VS{5}but
he
will
say, ‘I
am
no
prophet,
I
am
a
tiller
of
the
ground;
for
I
have
been
made
a bondservant
from
my
youth.’
\VS{6}One
will
say
to
him, ‘What
are
these
wounds
between
your
arms?’
Then
he
will
answer, ‘Those
with
which
I
was
wounded
in
the
house
of
my
friends.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“Awake,
sword,
against
my
shepherd,
\par }{\QB and
against
the
man
who
is close
to
me,”
says
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\par }{\Q “Strike
the
shepherd,
and
the
sheep
will
be
scattered;
\par }{\QB and
I
will
turn
my
hand
against
the
little ones.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}It
shall
happen
that
in
all
the
land,”
says
the
LORD,
\par }{\QB “two
parts
in
it
will
be
cut
off
and
die;
\par }{\QB but
the
third
will
be
left
in
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}I
will
bring
the
third
part
into
the
fire,
\par }{\QB and
will
refine
them
as
silver
is
refined,
\par }{\QB and
will
test
them
like
gold
is
tested.
\par }{\Q They
will
call
on
my
name,
and
I
will hear
them.
\par }{\QB I
will
say, ‘It
is
my
people;’
\par }{\QB and
they
will
say, ‘The
LORD
is
my
God.’ ”

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Behold,
a
day
of
the
LORD
comes,
when
your
plunder
will
be
divided
within
you.
\VS{2}For
I
will
gather
all
nations
against
Jerusalem
to
battle;
and
the
city
will
be
taken,
the
houses rifled,
and
the
women
ravished.
Half
of
the
city
will
go
out
into captivity,
and
the
rest
of
the
people
will
not
be
cut
off
from
the
city.
\VS{3}Then
the
LORD
will
go
out
and
fight
against
those
nations,
as
when
he
fought
in
the
day
of
battle.
\VS{4}His
feet
will
stand
in
that
day
on
the
Mount
of
Olives,
which
is
before
Jerusalem
on
the
east;
and
the
Mount
of
Olives
will
be
split
in
two
from
east
to
west, making
a
very
great
valley.
Half
of
the
mountain
will
move towards
the
north,
and
half
of
it towards
the
south.
\VS{5}You
shall
flee
by
the
valley
of
my
mountains,
for
the
valley
of
the
mountains
shall
reach
to
Azel.
Yes,
you
shall
flee,
just
like
you
fled
from
before
the
earthquake
in
the
days
of
Uzziah
king
of
Judah.
The
LORD
my
God
will
come,
and
all
the
holy
ones
with
you.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14:5 }
Septuagint reads “him” instead of “you”.}
\par }{\PP \VS{6}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
there
will
not
be
light, cold,
or frost.
\VS{7}It
will
be
a
unique
day
which
is
known
to
the
LORD—not
day,
and
not
night;
but
it
will
come
to
pass
that
at
evening
time
there
will
be
light.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
living
waters
will
go
out
from
Jerusalem,
half
of
them towards
the
eastern
sea,
and
half
of
them towards
the
western
sea.
It
will
be
so
in
summer
and
in
winter.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
LORD
will
be
King
over
all
the
earth.
In
that
day
the
LORD
will
be
one,
and
his
name
one.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}All
the
land
will
be
made
like
the
Arabah,
from
Geba
to
Rimmon
south
of
Jerusalem;
and
she
will
be lifted
up
and
will
dwell
in
her
place,
from
Benjamin’s
gate
to
the
place
of
the
first
gate,
to
the corner
gate,
and
from
the
tower
of
Hananel
to
the
king’s
wine
presses.
\VS{11}Men
will
dwell therein,
and
there
will
be
no
more curse;
but
Jerusalem
will
dwell
safely.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}This
will
be
the
plague
with
which
the
LORD
will
strike
all
the
peoples
who
have
fought
against
Jerusalem:
their
flesh
will consume
away
while
they
stand
on
their
feet,
and
their
eyes
will consume
away
in
their
sockets,
and
their
tongue
will consume
away
in
their
mouth.
\VS{13}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
a
great
panic
from
the
LORD
will
be amongst
them;
and
they
will
each
seize
the
hand
of
his neighbour,
and
his
hand
will
rise
up
against
the
hand
of
his neighbour.
\VS{14}Judah
also
will
fight
at
Jerusalem;
and
the
wealth
of
all
the
surrounding
nations
will
be
gathered
together:
gold,
silver,
and
clothing,
in
great
abundance.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}A
plague
like
this
will
fall
on
the
horse,
on
the
mule,
on
the
camel,
on
the
donkey,
and
on
all
the
animals
that
will
be
in
those
camps.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}It
will
happen
that
everyone
who
is
left
of
all
the
nations
that
came
against
Jerusalem
will
go
up
from
year
to
year
to
worship
the
King,
the
LORD
of
Armies,
and
to
keep
the
feast
of
booths.
\VS{17}It
will
be
that
whoever
of
all
the
families
of
the
earth
doesn’t
go
up
to
Jerusalem
to
worship
the
King,
the
LORD
of
Armies,
on
them
there
will
be
no
rain.
\VS{18}If
the
family
of
Egypt
doesn’t
go
up
and
doesn’t
come,
neither
will
it rain
on
them.
This
will
be
the
plague
with
which
the
LORD
will
strike
the
nations
that
don’t
go
up
to
keep
the
feast
of
booths.
\VS{19}This
will
be
the punishment
of
Egypt
and
the punishment
of
all
the
nations
that
don’t
go
up
to keep
the
feast
of
booths.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}In
that
day
there
will
be inscribed
on
the
bells
of
the
horses, “HOLY
TO
THE
LORD”;
and
the
pots
in
the
LORD’s
house
will
be
like
the
bowls
before
the
altar.
\VS{21}Yes,
every
pot
in
Jerusalem
and
in
Judah
will
be
holy
to
the
LORD
of
Armies;
and
all
those
who
sacrifice
will
come
and
take
of
them,
and
cook
in
them.
In
that
day
there
will
no
longer
be
a
Canaanite\FTNT{†}{{\FR 14:21 }
or, merchant}
in
the
house
of
the
LORD
of
Armies.
\par }