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Zechariah 1
1. In the eighth <08066> month <02320>, in the second <08147> year <08141> of Darius <01867>, came <01961> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto Zechariah <02148>, the son <01121> of Berechiah <01296>, the son <01121> of Iddo <05714> the prophet <05030>, saying <0559>,
2 The LORD <03068> hath been sore displeased <07107> with your fathers <01>.
3 Therefore say <0559> thou unto them, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Turn <07725> ye unto me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, and I will turn <07725> unto you, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
4 Be ye not as your fathers <01>, unto whom the former <07223> prophets <05030> have cried <07121>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Turn <07725> ye now <04994> from your evil <07451> ways <01870>, and [from] your evil <07451> doings <04611>: but they did not hear <08085>, nor <03808> hearken <07181> unto me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
5 Your fathers <01>, where <0346> [are] they? and the prophets <05030>, do they live <02421> for ever <05769>?
6 But my words <01697> and my statutes <02706>, which <0834> I commanded <06680> my servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, did they not take <05381> hold <05381> of your fathers <01>? and they returned <07725> and said <0559>, Like as the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> thought <02161> to do <06213> unto us, according to our ways <01870>, and according to our doings <04611>, so <03651> hath he dealt <06213> with us.
7. Upon the four <0702> and twentieth <06242> day <03117> of the eleventh month <02320>, which <01931> [is] the month <02320> Sebat <07627>, in the second <08147> year <08141> of Darius <01867>, came <01961> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto Zechariah <02148>, the son <01121> of Berechiah <01296>, the son <01121> of Iddo <05714> the prophet <05030>, saying <0559>,
8 I saw <07200> by night <03915>, and behold <02009> a man <0376> riding <07392> upon a red <0122> horse <05483>, and he stood <05975> among <0996> the myrtle <01918> trees that [were] in the bottom <04699>; and behind <0310> him [were there] red <0122> horses <05483>, speckled <08320>, and white <03836>.
9 Then said <0559> I, O my lord <0113>, what <04100> [are] these <0428>? And the angel <04397> that talked <01696> with me said <0559> unto me, I will shew <07200> thee what <04100> these <0428> [be].
10 And the man <0376> that stood <05975> among <0996> the myrtle <01918> trees answered <06030> and said <0559>, These <0428> [are they] whom <0834> the LORD <03068> hath sent <07971> to walk <01980> to and fro through the earth <0776>.
11 And they answered <06030> the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> that stood <05975> among <0996> the myrtle <01918> trees, and said <0559>, We have walked <01980> to and fro through the earth <0776>, and, behold <02009>, all <03605> the earth <0776> sitteth <03427> still, and is at rest <08252>.
12 Then the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> answered <06030> and said <0559>, O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, how <05704> long <05704> wilt thou not have mercy <07355> on Jerusalem <03389> and on the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>, against which <0834> thou hast had indignation <02194> these <02088> threescore <07657> and ten years <08141>?
13 And the LORD <03068> answered <06030> the angel <04397> that talked <01696> with me [with] good <02896> words <01697> [and] comfortable <05150> words <01697>.
14 So the angel <04397> that communed <01696> with me said <0559> unto me, Cry <07121> thou, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; I am jealous <07065> for Jerusalem <03389> and for Zion <06726> with a great <01419> jealousy <07068>.
15 And I am very sore displeased <07107> with the heathen <01471> [that are] at ease <07600>: for I was but a little <04592> displeased <07107>, and they helped <05826> forward the affliction <07451>.
16 Therefore <03651> thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; I am returned <07725> to Jerusalem <03389> with mercies <07356>: my house <01004> shall be built <01129> in it, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, and a line <06957> shall be stretched <05186> forth upon Jerusalem <03389>.
17 Cry <07121> yet <05750>, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; My cities <05892> through prosperity <02896> shall yet <05750> be spread <06327> abroad <06527>; and the LORD <03068> shall yet <05750> comfort <05162> Zion <06726>, and shall yet <05750> choose <0977> Jerusalem <03389>.
18. Then lifted <05375> I up mine eyes <05869>, and saw <07200>, and behold <02009> four <0702> horns <07161>.
19 And I said <0559> unto the angel <04397> that talked <01696> with me, What <04100> [be] these <0428>? And he answered <0559> me, These <0428> [are] the horns <07161> which <0834> have scattered <02219> Judah <03063>, Israel <03478>, and Jerusalem <03389>.
20 And the LORD <03068> shewed <07200> me four <0702> carpenters <02796>.
21 Then said <0559> I, What <04100> come <0935> these <0428> to do <06213>? And he spake <0559>, saying <0559>, These <0428> [are] the horns <07161> which <0834> have scattered <02219> Judah <03063>, so that no <03808> man <0376> did lift <05375> up his head <07218>: but these <0428> are come <0935> to fray <02729> them, to cast <03034> out the horns <07161> of the Gentiles <01471>, which lifted <05375> up [their] horn <07161> over <0413> the land <0776> of Judah <03063> to scatter <02219> it.
Zechariah 2
1. I lifted <05375> up mine eyes <05869> again, and looked <07200>, and behold <02009> a man <0376> with a measuring <04060> line <02256> in his hand <03027>.
2 Then said <0559> I, Whither <0575> goest <01980> thou? And he said <0559> unto me, To measure <04058> Jerusalem <03389>, to see <07200> what <04100> [is] the breadth <07341> thereof, and what <04100> [is] the length <0753> thereof.
3 And, behold <02009>, the angel <04397> that talked <01696> with me went <03318> forth <03318>, and another <0312> angel <04397> went <03318> out to meet <07125> him,
4 And said <0559> unto him, Run <07323>, speak <01696> to this <01975> young <05288> man, saying <0559>, Jerusalem <03389> shall be inhabited <03427> [as] towns <06519> without walls for the multitude <07230> of men <0120> and cattle <0929> therein <08432>:
5 For I, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>, will be unto her a wall <02346> of fire <0784> round <05439> about, and will be the glory <03519> in the midst <08432> of her.
6. Ho <01945>, ho <01945>, [come forth], and flee <05127> from the land <0776> of the north <06828>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>: for I have spread <06566> you abroad <06566> as the four <0702> winds <07307> of the heaven <08064>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
7 Deliver <04422> thyself, O Zion <06726>, that dwellest <03427> [with] the daughter <01323> of Babylon <0894>.
8 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; After <0310> the glory <03519> hath he sent <07971> me unto the nations <01471> which spoiled <07997> you: for he that toucheth <05060> you toucheth <05060> the apple <0892> of his eye <05869>.
9 For, behold <02005>, I will shake <05130> mine hand <03027> upon them, and they shall be a spoil <07998> to their servants <05647>: and ye shall know <03045> that the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> hath sent <07971> me.
10. Sing <07442> and rejoice <08055>, O daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>: for, lo, I come <0935>, and I will dwell <07931> in the midst <08432> of thee, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
11 And many <07227> nations <01471> shall be joined <03867> to the LORD <03068> in that day <03117>, and shall be my people <05971>: and I will dwell <07931> in the midst <08432> of thee, and thou shalt know <03045> that the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> hath sent <07971> me unto thee.
12 And the LORD <03068> shall inherit <05157> Judah <03063> his portion <02506> in the holy <06944> land <0127>, and shall choose <0977> Jerusalem <03389> again <05750>.
13 Be silent <02013>, O all <03605> flesh <01320>, before <06440> the LORD <03068>: for he is raised <05782> up out of his holy <06944> habitation <04583>.
Zechariah 3
1. And he shewed <07200> me Joshua <03091> the high <01419> priest <03548> standing <05975> before <06440> the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068>, and Satan <07854> standing <05975> at <05921> his right <03225> hand <03225> to resist <07853> him.
2 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto Satan <07854>, The LORD <03068> rebuke <01605> thee, O Satan <07854>; even the LORD <03068> that hath chosen <0977> Jerusalem <03389> rebuke <01605> thee: [is] not this <02088> a brand <0181> plucked <05337> out of the fire <0784>?
3 Now Joshua <03091> was clothed <03847> with filthy <06674> garments <0899>, and stood <05975> before <06440> the angel <04397>.
4 And he answered <06030> and spake <0559> unto those that stood <05975> before <06440> him, saying <0559>, Take <05493> away <05493> the filthy <06674> garments <0899> from him. And unto him he said <0559>, Behold <07200>, I have caused thine iniquity <05771> to pass <05674> from thee, and I will clothe <03847> thee with change <04254> of raiment <04254>.
5 And I said <0559>, Let them set <07760> a fair <02889> mitre <06797> upon his head <07218>. So they set <07760> a fair <02889> mitre <06797> upon his head <07218>, and clothed <03847> him with garments <0899>. And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> stood <05975> by.
6 And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> protested <05749> unto Joshua <03091>, saying <0559>,
7 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; If <0518> thou wilt walk <03212> in my ways <01870>, and if <0518> thou wilt keep <08104> my charge <04931>, then thou shalt also <01571> judge <01777> my house <01004>, and shalt also <01571> keep <08104> my courts <02691>, and I will give <05414> thee places to walk <04108> among <0996> these <0428> that stand <05975> by.
8. Hear <08085> now <04994>, O Joshua <03091> the high <01419> priest <03548>, thou, and thy fellows <07453> that sit <03427> before <06440> thee: for they [are] men <0582> wondered <04159> at: for, behold <02005>, I will bring <0935> forth <0935> my servant <05650> the BRANCH <06780>.
9 For behold <02009> the stone <068> that I have laid <05414> before <06440> Joshua <03091>; upon one <0259> stone <068> [shall be] seven <07651> eyes <05869>: behold <02005>, I will engrave <06605> the graving <06603> thereof, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, and I will remove <04185> the iniquity <05771> of that land <0776> in one <0259> day <03117>.
10 In that day <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, shall ye call <07121> every man his neighbour <07453> under <08478> the vine <01612> and under <08478> the fig <08384> tree.
Zechariah 4
1. And the angel <04397> that talked <01696> with me came <07725> again <07725>, and waked <05782> me, as a man <0376> that is wakened <05782> out of his sleep <08142>,
2 And said <0559> unto me, What <04100> seest <07200> thou? And I said <0559>, I have looked <07200>, and behold <02005> a candlestick <04501> all <03605> [of] gold <02091>, with a bowl <01543> upon the top <07218> of it, and his seven <07651> lamps <05216> thereon <05921>, and seven <07651> pipes <04166> to the seven <07651> lamps <05216>, which [are] upon the top <07218> thereof:
3 And two <08147> olive <02132> trees by it, one <0259> upon the right <03225> [side] of the bowl <01543>, and the other <0259> upon the left <08040> [side] thereof.
4 So I answered <06030> and spake <0559> to the angel <04397> that talked <01696> with me, saying <0559>, What <04100> [are] these <0428>, my lord <0113>?
5 Then the angel <04397> that talked <01696> with me answered <06030> and said <0559> unto me, Knowest <03045> thou not what <04100> these <0428> be? And I said <0559>, No <03808>, my lord <0113>.
6 Then he answered <06030> and spake <0559> unto me, saying <0559>, This <02088> [is] the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto Zerubbabel <02216>, saying <0559>, Not by might <02428>, nor <03808> by power <03581>, but by my spirit <07307>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
7 Who <04310> [art] thou, O great <01419> mountain <02022>? before <06440> Zerubbabel <02216> [thou shalt become] a plain <04334>: and he shall bring <03318> forth <03318> the headstone [thereof with] shoutings <08663>, [crying], Grace <02580>, grace <02580> unto it.
8 Moreover the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto me, saying <0559>,
9 The hands <03027> of Zerubbabel <02216> have laid the foundation <03248> of this <02088> house <01004>; his hands <03027> shall also finish <01214> it; and thou shalt know <03045> that the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> hath sent <07971> me unto you.
10 For who <04310> hath despised <0937> the day <03117> of small <06996> things? for they shall rejoice <08055>, and shall see <07200> the plummet in the hand <03027> of Zerubbabel <02216> [with] those <0428> seven <07651>; they [are] the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>, which run <07751> to and fro <07751> through the whole <03605> earth <0776>.
11. Then answered <06030> I, and said <0559> unto him, What <04100> [are] these <0428> two <08147> olive <02132> trees upon the right <03225> [side] of the candlestick <04501> and upon the left <08040> [side] thereof?
12 And I answered <06030> again <08145>, and said <0559> unto him, What <04100> [be these] two <08147> olive <02132> branches <07641> which <0834> through <03027> the two <08147> golden <02091> pipes <06804> empty <07324> the golden <02091> [oil] out of themselves?
13 And he answered <0559> me and said <0559>, Knowest <03045> thou not what <04100> these <0428> [be]? And I said <0559>, No <03808>, my lord <0113>.
14 Then said <0559> he, These <0428> [are] the two <08147> anointed <03323> ones, that stand <05975> by the Lord <0113> of the whole <03605> earth <0776>.
Zechariah 5
1. Then I turned <07725>, and lifted <05375> up mine eyes <05869>, and looked <07200>, and behold <02009> a flying <05774> roll <04040>.
2 And he said <0559> unto me, What <04100> seest <07200> thou? And I answered <0559>, I see <07200> a flying <05774> roll <04040>; the length <0753> thereof [is] twenty <06242> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <07341> thereof ten <06235> cubits <0520>.
3 Then said <0559> he unto me, This <02063> [is] the curse <0423> that goeth <03318> forth <03318> over <05921> the face <06440> of the whole <03605> earth <0776>: for every <03605> one that stealeth <01589> shall be cut <05352> off [as] on this <02088> side according <03644> to it; and every <03605> one that sweareth <07650> shall be cut <05352> off [as] on that side according <03644> to it.
4 I will bring <03318> it forth <03318>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, and it shall enter <0935> into <0413> the house <01004> of the thief <01590>, and into <0413> the house <01004> of him that sweareth <07650> falsely <08267> by my name <08034>: and it shall remain <03885> in the midst <08432> of his house <01004>, and shall consume <03615> it with the timber <06086> thereof and the stones <068> thereof.
5. Then the angel <04397> that talked <01696> with me went <03318> forth <03318>, and said <0559> unto me, Lift <05375> up now <04994> thine eyes <05869>, and see <07200> what <04100> [is] this <02063> that goeth <03318> forth <03318>.
6 And I said <0559>, What <04100> [is] it? And he said <0559>, This <02063> [is] an ephah <0374> that goeth <03318> forth <03318>. He said <0559> moreover, This <02063> [is] their resemblance <05869> through all <03605> the earth <0776>.
7 And, behold <02009>, there was lifted up a talent <03603> of lead <05777>: and this <02063> [is] a woman <0802> that sitteth <03427> in the midst <08432> of the ephah <0374>.
8 And he said <0559>, This <02063> [is] wickedness <07564>. And he cast <07993> it into <0413> the midst <08432> of the ephah <0374>; and he cast <07993> the weight <068> of lead <05777> upon the mouth <06310> thereof.
9 Then lifted <05375> I up mine eyes <05869>, and looked <07200>, and, behold <02009>, there came <03318> out two <08147> women <0802>, and the wind <07307> [was] in their wings <03671>; for they had wings <03671> like the wings <03671> of a stork <02624>: and they lifted <05375> up the ephah <0374> between <0996> the earth <0776> and the heaven <08064>.
10 Then said <0559> I to the angel <04397> that talked <01696> with me, Whither <0575> do these <01992> bear <03212> the ephah <0374>?
11 And he said <0559> unto me, To build <01129> it an house <01004> in the land <0776> of Shinar <08152>: and it shall be established <03559>, and set <03240> there <08033> upon her own base <04369>.
Zechariah 6
1. And I turned <07725>, and lifted <05375> up mine eyes <05869>, and looked <07200>, and, behold <02009>, there came <03318> four <0702> chariots <04818> out from between <0996> two <08147> mountains <02022>; and the mountains <02022> [were] mountains <02022> of brass <05178>.
2 In the first <07223> chariot <04818> [were] red <0122> horses <05483>; and in the second <08145> chariot <04818> black <07838> horses <05483>;
3 And in the third <07992> chariot <04818> white <03836> horses <05483>; and in the fourth <07243> chariot <04818> grisled <01261> and bay <0554> horses <05483>.
4 Then I answered <06030> and said <0559> unto the angel <04397> that talked <01696> with me, What <04100> [are] these <0428>, my lord <0113>?
5 And the angel <04397> answered <06030> and said <0559> unto me, These <0428> [are] the four <0702> spirits <07307> of the heavens <08064>, which go <03318> forth <03318> from standing <03320> before <05921> the Lord <0113> of all <03605> the earth <0776>.
6 The black <07838> horses <05483> which <0834> [are] therein go <03318> forth <03318> into <0413> the north <06828> country <0776>; and the white <03836> go <03318> forth <03318> after <0310> them; and the grisled <01261> go <03318> forth <03318> toward <0413> the south <08486> country <0776>.
7 And the bay <0554> went <03318> forth <03318>, and sought <01245> to go <03212> that they might walk <01980> to and fro through the earth <0776>: and he said <0559>, Get <03212> you hence <03212>, walk <01980> to and fro through the earth <0776>. So they walked <01980> to and fro through the earth <0776>.
8 Then cried <02199> he upon me, and spake <01696> unto me, saying <0559>, Behold <07200>, these that go <03318> toward <0413> the north <06828> country <0776> have quieted <05117> my spirit <07307> in the north <06828> country <0776>.
9. And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto me, saying <0559>,
10 Take <03947> of [them of] the captivity <01473>, [even] of Heldai <02469>, of Tobijah <02900>, and of Jedaiah <03048>, which <0834> are come <0935> from Babylon <0894>, and come <0935> thou the same <01931> day <03117>, and go <0935> into the house <01004> of Josiah <02977> the son <01121> of Zephaniah <06846>;
11 Then take <03947> silver <03701> and gold <02091>, and make <06213> crowns <05850>, and set <07760> [them] upon the head <07218> of Joshua <03091> the son <01121> of Josedech <03087>, the high <01419> priest <03548>;
12 And speak <0559> unto him, saying <0559>, Thus <03541> speaketh <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, saying <0559>, Behold <02009> the man <0376> whose name <08034> [is] The BRANCH <06780>; and he shall grow <06779> up out of his place <08478>, and he shall build <01129> the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>:
13 Even he shall build <01129> the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>; and he shall bear <05375> the glory <01935>, and shall sit <03427> and rule <04910> upon his throne <03678>; and he shall be a priest <03548> upon his throne <03678>: and the counsel <06098> of peace <07965> shall be between <0996> them both <08147>.
14 And the crowns <05850> shall be to Helem <02494>, and to Tobijah <02900>, and to Jedaiah <03048>, and to Hen <02581> the son <01121> of Zephaniah <06846>, for a memorial <02146> in the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>.
15 And they [that are] far <07350> off shall come <0935> and build <01129> in the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068>, and ye shall know <03045> that the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> hath sent <07971> me unto you. And [this] shall come <01961> to pass, if ye will diligently obey <08085> the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068> your God <0430>.
Zechariah 7
1. And it came <01961> to pass in the fourth <0702> year <08141> of king <04428> Darius <01867>, [that] the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto Zechariah <02148> in the fourth <0702> [day] of the ninth <08671> month <02320>, [even] in Chisleu <03691>;
2 When they had sent <07971> unto the house <01008> of God <01008> Sherezer <08272> and Regemmelech <07278>, and their men <0582>, to pray <02470> before the LORD <03068>,
3 [And] to speak <0559> unto the priests <03548> which <0834> [were] in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, and to the prophets <05030>, saying <0559>, Should I weep <01058> in the fifth <02549> month <02320>, separating <05144> myself, as I have done <06213> these <02088> so many years <08141>?
4 Then came <01961> the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> unto me, saying <0559>,
5 Speak <0559> unto all <03605> the people <05971> of the land <0776>, and to the priests <03548>, saying <0559>, When <03588> ye fasted <06684> and mourned <05594> in the fifth <02549> and seventh <07637> [month], even those <02088> seventy <07657> years <08141>, did ye at all fast <06684> unto me, [even] to me?
6 And when <03588> ye did eat <0398>, and when <03588> ye did drink <08354>, did not ye eat <0398> [for yourselves], and drink <08354> [for yourselves]?
7 [Should ye] not [hear] the words <01697> which <0834> the LORD <03068> hath cried <07121> by the former <07223> prophets <05030>, when Jerusalem <03389> was inhabited <03427> and in prosperity <07961>, and the cities <05892> thereof round <05439> about her, when [men] inhabited <03427> the south <05045> and the plain <08219>?
8. And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto Zechariah <02148>, saying <0559>,
9 Thus <03541> speaketh <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, saying <0559>, Execute <08199> true <0571> judgment <04941>, and shew <06213> mercy <02617> and compassions <07356> every man <0376> to his brother <0251>:
10 And oppress <06231> not the widow <0490>, nor the fatherless <03490>, the stranger <01616>, nor the poor <06041>; and let none <0408> of you imagine <02803> evil <07451> against his brother <0251> in your heart <03824>.
11 But they refused <03985> to hearken <07181>, and pulled <05414> away the shoulder <03802>, and stopped <03513> their ears <0241>, that they should not hear <08085>.
12 Yea, they made <07760> their hearts <03820> [as] an adamant <08068> stone <08068>, lest they should hear <08085> the law <08451>, and the words <01697> which <0834> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> hath sent <07971> in his spirit <07307> by the former <07223> prophets <05030>: therefore came <01961> a great <01419> wrath <07110> from the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
13 Therefore it is come <01961> to pass, [that] as he cried <07121>, and they would not hear <08085>; so <03651> they cried <07121>, and I would not hear <08085>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>:
14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind <05590> among <05921> all <03605> the nations <01471> whom <0834> they knew <03045> not. Thus the land <0776> was desolate <08074> after <0310> them, that no man passed <05674> through nor returned <07725>: for they laid <07760> the pleasant <02532> land <0776> desolate <08047>.
Zechariah 8
1. Again the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> came <01961> [to me], saying <0559>,
2 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; I was jealous <07065> for Zion <06726> with great <01419> jealousy <07068>, and I was jealous <07065> for her with great <01419> fury <02534>.
3 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>; I am returned <07725> unto Zion <06726>, and will dwell <07931> in the midst <08432> of Jerusalem <03389>: and Jerusalem <03389> shall be called <07121> a city <05892> of truth <0571>; and the mountain <02022> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> the holy <06944> mountain <02022>.
4 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; There shall yet <05750> old <02205> men and old <02205> women dwell <03427> in the streets <07339> of Jerusalem <03389>, and every man <0376> with his staff <04938> in his hand <03027> for very <07230> age <03117>.
5 And the streets <07339> of the city <05892> shall be full <04390> of boys <03206> and girls <03207> playing <07832> in the streets <07339> thereof.
6 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; If <03588> it be marvellous <06381> in the eyes <05869> of the remnant <07611> of this <02088> people <05971> in these <01992> days <03117>, should it also <01571> be marvellous <06381> in mine eyes <05869>? saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
7 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Behold <02005>, I will save <03467> my people <05971> from the east <04217> country <0776>, and from the west country <0776>;
8 And I will bring <0935> them, and they shall dwell <07931> in the midst <08432> of Jerusalem <03389>: and they shall be my people <05971>, and I will be their God <0430>, in truth <0571> and in righteousness <06666>.
9. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; Let your hands <03027> be strong <02388>, ye that hear <08085> in these <0428> days <03117> these <0428> words <01697> by the mouth <06310> of the prophets <05030>, which <0834> [were] in the day <03117> [that] the foundation <03248> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> was laid, that the temple <01964> might be built <01129>.
10 For before <06440> these <01992> days <03117> there was no <03808> hire <07939> for man <0120>, nor <0369> any hire <07939> for beast <0929>; neither <0369> [was there any] peace <07965> to him that went <03318> out or came <0935> in because <04480> of the affliction <06862>: for I set <07971> all <03605> men <0120> every one <0376> against his neighbour <07453>.
11 But now <06258> I [will] not [be] unto the residue <07611> of this <02088> people <05971> as in the former <07223> days <03117>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.
12 For the seed <02233> [shall be] prosperous <07965>; the vine <01612> shall give <05414> her fruit <06529>, and the ground <0776> shall give <05414> her increase <02981>, and the heavens <08064> shall give <05414> their dew <02919>; and I will cause the remnant <07611> of this <02088> people <05971> to possess <05157> all <03605> these <0428> [things].
13 And it shall come <01961> to pass, [that] as ye were a curse <07045> among the heathen <01471>, O house <01004> of Judah <03063>, and house <01004> of Israel <03478>; so will I save <03467> you, and ye shall be a blessing <01293>: fear <03372> not, [but] let your hands <03027> be strong <02388>.
14 For thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; As I thought <02161> to punish <07489> you, when your fathers <01> provoked me to wrath <07107>, saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, and I repented <05162> not:
15 So <03651> again <07725> have I thought <02161> in these <0428> days <03117> to do well <03190> unto Jerusalem <03389> and to the house <01004> of Judah <03063>: fear <03372> ye not.
16 These <0428> [are] the things that ye shall do <06213>; Speak <01696> ye every man <0376> the truth <0571> to his neighbour <07453>; execute <08199> the judgment <04941> of truth <0571> and peace <07965> in your gates <08179>:
17 And let none <0408> of you imagine evil <07451> in your hearts <03820> against his neighbour <07453>; and love <0157> no <03808> false <08267> oath <07621>: for all <03605> these <0428> [are things] that I hate <08130>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.
18. And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> came <01961> unto me, saying <0559>,
19 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; The fast <06685> of the fourth <07243> [month], and the fast <06685> of the fifth <02549>, and the fast <06685> of the seventh <07637>, and the fast <06685> of the tenth <06224>, shall be to the house <01004> of Judah <03063> joy <08342> and gladness <08057>, and cheerful <02896> feasts <04150>; therefore love <0157> the truth <0571> and peace <07965>.
20 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>; [It shall] yet <05750> [come to pass], that there shall come <0935> people <05971>, and the inhabitants <03427> of many <07227> cities <05892>:
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