In the eighth month,
in the second year
of Darius,
came the word
of the LORD
unto Zechariah,
the son
of Berechiah,
the son
of Iddo the prophet,
saying,
The LORD
hath been sore
displeased
with your fathers.
Therefore say
thou unto them,
Thus
saith
the LORD
of hosts;
Turn ye unto me,
saith the LORD
of hosts,
and
I will turn
unto you,
saith the LORD
of hosts.
Be ye
not as your fathers,
unto whom
the former prophets
have cried,
saying,
Thus saith
the LORD
of hosts;
Turn
ye now from your evil ways,
and
from your evil doings:
but
they did not hear,
nor
hearken unto me,
saith the LORD.
Your fathers,
where are they?
and the prophets,
do they
live
for ever?
But my words
and my statutes,
which I
commanded
my servants the prophets,
did
they not take
hold
of your fathers?
and they
returned
and said,
Like
as the LORD
of hosts
thought
to do unto us,
according to our ways,
and
according to our doings,
so hath
he dealt with us.
Upon the four
and twentieth day
of the eleventh month,
which is the month Sebat,
in the second year
of Darius,
came the word
of the LORD
unto Zechariah,
the son
of Berechiah,
the son
of Iddo the prophet,
saying,
I saw by night,
and behold a man
riding upon a red horse,
and he
stood
among the myrtle trees
that were in the bottom;
and behind him were there red horses,
speckled,
and white.
Then said I,
O my lord,
what are these?
And the angel
that talked
with me said unto me,
I will shew thee
what these be.
And the man
that
stood
among the myrtle trees
answered
and said,
These
are
they whom
the LORD
hath sent to walk
to and fro
through the earth.
And they
answered
the angel
of the LORD
that stood
among the myrtle trees,
and said,
We have walked
to and fro
through the earth,
and,
behold,
all the earth
sitteth still,
and is at rest.
Then the angel
of the LORD answered
and said,
O LORD of hosts,
how long
wilt thou
not have mercy
on Jerusalem
and on the cities
of Judah,
against which
thou hast had
indignation these threescore
and ten years?
And the LORD
answered
the angel
that talked
with me
with good words
and comfortable words.
So the angel
that communed
with me said unto me,
Cry thou,
saying,
Thus
saith
the LORD
of hosts;
I am jealous
for Jerusalem
and for Zion
with a great jealousy.
And
I am very sore
displeased
with the heathen
that are at ease:
for I
was
but a little displeased,
and they
helped
forward the affliction.
Therefore thus
saith the LORD;
I am returned to Jerusalem
with mercies:
my house
shall be built in it,
saith the LORD
of hosts,
and a line
shall be stretched forth
upon Jerusalem.
Cry yet,
saying,
Thus
saith
the LORD
of hosts;
My cities
through prosperity
shall yet be spread abroad;
and the LORD
shall yet comfort Zion,
and shall yet choose
Jerusalem.
Then lifted
I up mine eyes,
and saw,
and behold
four horns.
And I
said
unto the angel
that talked with me,
What be these?
And
he answered me,
These are the horns which
have scattered
Judah, Israel,
and Jerusalem.
And the LORD
shewed me
four carpenters.
Then said I,
What
come these to do?
And he spake,
saying,
These are the horns which
have scattered Judah,
so that
no man
did lift
up his head:
but these
are come
to fray them,
to cast
out the horns
of the Gentiles,
which lifted
up their horn
over the land
of Judah to scatter it.
I lifted up mine
eyes again,
and looked,
and behold a man
with a measuring line
in his hand.
Then said I,
Whither goest thou?
And
he said unto me,
To measure Jerusalem,
to see
what is the breadth
thereof,
and
what is
the length thereof.
And,
behold,
the angel that
talked
with me went forth,
and another
angel
went out
to meet him,
And
said unto him,
Run,
speak to this young man,
saying,
Jerusalem shall be inhabited
as towns
without walls
for the multitude
of men and cattle
therein:
For I,
saith the LORD,
will be
unto her a wall
of fire round about,
and will be the glory
in the midst
of her.
Ho,
ho,
come forth,
and flee
from the land
of the north,
saith the LORD:
for I
have spread you
abroad as the four
winds
of the heaven,
saith the LORD.
Deliver thyself,
O Zion,
that dwellest with the daughter
of Babylon.
For thus
saith the LORD
of hosts;
After the glory
hath
he sent me
unto the nations which spoiled you:
for he
that toucheth you
toucheth
the apple
of his eye.
For,
behold,
I will shake mine hand
upon them,
and they
shall be
a
spoil
to their servants:
and ye
shall know
that the LORD
of hosts
hath sent me.
Sing and rejoice,
O daughter
of Zion:
for, lo,
I come,
and
I will dwell
in the midst
of thee,
saith the LORD.
And many nations
shall be joined
to the LORD
in that day,
and shall be
my people:
and
I will dwell
in the midst
of thee,
and
thou shalt know
that the LORD
of hosts
hath sent me
unto thee.
And the LORD
shall inherit
Judah his portion
in the holy land,
and shall choose Jerusalem again.
Be silent,
O all flesh,
before the LORD:
for he
is raised up
out of his holy habitation.
And
he shewed me
Joshua the high priest
standing
before the angel
of the LORD,
and Satan
standing
at his right
hand
to resist him.
And the LORD
said
unto Satan,
The LORD
rebuke thee,
O Satan;
even the LORD that
hath chosen Jerusalem
rebuke thee:
is not
this a brand
plucked
out of the fire?
Now Joshua
was clothed
with filthy garments,
and stood
before the angel.
And he
answered
and spake unto those
that stood
before him,
saying,
Take away
the filthy garments
from him.
And unto him he said,
Behold,
I have caused
thine iniquity
to pass
from thee,
and
I will clothe thee
with change
of raiment.
And I said,
Let them
set
a fair mitre
upon his head.
So they set
a fair mitre
upon his head,
and clothed him
with garments.
And
the angel
of the LORD stood by.
And
the angel
of the LORD
protested
unto Joshua,
saying,
Thus
saith
the LORD
of hosts;
If thou
wilt walk
in my ways,
and
if thou
wilt keep
my charge,
then
thou shalt also judge
my house,
and shalt also keep
my courts,
and I
will give
thee places
to walk
among these
that stand by.
Hear now,
O Joshua
the high priest,
thou,
and thy fellows that
sit
before thee:
for they
are men
wondered at:
for,
behold,
I will bring forth
my servant the BRANCH.
For behold
the stone that
I have laid
before Joshua;
upon one stone
shall be
seven eyes:
behold,
I will engrave
the graving
thereof,
saith the LORD
of hosts,
and I
will remove
the iniquity
of that land
in one day.
In that day,
saith the LORD
of hosts,
shall
ye call every man
his neighbour
under the vine
and under the fig tree.
And the angel
that talked
with me came again,
and waked me,
as a man
that is wakened
out of his sleep.
And said unto me,
What seest thou?
And I said,
I have looked,
and behold
a candlestick all of gold,
with a bowl
upon the top of it,
and his seven lamps thereon,
and seven pipes
to the seven lamps,
which are upon the top
thereof:
And two olive trees by it,
one
upon the right side
of the bowl,
and the other
upon the left
side thereof.
So I
answered
and spake to the angel
that talked with me,
saying,
What are these,
my lord?
Then the angel
that talked
with me answered
and said unto me,
Knowest thou not
what these be?
And I said,
No,
my lord.
Then he
answered
and
spake unto me,
saying,
This is the word
of the LORD
unto Zerubbabel,
saying,
Not by might,
nor by power,
but by my spirit,
saith the LORD
of hosts.
Who art thou,
O great mountain?
before Zerubbabel
thou shalt become
a plain:
and
he shall bring forth
the headstone
thereof with shoutings,
crying,
Grace,
grace unto it.
Moreover the word
of the LORD
came unto me,
saying,
The hands
of Zerubbabel
have laid the foundation
of this house;
his hands
shall also finish it;
and
thou shalt know
that the LORD
of hosts
hath sent me
unto you.
For who
hath despised the day
of small things?
for they
shall rejoice,
and shall see
the plummet
in the hand
of Zerubbabel
with those seven;
they are the eyes
of the LORD,
which run
to and fro
through the whole earth.
Then answered I,
and
said unto him,
What
are
these two olive trees
upon the right side
of the candlestick
and upon the left
side thereof?
And
I answered again,
and
said unto him,
What
be
these two olive branches
which through the two
golden pipes
empty
the golden oil
out of themselves?
And
he answered me
and said,
Knowest thou not
what these be?
And I said,
No,
my lord.
Then said he,
These
are
the two
anointed ones,
that stand by
the LORD
of the whole earth.
Then I turned,
and lifted
up mine eyes,
and looked,
and behold
a flying roll.
And
he said unto me,
What seest thou?
And I answered,
I see
a flying roll;
the length
thereof is
twenty cubits,
and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
Then said
he unto me,
This is the curse
that goeth forth
over the face
of the whole earth:
for every one
that stealeth
shall be cut off as
on this side
according to it;
and
every one
that sweareth
shall be cut off as
on that side
according to it.
I will bring it forth,
saith the LORD
of hosts,
and it
shall enter into the house
of the thief,
and
into the house
of him that
sweareth falsely
by my name:
and it
shall remain in the midst
of his house,
and shall consume it
with the timber
thereof
and the stones
thereof.
Then the angel
that talked
with me went forth,
and said unto me,
Lift up now
thine eyes,
and see
what is
this
that goeth forth.
And I said,
What is it?
And he said,
This is an ephah
that goeth forth.
He said moreover,
This is their resemblance
through all the earth.
And,
behold,
there was lifted
up a talent
of lead:
and this
is a woman
that sitteth in the midst
of the ephah.
And he said,
This is wickedness.
And he cast it
into the midst
of the ephah;
and he cast
the weight
of lead
upon the mouth
thereof.
Then lifted
I up mine eyes,
and looked,
and,
behold,
there came
out two women,
and the wind
was in their wings;
for they
had wings like
the wings
of a stork:
and they
lifted
up the ephah
between the earth
and the heaven.
Then said
I to the angel
that talked with me,
Whither
do
these bear the ephah?
And
he said unto me,
To build it
an house
in the land
of Shinar:
and it
shall be established,
and set there
upon her own base.
And I turned,
and lifted
up mine eyes,
and looked,
and,
behold,
there came four chariots
out from
between two mountains;
and the mountains
were mountains
of brass.
In the first chariot
were red horses;
and
in the second chariot black horses;
And
in the third chariot white horses;
and
in the fourth chariot grisled
and bay horses.
Then
I answered
and said
unto the angel
that talked with me,
What are these,
my lord?
And the angel
answered
and said unto me,
These are
the four spirits
of the heavens,
which go forth
from standing
before the LORD
of all the earth.
The black horses
which are
therein go forth
into the north country;
and the white
go forth
after them;
and the grisled
go forth toward
the south country.
And the bay
went forth,
and sought to go
that
they might walk
to and fro
through the earth:
and he said,
Get you hence,
walk to and fro
through the earth.
So they
walked
to and fro
through the earth.
Then cried
he upon me,
and
spake unto me,
saying,
Behold,
these that
go toward
the north country
have quieted my spirit
in the north country.
And
the word
of the LORD
came unto me,
saying,
Take of them
of the captivity,
even of Heldai,
of Tobijah,
and of Jedaiah,
which are come
from Babylon,
and come
thou the same day,
and go
into the house
of Josiah
the son
of Zephaniah;
Then take
silver and gold,
and make crowns,
and set them
upon the head
of Joshua
the son
of Josedech,
the high priest;
And
speak unto him,
saying,
Thus
speaketh
the LORD
of hosts,
saying,
Behold the man
whose name
is The BRANCH;
and
he shall grow up
out of his place,
and
he shall build
the temple
of the LORD:
Even
he shall build
the temple
of the LORD;
and
he shall bear
the glory,
and shall sit
and rule
upon his throne;
and
he shall be a priest
upon his throne:
and
the counsel
of peace
shall be
between them both.
And the crowns
shall be
to Helem,
and to Tobijah,
and to Jedaiah,
and
to Hen the son
of Zephaniah,
for a memorial
in the temple
of the LORD.
And they
that are far
off shall come
and build
in the temple
of the LORD,
and ye
shall know
that the LORD
of hosts
hath sent me
unto you.
And this
shall come
to pass,
if ye
will diligently obey
the voice
of the LORD your God.
And it
came
to pass
in the fourth year
of king Darius,
that the word
of the LORD
came
unto Zechariah
in the fourth day
of the ninth month,
even in Chisleu;
When
they had sent
unto the house
of God Sherezer
and Regemmelech,
and their men,
to pray
before the LORD,
And
to speak
unto the priests
which were in the house
of the LORD
of hosts,
and
to the prophets,
saying,
Should I
weep
in the fifth month,
separating myself,
as I
have done
these so many years?
Then came
the word
of the LORD
of hosts unto me,
saying,
Speak
unto all
the people
of the land,
and
to the priests,
saying,
When
ye fasted
and mourned
in the fifth
and seventh month,
even those seventy years,
did
ye at all fast unto me,
even to me?
And
when ye
did eat,
and
when
ye did drink,
did not
ye eat
for yourselves,
and drink
for yourselves?
Should
ye not hear
the words
which the LORD
hath cried
by the former prophets,
when Jerusalem
was inhabited
and
in prosperity,
and the cities thereof round
about her,
when men
inhabited
the south
and the plain?
And
the word
of the LORD
came
unto Zechariah,
saying,
Thus
speaketh
the LORD
of hosts,
saying,
Execute true judgment,
and shew mercy
and compassions every man
to his brother:
And oppress not
the widow,
nor the fatherless,
the stranger,
nor the poor;
and let none of you
imagine evil
against his brother
in your heart.
But
they refused
to hearken,
and pulled away
the shoulder,
and stopped
their ears,
that they
should not hear.
Yea,
they made their hearts
as an adamant stone,
lest
they should hear
the law,
and the words
which the LORD
of hosts
hath sent
in his spirit
by the former prophets:
therefore came
a great wrath
from the LORD
of hosts.
Therefore it
is come
to pass,
that as he cried,
and
they would not hear;
so they cried,
and
I would not hear,
saith the LORD
of hosts:
But I
scattered them
with a whirlwind
among all the nations whom
they knew not.
Thus the land
was desolate
after them,
that no man
passed through nor returned:
for they
laid the pleasant land desolate.
Again the word
of the LORD
of hosts
came to me,
saying,
Thus saith
the LORD
of hosts;
I was jealous
for Zion
with great jealousy,
and I
was jealous
for her
with great fury.
Thus saith the LORD;
I am returned
unto Zion,
and will dwell
in the midst
of Jerusalem:
and Jerusalem
shall be called a city
of truth;
and the mountain
of the LORD
of hosts
the holy mountain.
Thus
saith
the LORD
of hosts;
There
shall yet
old men
and old women
dwell
in the streets
of Jerusalem,
and every man
with his staff
in his hand for very age.
And the streets
of the city
shall be
full of boys
and girls
playing
in the streets
thereof.
Thus
saith
the LORD
of hosts;
If it
be marvellous
in the eyes
of the remnant
of this people
in these days,
should
it also be marvellous
in mine eyes?
saith the LORD
of hosts.
Thus saith
the LORD
of hosts;
Behold,
I will save my people
from the east country,
and
from the west country;
And
I will bring them,
and
they shall dwell in the midst
of Jerusalem:
and
they shall be
my people,
and
I will be
their God,
in truth
and in righteousness.
Thus
saith
the LORD
of hosts;
Let your hands
be strong,
ye that
hear
in these days
these words
by the mouth
of the prophets,
which were in the day
that the foundation
of the house
of the LORD
of hosts
was laid,
that the temple
might be built.
For before these days
there was
no hire for man,
nor any hire
for beast;
neither was there any peace
to him that
went out
or came in
because
of the affliction:
for I set all men
every one
against his neighbour.
But now
I will not be
unto the residue
of this people
as in the former days,
saith the LORD
of hosts.
For the seed
shall be prosperous;
the vine
shall give
her fruit,
and the ground
shall give
her increase,
and the heavens
shall give
their dew;
and I
will cause
the remnant
of this people
to possess all
these things.
And it
shall come
to pass,
that as ye
were a curse
among the heathen,
O house of Judah,
and house
of Israel;
so will
I save you,
and ye
shall be
a blessing:
fear not,
but let
your hands be strong.
For thus
saith the LORD
of hosts;
As I
thought
to punish you,
when your fathers
provoked me
to wrath,
saith the LORD
of hosts,
and
I repented not:
So again have
I thought
in these days
to do well
unto Jerusalem
and to the house
of Judah:
fear ye not.
These are
the things that
ye shall do;
Speak
ye every man
the truth
to his neighbour;
execute the judgment
of truth
and peace
in your gates:
And let none of you
imagine evil
in your hearts
against his neighbour;
and love
no false oath:
for all
these are things that
I hate,
saith the LORD.
And the word
of the LORD
of hosts
came unto me,
saying,
Thus saith
the LORD
of hosts;
The fast
of the fourth month,
and the fast
of the fifth,
and the fast
of the seventh,
and the fast
of the tenth,
shall be
to the house
of Judah
joy and gladness,
and cheerful feasts;
therefore love
the truth and peace.
Thus saith
the LORD
of hosts;
It shall yet come
to pass,
that there shall come people,
and the inhabitants
of many cities:
And the inhabitants
of one city
shall go
to another,
saying,
Let us
go speedily
to pray
before the LORD,
and
to seek the LORD
of hosts:
I will go also.
Yea,
many people
and strong nations
shall come
to seek the LORD
of hosts
in Jerusalem,
and
to pray
before the LORD.
Thus
saith
the LORD
of hosts;
In those days
it shall come
to pass,
that ten men
shall take
hold out of all languages
of the nations,
even shall take
hold
of the skirt
of him that is a Jew,
saying,
We will go
with you:
for we
have heard that God
is with you.
The burden
of the word
of the LORD
in the land
of Hadrach,
and Damascus
shall be
the rest thereof:
when the eyes
of man,
as of all
the tribes
of Israel,
shall be toward
the LORD.
And Hamath
also shall border
thereby;
Tyrus,
and Zidon,
though it
be very wise.
And Tyrus
did build herself
a strong hold,
and heaped
up silver
as the dust,
and fine gold
as the mire
of the streets.
Behold,
the LORD
will cast
her out,
and he
will smite
her power
in the sea;
and
she shall be devoured
with fire.
Ashkelon shall see it,
and fear;
Gaza also shall see it,
and be very sorrowful,
and Ekron;
for her expectation
shall be ashamed;
and the king
shall perish
from Gaza,
and Ashkelon
shall not be inhabited.
And a bastard
shall dwell
in Ashdod,
and
I will cut off
the pride
of the Philistines.
And
I will take away
his blood
out of his mouth,
and his abominations from
between his teeth:
but he
that remaineth,
even he,
shall be
for our God,
and
he shall be as a governor
in Judah,
and Ekron
as a Jebusite.
And I
will encamp
about mine
house
because
of the army,
because of him that passeth by,
and
because of him that returneth:
and no oppressor
shall pass
through them any more:
for now have
I seen
with mine eyes.
Rejoice greatly,
O daughter
of Zion;
shout,
O daughter
of Jerusalem:
behold,
thy King
cometh unto thee:
he is just,
and having
salvation;
lowly,
and riding
upon an ass,
and
upon a colt
the foal
of an ass.
And
I will cut off
the chariot
from Ephraim,
and the horse
from Jerusalem,
and the battle bow
shall be cut off:
and
he shall speak peace
unto the heathen:
and his dominion
shall be from sea
even to sea,
and
from the river
even to the ends
of the earth.
As for thee also,
by the blood
of thy covenant
I have sent
forth thy prisoners
out of the pit
wherein is no water.
Turn you
to the strong hold,
ye prisoners
of hope:
even to day
do
I declare that
I will render
double unto thee;
When
I have bent Judah
for me,
filled the bow
with Ephraim,
and raised
up thy sons,
O Zion,
against thy sons,
O Greece,
and made thee
as the sword
of a mighty man.
And the LORD
shall be seen over them,
and his arrow
shall go forth
as the lightning:
and the LORD God
shall blow
the trumpet,
and shall go
with whirlwinds
of the south.
The LORD of hosts
shall defend them;
and
they shall devour,
and subdue
with sling stones;
and
they shall drink,
and make
a noise
as through wine;
and
they shall be filled like bowls,
and
as the corners
of the altar.
And the LORD
their God
shall save them
in that day
as the flock
of his people:
for they
shall be
as the stones
of a crown,
lifted up
as an ensign
upon his land.
For how great
is his goodness,
and how great
is his beauty!
corn shall make
the young men cheerful,
and new wine
the maids.
Ask
ye of the LORD rain
in the time
of the latter rain;
so the LORD
shall make
bright clouds,
and give them
showers of rain,
to every one grass
in the field.
For the idols
have spoken
vanity,
and the diviners
have seen a lie,
and have told
false dreams;
they comfort
in vain:
therefore they
went
their way
as a flock,
they were troubled,
because
there was
no shepherd.
Mine
anger
was kindled
against the shepherds,
and
I punished
the goats:
for the LORD
of hosts
hath visited his flock
the house
of Judah,
and hath made them
as his goodly horse
in the battle.
Out of him
came
forth the corner,
out of him the nail,
out of him the battle bow,
out of him every oppressor
together.
And they
shall be
as mighty men,
which tread
down their enemies
in the mire
of the streets
in the battle:
and
they shall fight,
because
the LORD
is with them,
and the riders
on horses
shall be confounded.
And
I will strengthen
the house
of Judah,
and I
will save
the house
of Joseph,
and
I will bring them again
to place them;
for I
have mercy
upon them:
and they
shall be
as though
I had not cast them off:
for I
am the LORD
their God,
and will hear them.
And
they of Ephraim
shall be like
a mighty man,
and their heart
shall rejoice as
through wine:
yea,
their children
shall see it,
and be glad;
their heart
shall rejoice
in the LORD.
I will hiss for them,
and gather them;
for I
have redeemed them:
and they
shall increase
as they
have increased.
And
I will sow them
among the people:
and
they shall remember me
in far countries;
and
they shall live
with their children,
and turn again.
I will bring them again
also out of the land
of Egypt,
and
gather them out of Assyria;
and
I will bring them
into the land
of Gilead
and Lebanon;
and place
shall not be found for them.
And
he shall pass
through the sea
with affliction,
and shall smite
the waves
in the sea,
and all
the deeps
of the river
shall dry up:
and
the pride
of Assyria
shall be brought down,
and
the sceptre
of Egypt
shall depart away.
And
I will strengthen them
in the LORD;
and
they shall walk up and down
in his name,
saith the LORD.
Open thy doors,
O Lebanon,
that the fire
may devour
thy cedars.
Howl,
fir tree;
for the cedar
is fallen;
because
the mighty
are spoiled:
howl,
O ye oaks
of Bashan;
for the forest
of the vintage
is come down.
There is a voice
of the howling
of the shepherds;
for their glory
is spoiled:
a voice
of the roaring
of young lions;
for the pride
of Jordan
is spoiled.
Thus saith the LORD my God;
Feed the flock
of the slaughter;
Whose possessors
slay them,
and hold themselves not guilty:
and
they that
sell them say,
Blessed
be the LORD;
for I
am rich:
and their own
shepherds pity them not.
For I
will no more
pity the inhabitants
of the land,
saith the LORD:
but,
lo,
I will deliver
the men
every one
into his neighbour's hand,
and into the hand
of his king:
and
they shall smite
the land,
and
out of their hand
I will not deliver them.
And I
will feed
the flock
of slaughter,
even you,
O poor
of the flock.
And
I took unto me two staves;
the one
I called Beauty,
and the other
I called Bands;
and
I fed
the flock.
Three shepherds
also I cut off
in one month;
and my soul
lothed them,
and their soul
also abhorred me.
Then said I,
I will not feed you:
that that dieth,
let it die;
and that
that is
to be cut off,
let it
be cut off;
and let
the rest
eat every one
the flesh
of another.
And
I took my staff,
even Beauty,
and cut it asunder,
that I
might break
my covenant which
I had made
with all
the people.
And it
was broken in
that day:
and so
the poor
of the flock
that waited
upon me knew
that it
was the word
of the LORD.
And
I said unto them,
If ye
think good,
give me my price;
and if not,
forbear.
So they
weighed
for my price
thirty pieces
of silver.
And the LORD
said unto me,
Cast it
unto the potter:
a goodly
price that
I was prised
at of them.
And I
took
the thirty pieces
of silver,
and cast them
to the potter
in the house
of the LORD.
Then
I cut asunder
mine other staff,
even Bands,
that I
might break
the brotherhood
between Judah
and Israel.
And the LORD
said unto me,
Take unto thee yet
the instruments
of a foolish shepherd.
For, lo,
I will raise up a shepherd
in the land,
which shall not visit
those that
be cut off,
neither shall seek
the young one,
nor heal that
that is broken,
nor feed that
that standeth still:
but he
shall eat
the flesh
of the fat,
and tear
their claws
in pieces.
Woe to the idol shepherd
that leaveth the flock!
the sword
shall be
upon his arm,
and
upon his right eye:
his arm
shall be
clean dried up,
and his right eye
shall be utterly darkened.
The burden
of the word
of the LORD
for Israel,
saith the LORD,
which stretcheth forth the heavens,
and layeth
the foundation
of the earth,
and formeth
the spirit
of man
within him.
Behold,
I will make
Jerusalem a cup
of trembling
unto all
the people round about,
when
they shall be
in the siege both
against Judah
and against Jerusalem.
And in that day
will
I make
Jerusalem a burdensome stone
for all people:
all that burden themselves
with it
shall be cut
in pieces,
though all
the people
of the earth
be gathered together
against it.
In that day,
saith the LORD,
I will smite every horse
with astonishment,
and his rider
with madness:
and I
will open
mine
eyes
upon the house
of Judah,
and will smite every horse
of the people
with blindness.
And the governors
of Judah
shall say
in their heart,
The inhabitants
of Jerusalem
shall be my strength
in the LORD
of hosts their God.
In that day
will
I make
the governors
of Judah like
an hearth
of fire
among the wood,
and like
a torch
of fire
in a sheaf;
and
they shall devour all
the people round about,
on the right hand
and
on the left:
and Jerusalem
shall be inhabited again
in her own place,
even in Jerusalem.
The LORD
also shall save
the tents
of Judah first,
that the glory
of the house
of David
and the glory
of the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
do not magnify themselves
against Judah.
In that day
shall
the LORD
defend the inhabitants
of Jerusalem;
and
he that is feeble
among them
at that day
shall be
as David;
and
the house
of David
shall be as God,
as the angel
of the LORD
before them.
And it
shall come
to pass
in that day,
that I
will seek
to destroy all
the nations that
come
against Jerusalem.
And
I will pour upon the house
of David,
and
upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem,
the spirit
of grace
and of supplications:
and
they shall look
upon me whom
they have pierced,
and
they
shall mourn for him,
as one
mourneth for his only son,
and shall be
in bitterness
for him,
as one
that is
in bitterness
for his firstborn.
In that day
shall there be
a great mourning
in Jerusalem,
as the mourning
of Hadadrimmon
in the valley
of Megiddon.
And the land
shall mourn,
every family apart;
the family
of the house
of David apart,
and their wives apart;
the family
of the house
of Nathan apart,
and their wives apart;
The family
of the house
of Levi apart,
and their wives apart;
the family
of Shimei apart,
and their wives apart;
All the families that remain,
every family apart,
and their wives apart.
In that day
there shall be
a fountain
opened
to the house
of David
and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
for sin and
for uncleanness.
And it
shall come
to pass
in that day,
saith the LORD
of hosts,
that I
will cut off
the names
of the idols
out of the land,
and
they shall no more
be remembered:
and
also I
will cause
the prophets
and the unclean spirit
to pass
out of the land.
And it
shall come
to pass,
that when any
shall yet prophesy,
then his father
and his mother
that begat him
shall say unto him,
Thou shalt not live;
for thou
speakest
lies
in the name
of the LORD:
and his father
and his mother
that begat him
shall thrust him
through
when
he prophesieth.
And it
shall come
to pass
in that day,
that the prophets
shall be
ashamed every one
of his vision,
when
he hath prophesied;
neither shall
they wear
a rough garment
to deceive:
But he
shall say,
I am no prophet,
I am an husbandman;
for man
taught me
to keep cattle
from my youth.
And
one
shall say unto him,
What are these wounds
in thine hands?
Then
he shall answer,
Those with which
I was wounded in the house
of my friends.
Awake,
O sword,
against my shepherd,
and against the man
that is
my fellow,
saith the LORD
of hosts:
smite the shepherd,
and the sheep
shall be scattered:
and
I will turn mine hand
upon the little ones.
And it
shall come
to pass,
that in all
the land,
saith the LORD,
two parts
therein shall be cut off
and die;
but the third
shall be left
therein.
And I
will bring
the third part
through the fire,
and will refine them
as silver
is refined,
and will try them
as gold
is tried:
they shall call on
my name,
and
I will hear them:
I will say,
It is my people:
and
they shall say,
The LORD is my God.
Behold,
the day
of the LORD cometh,
and thy
spoil
shall be divided
in the midst
of thee.
For I
will gather all nations
against Jerusalem
to battle;
and the city
shall be taken,
and the houses rifled,
and the women ravished;
and half
of the city
shall go forth
into captivity,
and
the residue
of the people
shall not be cut off
from the city.
Then shall
the LORD
go forth,
and fight
against those nations,
as when he
fought
in the day
of battle.
And his feet
shall stand
in that day
upon the mount
of Olives,
which is before Jerusalem
on the east,
and
the mount
of Olives
shall cleave
in the midst
thereof toward the east
and toward the west,
and there shall be
a very great valley;
and half
of the mountain
shall remove
toward the north,
and half of it
toward the south.
And
ye shall flee
to the valley
of the mountains;
for the valley
of the mountains
shall reach
unto Azal:
yea,
ye shall flee,
like as ye
fled from
before the earthquake
in the days
of Uzziah king
of Judah:
and the LORD
my God
shall come,
and all
the saints
with thee.
And it
shall come
to pass
in that day,
that the light
shall not be clear,
nor dark:
But it
shall be
one day which
shall be known
to the LORD,
not day,
nor night:
but it
shall come
to pass,
that at evening
time it
shall be light.
And it
shall be
in that day,
that living
waters
shall go out
from Jerusalem;
half of them
toward the former sea,
and half of them
toward the hinder sea:
in summer and
in winter
shall it be.
And the LORD
shall be king
over all the earth:
in that day
shall there be
one LORD,
and his name one.
All the land
shall be turned
as a plain
from Geba
to Rimmon south
of Jerusalem:
and it
shall be lifted up,
and inhabited
in her place,
from Benjamin's
gate
unto the place
of the first gate,
unto the corner gate,
and
from the tower
of Hananeel
unto the king's winepresses.
And men
shall dwell in it,
and there shall be
no more utter destruction;
but Jerusalem
shall be safely inhabited.
And this
shall be the plague
wherewith
the LORD
will smite all
the people that
have fought
against Jerusalem;
Their flesh
shall consume away
while they
stand
upon their feet,
and their eyes
shall consume away
in their holes,
and their tongue
shall consume away
in their mouth.
And it
shall come
to pass
in that day,
that a great tumult
from the LORD
shall be among them;
and
they shall lay
hold every one
on the hand
of his neighbour,
and his hand
shall rise up
against the hand
of his neighbour.
And Judah
also shall fight
at Jerusalem;
and the wealth
of all the heathen round
about shall be gathered together,
gold,
and silver,
and apparel,
in great abundance.
And so
shall be
the plague
of the horse,
of the mule,
of the camel,
and of the ass,
and
of all the beasts
that shall be
in these tents,
as this plague.
And it
shall come
to pass,
that every one
that is left
of all
the nations
which came
against Jerusalem
shall even go up
from year to year
to worship the King,
the LORD
of hosts,
and
to keep the feast
of tabernacles.
And it
shall be,
that whoso
will not come up
of all the families
of the earth
unto Jerusalem
to worship the King,
the LORD
of hosts,
even upon them shall be
no rain.
And
if the family
of Egypt
go not up,
and come not,
that have
no rain;
there shall be
the plague,
wherewith
the LORD
will smite
the heathen that
come not up to
keep the feast
of tabernacles.
This shall be
the punishment
of Egypt,
and the punishment
of all
nations that
come not up to
keep the feast
of tabernacles.
In that day
shall there be
upon the bells
of the horses,
HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD;
and the pots
in the LORD's house
shall be like
the bowls
before the altar.
Yea,
every pot
in Jerusalem
and in Judah
shall be holiness
unto the LORD
of hosts:
and all
they that
sacrifice
shall come
and take of them,
and seethe
therein:
and in that day
there shall be
no more the Canaanite
in the house
of the LORD
of hosts.