Most Popular Bible Verses in Zechariah

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Verse ConceptsRefugeSpiritual Warfare, As ConflictWeaponsDivine Assistance, GivenFalse ConfidenceThe Divinity Of The Holy SpiritPower Through The SpiritStrengthPowerreassurance

So he answered me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of Hosts.

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Verse ConceptsDivine DispleasureDispleasureSins Of The Fathers

“The Lord was extremely angry with your ancestors.

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Verse ConceptsFeetWestThe Ground Being SplitEast And WestNorth And SouthHalf Of Things

On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley, so that half the mountain will move to the north and half to the south.

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Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands fordrawing near to GodProphecy, Methods Of OtReformationReturning To GodRevival, Corporate

So tell the people: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to Me”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts.

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Verse ConceptsAbolitionConversion, God's demands forBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthGovernmentWeaponsPeace, Promised ToGod's DominionChrist's DominionDestroying ChariotsExpanse Of The SeaGod Of PeaceNo WarAs Far As The Euphrates

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the horse from Jerusalem.
The bow of war will be removed,
and He will proclaim peace to the nations.
His dominion will extend from sea to sea,
from the Euphrates River
to the ends of the earth.

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Verse ConceptsLearning From The PastImpenitence, Warnings AgainstIndifferencePast, TheEvil WaysNot Like PeopleFathersBeing A Good Father

Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

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Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Prophecies OfProphecies Concerning ChristCapitalismField Of BloodMessianic PropheciesWeighing

Then I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed my wages, 30 pieces of silver.

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Verse ConceptsDividing Plunder

A day of the Lord is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.

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Verse ConceptsGod Spoke By The ProphetsRepaid For DeedsSigns Of RepentanceGod's Will Be Done

But didn’t My words and My statutes that I commanded My servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? They repented and said: As the Lord of Hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so He has dealt with us.”

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Verse ConceptsPeople Passing AwayHow Death Is InevitableProphecy Ignoredfatherhood

“Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?

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Verse ConceptsOther Wives

the family of Levi’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself and their women by themselves;

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Verse ConceptsMonthMonth 11

The Night VisionsOn the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:

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Verse ConceptsMulesAnimals, religious role ofLoss Of Donkeys

The same plague as the previous one will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the animals that are in those camps.

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Verse ConceptsFoundationsStrength Of PeopleThe Second TempleFoundations Of BuildingsBe Strong!Rebuilding The TempleStaying StrongFinishing Strongrebuilding

The Lord of Hosts says this: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words that the prophets spoke when the foundations were laid for the rebuilding of the temple, the house of the Lord of Hosts.

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Verse ConceptsOther Wives

all the remaining families, every family by itself, and their women by themselves.

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Verse ConceptsIniquity, God's Attitude TowardAngels as God's servantsSin, Deliverance From GodSin BearerRich ApparelClothed With RighteousnessGod Stripping PeopleGod AtoningGarments

So the Angel of the Lord spoke to those standing before Him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then He said to him, “See, I have removed your guilt from you, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”

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Verse ConceptsPatrollingMyrtleGod Sending Prophets

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.”

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Verse ConceptsPatrollingMyrtleTime Of PeaceRestEarth Being Fixed And Immovable

They reported to the Angel of the Lord standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and right now the whole earth is calm and quiet.”

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Verse ConceptsCommunicationGod's Things Revealed

I asked, “What are these, my lord?”

The angel who was talking to me replied, “I will show you what they are.”

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Verse ConceptsDissentWhat Is This?Ignorant Of Facts

“Don’t you know what they are?” replied the angel who was speaking with me.

I said, “No, my lord.”

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Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal Of

So the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim: The Lord of Hosts says: I am extremely jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.

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Verse ConceptsAngels, Ot Appearances

Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.

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Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtSeventyProlonged Afflictions70 To 80 YearsCities In IsraelBefore God ActsGod Without Mercy

Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”

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Verse ConceptsGod AnsweredGod Has ComfortedBlessed By GodHealing And ComfortempowermentFinding Comfort In God

The Lord replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

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Verse ConceptsSecurityDivine DispleasureDispleasureGod Angry With The NationsGod Saves From Sin And DeathThose At Ease

I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made it worse.

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The word of the Lord came to Zechariah:

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Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofReinstatementAfflictions, Consolation DuringPlenty Through GodGod Will ComfortPeace And ComfortImmigrantsSpreading The GospelWealth And Prosperityjerusalemzion

“Proclaim further: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the Lord will once more comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.”

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Verse ConceptsdrynessChaosSceptreSeaArrogance, Punishment OfWavesWaters Drying UpPeople Lacking AuthorityThe Proud Will Be AbasedSea, Metaphorical References

Yahweh will pass through the sea of distress
and strike the waves of the sea;
all the depths of the Nile will dry up.
The pride of Assyria will be brought down,
and the scepter of Egypt will come to an end.

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Verse ConceptsHorns Of Animalsempowerment

Then I looked up and saw four horns.

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Verse ConceptsHorns WeakenedHorns In AllegoryLifting HeadsWhat Do They Do?craftsmanship

I asked, “What are they coming to do?”

He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so no one could raise his head. These craftsmen have come to terrify them, to cut off the horns of the nations that raised their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

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Verse ConceptsSafetyWagesUnrestBoth Men And Animals AffectedFighting One AnotherNo Peace

For prior to those days neither man nor beast had wages. There was no safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I turned everyone against his neighbor.

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Verse ConceptsMercifulnessPlumb LineThe Second TempleGod Will Show Mercyrebuilding

Therefore, this is what the Lord says: In mercy, I have returned to Jerusalem; My house will be rebuilt within it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.

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Verse ConceptsPatrolling

As the strong horses went out, they wanted to go patrol the earth, and the Lord said, “Go, patrol the earth.” So they patrolled the earth.

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Verse ConceptsBlacksmithswoodworkingcraftsmanship

Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen.

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Verse ConceptsTravelling With GodGod Giving StrengthGod Gives StrengthIn God's Namefaith and strength

I will strengthen them in Yahweh,
and they will march in His name—
this is Yahweh’s declaration.

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Verse Conceptsdispersion, theHorns In AllegoryWhat Is This?jerusalem

So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?”

And he said to me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

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Verse ConceptsSurvivors FavouredHistory Of Nations

But now, I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

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Verse ConceptsPotterProphecies Concerning ChristExpensivePrice Set On Individuals

“Throw it to the potter,” the Lord said to me—this magnificent price I was valued by them. So I took the 30 pieces of silver and threw it into the house of the Lord, to the potter.

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Verse ConceptsHope, In GodHope, Results OfRestoring NationsGod Being Our RefugeDouble PortionsHope In Hard TimesHope And FaithTragedy

Return to a stronghold,
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you.

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Verse ConceptsGod Makes Peaceventing

Then He summoned me saying, “See, those going to the land of the north have pacified My Spirit in the northern land.”

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Verse ConceptsHead coveringClothing OthersHeadgearClean Clothes

Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him in garments while the Angel of the Lord was standing nearby.

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Verse ConceptsRunning With NewsBoth Men And Animals SavedMany In Israelteenagerjerusalem

He said to him, “Run and tell this young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the number of people and livestock in it.”

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Verse ConceptsBaskets, SymbolsAll Have Sinned

So I asked, “What is it?”

He responded, “It’s a measuring basket that is approaching.” And he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”

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Verse ConceptsBrotherhoodBreaking SticksNations UnitedUnrelated PeopleTogetherness

Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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Verse ConceptsClimbingLack Of RainFamiliesWorshiping GodCelebrationGoing To ChurchSpilling Your Seed On The Groundjerusalemreunitingcelebrating

Should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, rain will not fall on them.

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Verse ConceptsGod Will Bring Harm

For the Lord of Hosts says this: “As I resolved to treat you badly when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the Lord of Hosts,

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The word of the Lord came to me:

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Verse ConceptsCropsFruitfulness, NaturalAgriculture, Growth From GoddewSeedVinesLand ProducingSurvivors FavouredTime Of PeaceAgriculturePlanting SeedsSeedsBlessings And ProsperitySowing Seeds

“For they will sow in peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the skies will yield their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.

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Verse ConceptsCapstoneDuplicating WordsMountains RemovedWhat Is This?Beauty Of ThingsArt Of CelebratingGraceHindrances

‘What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. And he will bring out the capstone accompanied by shouts of: Grace, grace to it!’”

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Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDBranches, Illustrating MessiahCovenant, God's with DavidRemnantNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForMessianic PropheciesPeople As Signs

“Listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring My servant, the Branch.

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Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strengthenemies, of Israel and JudahArchers, Likened To God

For I will bend Judah as My bow;
I will fill that bow with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece.
I will make you like a warrior’s sword.

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Verse ConceptsengravingArtInscriptionsSeven ThingsOne DayStones As MonumentsGod Atoning

Notice the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave an inscription on it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will take away the guilt of this land in a single day.

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Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfThe Work Of FoolsStock Keeping

The Lord also said to me: “Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

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Verse ConceptsGod's Orders

Then the Angel of the Lord charged Joshua:

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Verse ConceptsGod Scattering IsraelFour WindsReturn From The North

“Get up! Leave the land of the north”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

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Verse ConceptsDeafnessWilful IgnoranceRebellion Against God, Shown InSpiritual DeafnessShouldersSelf WillRefusing To HearObstinate Individuals

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

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Verse ConceptsGovernmentSittingThroneChrist, The High PriestProphecies Concerning ChristPeople Have HonourRebuilding The TempleTwo Other MenMessianic Propheciesroyalty

Yes, He will build the Lord’s temple; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. There will also be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them.

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Verse ConceptsLack Of Rain

And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter, then rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague the Lord inflicts on the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Booths.

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Verse ConceptsWalkingEntering The TempleWalking In The Ways Of GodIf You Keep The CommandmentsAccess to God

“This is what the Lord of Hosts says: If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, you will both rule My house and take care of My courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.

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Verse ConceptsFruitPersecution, Nature OfApple Of The EyeTouching To HarmEyes Cared ForEyes HarmedEyes

For the Lord of Hosts says this: “He has sent Me for His glory against the nations who are plundering you, for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.

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Then the word of the Lord came to me:

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Verse ConceptsWord Of GodGod Seeing All PeopleGod OpposingGod Saves From Sin And Deathdamascus

An Oracle

The word of the Lord
is against the land of Hadrach,
and Damascus is its resting place—
for the eyes of men
and all the tribes of Israel
are on the Lord

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Verse ConceptsBuilding HousesBase Of Things

“To build a shrine for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “When that is ready, the basket will be placed there on its pedestal.”

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Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdNeglecting PeopleFat AnimalsNot Seeking PeopleFeet Of CreaturesNo Healing

I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.

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Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfContemptGod, Present EverywherePlumb LineVisionSmall Things God UsesSeven Body PartsSmall ThingsPatrollingGod Seeing All The Earth

For who scorns the day of small things? These seven eyes of the Lord, which scan throughout the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.”

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Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningWomen In ProphecyTalents

Then a lead cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.

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Verse ConceptsdrynessArmsAntichrist, Names ForAccuracyLimbs WitheredEyes HarmedPeople Abandoning PeopleUseless PeopleBlindingOther BlindingOther Right PartsWoe To Israel And JerusalemStock Keeping

Woe to the worthless shepherd
who deserts the flock!
May a sword strike his arm
and his right eye!
May his arm wither away
and his right eye go completely blind!”

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Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordNightVisionsWhiteVisions And Dreams In ScriptureRiding HorsesMyrtleRed Animals

I looked out in the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the valley. Behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

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Verse ConceptsGoalsFellowship, With GodGod Living With Us

“Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

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Verse ConceptsAlcoholAttractionEffect Of WineWomen's BeautyBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Naturefruitfulness

How lovely and beautiful they will be!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
and new wine, the young women.

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Verse ConceptsConsistencyStrength Of PeopleBlessing Through God's PeopleGod Saves The NeedyBe Strong!Blessing Others

As you have been a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Don’t be afraid; let your hands be strong.”

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Verse ConceptsFig treeInvitationsSittingVinesSitting In Security

On that day, each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

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Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfArrows, Described AsLightningTheophanyTrumpets For BattleGod AppearingArrowsHurricanes

Then the Lord will appear over them,
and His arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the trumpet
and advance with the southern storms.

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Verse ConceptsFoundationsFoundations Of BuildingsGod Sending ProphetsMan's Work Finishedconstructionfinishing

“Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you.

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Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfThe Gospel To The Nationsjerusalem

Many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead for the Lord’s favor.”

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Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For ChristMessianic PropheciesSprouting PlantsSproutingRebuilding The Temple

You are to tell him: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Here is a man whose name is Branch; He will branch out from His place and build the Lord’s temple.

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Verse ConceptsdaughtersReturn From BabylonEscaping From Peoplezion

“Go, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.”

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Verse ConceptsdefeatSlingsGod Being Our DefenceCornersMoist ThingsSoundFilling PeopleSacrifice On The Bronze AltarFear Of StoningGod DefendingTemple Utensils In Use

The Lord of Hosts will defend them.
They will consume and conquer with slingstones;
they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.
They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,
like those at the corners of the altar.

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Verse ConceptsSealing ThingsPutting Things DownThe Entrance Of Sinwickednessweight

“This is Wickedness,” he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening.

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Verse ConceptsWritingBellsPots For Cooking And EatingTemple Utensils In UseHolinesscookingpot

On that day, the words

HOLY TO THE LORD

will be on the bells of the horses. The pots in the house of the Lord will be like the sprinkling basins before the altar.

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Verse ConceptsGod Doing GoodGod's Plans

“so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.

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Verse ConceptsJewelsChrist And His SheepSparklingGod Saves The NeedyJewellery And GodGod's Willjewelrycrowns

The Lord their God will save them on that day
as the flock of His people;
for they are like jewels in a crown,
sparkling over His land.

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Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonThose who returned from exile

“Take an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.

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Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedWaving The HandGod Sending ProphetsGroups Of Slaves

I will move against them with My power, and they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me.

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Verse ConceptsWhat Is This?Two Plant ProductsOlive Trees

I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

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Verse ConceptsRocksGathering Other NationsAll NationsThings Lifted Uplungsjerusalem

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who try to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations of the earth gather against her.

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Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsGod Scattering IsraelLand Becoming EmptyNot Knowing People

“I scattered them with a windstorm over all the nations that had not known them, and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one coming or going. They turned a pleasant land into a desolation.”

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Verse ConceptsHeirsHoliness, Believers' Growth InHoliness, As Set Apart For GodGod Sending ProphetsPeople Belong To GodHoly LandInheritance

The Lord will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.

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Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalPlantsRainSpringStormsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverGifts From God, TemporalAnswered PromisesShowersGod Sending RainspringtimeGod Controls Storms

Ask the Lord for rain
in the season of spring rain.
The Lord makes the rain clouds,
and He will give them showers of rain
and crops in the field for everyone.

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Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessPrayer, Advice For EffectiveReceptivenessGod SpeakingSpeaking To GodListening To God

Just as He had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord of Hosts.

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Verse ConceptsExperience, of GodClothingJews, TheLanguagesLast DaysGod With YouGoing TogetherTen PeopleGraspingJerusalem In Millennial Kingdom

The Lord of Hosts says this: “In those days, 10 men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”

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Verse ConceptsSleeplessnessawakening

The angel who was speaking with me then returned and roused me as one awakened out of sleep.

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Verse Conceptsdefence, divineShieldsGod Being Our DefenceLike Good PeopleValidly Like GodWithout StrengthProtecting Your Family

On that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that on that day the one who is weakest among them will be like David on that day, and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the Lord, before them.

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Verse ConceptsAstrologyFutilityencouragement, examples ofdiscouragementGuidance, Need For God'sHousehold GodsPeace, Human Destruction OfRestlessnessSheepSorcery And MagicVisionsDivinationWanderersMisleading DreamsProphesying LiesNo ComfortDreams And False Prophets

For the idols speak falsehood,
and the diviners see illusions;
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.

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Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsWings Of BirdsWomen In ProphecyTwo WomenThings Lifted UpHeavenly Visionflying

Then I looked up and saw two women approaching with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and sky.

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Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristGod Living With UsUnited With GodThe Nations Before God

“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to you.

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Verse ConceptsActing AlonePeople Mourning Catastrophe

The land will mourn, every family by itself: the family of David’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Nathan’s house by itself and their women by themselves;

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Verse ConceptsMegiddoMourning Due To Catastropheanniversary

On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

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Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfRespect, For God's CharacterInhabitationGod's DwellingCurbing SpeechGod Waking Up

Let all people be silent before the Lord, for He is coming from His holy dwelling.”

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Verse ConceptsFeastsFasting, Nature OfJoy, Of IsraelPeace, In Christian LivingMonth 4Month 5Month 7Month 10Fasting RegularlyFuture Rejoicing In GodLoving GoodMonthsFastingCelebrationFasting And Prayer

“The Lord of Hosts says this: The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth will become times of joy, gladness, and cheerful festivals for the house of Judah. Therefore, love truth and peace.”

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Verse ConceptsGoldHigh Priest, In OtGold OrnamentsAmassing Silvercrowns

Take silver and gold, make crowns and place them on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

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Verse ConceptsMeasuring RodCarpentry Toolsaccomplishmentmeasurement

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

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Verse ConceptsWhere To?

So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”

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Verse ConceptsFalse Witnesses, Defined AsPromises, HumanEvil PlansSin, And God's CharacterGod Hating Things

Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love perjury, for I hate all this”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

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Verse ConceptsBreaking The Covenant

It was annulled on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

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Then the word of the Lord of Hosts came to me:

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Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards LebanonThe Act Of OpeningBurning Plants

Open your gates, Lebanon,
and fire will consume your cedars.

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Verse ConceptsThe Nations Before God

The Lord of Hosts says this: “Peoples will yet come, the residents of many cities;

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Verse ConceptsAnointed By GodAnointing

“These are the two anointed ones,” he said, “who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

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The word of the Lord of Hosts came:

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Verse Conceptsevil, victory overSatan, As The Enemy Of GodPlucking OutSaved From FireGod Requite Them!rebukingbranding

The Lord said to Satan: “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

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Verse ConceptsKilling Domesticated AnimalsPasturing The Flock

Yahweh my God says this: “Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.

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Verse ConceptsWoodFire Of JudgementBurning Plants

On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and the left, while Jerusalem continues to be inhabited on its site, in Jerusalem.

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Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfGrace, In OtPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningRevival, CorporateGod Giving StrengthGod Will AnswerGod Not ForsakingReturning to their landGod Gives StrengthGod Saves The NeedyGod Will Show MercyI Will Be Their GodRejection

I will strengthen the house of Judah
and deliver the house of Joseph.
I will restore them
because I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though I had never rejected them.
For I am Yahweh their God,
and I will answer them.

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Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandVisions And Dreams In ScriptureSeven LightsWhat Is This?Forties

He asked me, “What do you see?”

I replied, “I see a solid gold lampstand there with a bowl on its top. It has seven lamps on it and seven channels for each of the lamps on its top.

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Verse ConceptsInsanityHealthMadnessWatchfulness, DivineRiding HorsesGod Seeing The RighteousGod BlindingPuzzlementBlindness

On that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah but strike all the horses of the nations with blindness.

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Verse ConceptsFir TreesWailingFelling TreesDestruction Of PlantsOaksHarming Trees

Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen;
the glorious trees are destroyed!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the stately forest has fallen!

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Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingThree MenOne Month

In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

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Verse ConceptsStaffKilling Domesticated AnimalsNations UnitedTwo Other ThingsBlessingPasturing The Flockreunitinggraciousness

So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

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Verse ConceptsFirst To FightThe Honourable Will Be Honoured

The Lord will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of David’s house and the glory of Jerusalem’s residents may not be greater than that of Judah.

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Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with NoahBreaking SticksBlessingBreaking The Covenantgraciousness

Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, annulling the covenant I had made with all the peoples.

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Verse ConceptsTentsPegs

The cornerstone will come from Judah.
The tent peg will come from them
and also the battle bow and every ruler.
Together

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Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingBattle

My anger burns against the shepherds,
so I will punish the leaders.
For the Lord of Hosts has tended His flock,
the house of Judah;
He will make them like His majestic steed in battle.

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Verse ConceptsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureBrassHeavenly ChariotsThings Like BronzeTwo Other ThingsFour Other Things

Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two mountains. And the mountains were made of bronze.

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Verse ConceptsFilthinessRagsGarments Of SinUnclean ThingsGarments

Now Joshua was dressed with filthy clothes as he stood before the Angel.

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Verse ConceptsDissentIgnorant Of Facts

Then he inquired of me, “Don’t you know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.

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Verse Conceptscelebrating

This will be the punishment of Egypt and all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Booths.

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Verse Conceptsflying

I looked up again and saw a flying scroll.

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Verse ConceptsHasteSeeking The Favour Of God

the residents of one city will go to another, saying: Let’s go at once to plead for the Lord’s favor and to seek the Lord of Hosts. I am also going.

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Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfOlive OilOil For LampsWhat Is This?Speaking AgainWater ChannelOlive TreesMoral Decay

And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold conduits, from which golden oil pours out?”

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Verse ConceptsGod Giving StrengthGod Gives StrengthFamily Strength

Then each of the leaders of Judah will think to himself: The residents of Jerusalem are my strength through the Lord of Hosts, their God.

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Verse ConceptsGod Without Mercypity

Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “Instead, I will turn everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.”

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Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesOld Age, Attainment OfFeeblenessHope For Old PeopleSitting In SecurityUsing RoadsWalking With A StaffAgejerusalem

The Lord of Hosts says this: “Old men and women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of advanced age.

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Verse ConceptsPots For Cooking And EatingInterlopers In The Templecookingpot

Every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of Hosts. Everyone who sacrifices will come and take some of the pots to cook in. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord of Hosts.

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Verse ConceptsCavalryGod With YouRiding HorsesTrampling PeopleMarshesShaming PeopleFighting EnemiesSpiritual Warfareheroes

they will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.

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Verse ConceptsRemnantGod Scattering IsraelReturning to their landFar From HereLiving OnBelievers Remembering God

Though I sow them among the nations,
they will remember Me in the distant lands;
they and their children will live and return.

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Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceRenewed HeartRejoicingEffect Of WineChildren BlessedFuture Rejoicing In God

Ephraim will be like a warrior,
and their hearts will be glad as if with wine.
Their children will see it and be glad;
their hearts will rejoice in Yahweh.

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Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingRepulsive FoodHow Death Is Inevitablelosing a loved oneDyingLoss Of A Loved One

Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is going astray go astray; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”

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Verse ConceptsMonthAutumnMonth 9

In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.

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Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfRankSpiritual Warfare, Enemies InStandingVisions And Dreams In ScriptureSatan, Work OfRight SidesRiversbrandingaccusationspriestswholeness

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.

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Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemNames And Titles For The ChurchGod's TruthGod Lives In Jerusalemjerusalemzion

The Lord says this: “I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, the mountain of the Lord of Hosts, and the Holy Mountain.”

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Verse ConceptsThe Glory Of ManInadequate ShepherdingWailingPeople Mourning CatastropheLosing Honour

Listen to the wail of the shepherds,
for their glory is destroyed.
Listen to the roar of young lions,
for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.

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Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingKilling Domesticated AnimalsSatisfied With RichesUnpunishedPeople Without MercyGuilt

Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished. Those who sell them say: Praise the Lord because I have become rich! Even their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

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Verse ConceptsBreadthMeasuring Jerusalem And The LandWhere To?jerusalemmeasurement

I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”

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Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGathered By GodHissingWhistlingMany In Israelredeemed

I will whistle and gather them
because I have redeemed them;
they will be as numerous as they once were.

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Verse ConceptsLooking And Seeing

Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Look up and see what this is that is approaching.”

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Verse ConceptsFullness Of The KingdomThe Prophecy Towards LebanonGathering IsraelGathering Other NationsReturning to their landNo Room

I will bring them back from the land of Egypt
and gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them to the land of Gilead
and to Lebanon,
but it will not be enough for them.

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Verse ConceptsCrowns For God's People

The crown will reside in the Lord’s temple as a memorial to Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen son of Zephaniah.

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Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GoddiligenceDiligence, Examples OfWeights And Measures, DistancesThe Perfect TempleGod Sending ProphetsPeople From Far AwayRebuilding The Temple

People who are far off will come and build the Lord’s temple, and you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen when you fully obey the Lord your God.”

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Verse ConceptsTwo Plant ProductsOlive Trees

There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

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Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfJealousy

“The Lord of Hosts says this: I am extremely jealous for Zion; I am jealous for her with great wrath.”

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Verse ConceptsSheepUnfaithfulness, To PeopleInadequate ShepherdingJesus Christ, Prophecies OfChrist And His SheepProphecies Concerning ChristNames And Titles For ChristMessianic PropheciesAtonement, ForeordainedScattered Like SheepGod With ChristHurt And Betrayal

Sword, awake against My shepherd,
against the man who is My associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.

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Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSwearing Oaths FalselyThe Curse Of The LawSwearing

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land, for every thief will be removed according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be removed according to what is written on the other side.

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Verse ConceptseastWestEast And WestGod Wants To Save All

The Lord of Hosts says this: “I will save My people from the land of the east and the land of the west.

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Verse ConceptsWhat Is This?

Then I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

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Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod Doing RightDoing RightPromise of returnI Will Be Their God

I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem. They will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

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Verse ConceptsBlacknessBlackBlack AnimalsRed AnimalsFirst ThingsSecond Thing

The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses,

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Verse ConceptsBreadthVisions And Dreams In ScriptureLong ThingsDimensions Of Other Thingsflying

“What do you see?” he asked me.

“I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “30 feet long and 15 feet wide.”

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Verse ConceptsAnticipationSurvivors ThreatenedEasy For GodHard Tasks

The Lord of Hosts says this: “Though it may seem incredible to the remnant of this people in those days, should it also seem incredible to Me?”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

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Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsMonth 5Month 770 To 80 YearsFasting RegularlyHow To FastNot For The SakeFastingFasting And Prayer

“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these 70 years, did you really fast for Me?

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Verse ConceptsSeeking The Favour Of God

Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to plead for the Lord’s favor

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Verse ConceptsSwearing Oaths FalselyBuilding Stones RejectedHouses Under AttackWood And StoneSwearingflyingthieves

I will send it out,”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It will stay inside his house and destroy it along with its timbers and stones.”

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Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDCruelty, examples ofArmageddonAliancesMillenniumRapeSuffering, Causes OfWarfare, Nature OfGathering Other NationsHalf Of DistrictsAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldExile In ProspectCapturing Cities

I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

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Verse ConceptsSpiritsStandingHeaven And AngelsFour Winds

The angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven going out after presenting themselves to the Lord of the whole earth.

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Verse ConceptsFoundationsSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedMan, Creation OfStretching OutEarth's FoundationProphecies concerning

An Oracle

The word of the Lord concerning Israel.
A declaration of the Lord,
who stretched out the heavens,
laid the foundation of the earth,
and formed the spirit of man within him.

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Verse ConceptsFeastingMission, Of IsraelParticipation, In ChristUnity, God's Goal OfZion, As A SymbolCelebrationsSurvivors Of The NationsEvery YearCelebrationjerusalemcelebrating

Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to celebrate the Festival of Booths.

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Verse ConceptsFractions, One FourthThird PersonFourthBlack And WhiteOvercoming Adversity

the third chariot white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all strong horses.

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Verse ConceptsMonth 5Action For A Long TimeFasting RegularlyUnnamed Prophets Of The Lord

by asking the priests who were at the house of the Lord of Hosts as well as the prophets, “Should we mourn and fast in the fifth month as we have done these many years?”

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Then the word of the Lord of Hosts came to me:

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Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In IsraelInhabitationSaying The Same ThingsGod Spoke By The ProphetsThe ShephelahRevelation Through Prophets

Aren’t these the words that the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and secure, along with its surrounding cities, and when the southern region and the Judean foothills were inhabited?”

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Verse ConceptsMonthProphecy, Inspiration Of OtWord Of GodMonth 8Named Prophets Of The LordMonths

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:

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and also against Hamath, which borders it,
as well as Tyre and Sidon,
though they are very shrewd.

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Verse ConceptsAgony, God's JudgmentdrynessHope, Of The WickedHope, Nature OfPessimismEmpty CitiesPhysical PainFear Will ComeWithout HopePleasurableness

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;
Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain,
as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.
There will cease to be a king in Gaza,
and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.

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Verse ConceptsUnceasingContinual GoodLight In The WorldDay Or NightBeing Unique

It will be a day known only to Yahweh, without day or night, but there will be light at evening.

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Verse ConceptsIllegitimate ChildrenMixing PeopleGod Opposes The ProudRace

A mongrel people will live in Ashdod,
and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.

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Verse ConceptsNorthBlack AnimalsBlack And White

The one with the black horses is going to the land of the north, the white horses are going after them, but the dappled horses are going to the land of the south.”

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Verse ConceptsWhat Is This?

So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

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Verse ConceptsLawsuitsBusiness At The GatewayJudging RightlyPerforming The TruthSpeaking TruthDoing God's WorksSeek PeaceJudgmentsTelling The Truth

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another; make true and sound decisions within your gates.

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Verse ConceptsdirtGoldSilverNumerous As DustMarshesAmassing SilverGetting Rich

Tyre has built herself a fortress;
she has heaped up silver like dust
and gold like the dirt of the streets.

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Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfdrossCalling upon GodGoldSilverTestingAnswers By FireAnswered PromisesRefining Influences Of AfflictionAfflictions As Blessings In DisguiseOne ThirdFire Of JudgementGod Will AnswerGod Testing PeopleThings Like GoldThings Like SilverGod Answers PrayerYou Are Our GodTestspressuremold

I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”

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Verse ConceptsGod Saves From Sin And DeathWarConflictBattle

Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations as He fights on a day of battle.

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Verse Conceptsdefence, divineWatchfulness, DivineGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His Son

I will set up camp at My house against an army,
against those who march back and forth,
and no oppressor will march against them again,
for now I have seen with My own eyes.

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Verse ConceptsTeethPeople Consuming BloodSurvivors FavouredBlessings For Jew And GentileEating Forbidden Food

I will remove the blood from their mouths
and the detestable things
from between their teeth.
Then they too will become a remnant for our God;
they will become like a clan in Judah
and Ekron like the Jebusites.

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Verse ConceptsSmall RemnantsOne ThirdDeath Of Other GroupsSurvivalDying

In the whole land—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
two-thirds will be cut off and die,
but a third will be left in it.

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Verse ConceptsPeople RottingSocketsEyes HarmedDiseaseSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

This will be the plague the Lord strikes all the peoples with, who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

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Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesBecoming PoorIn The Heart Of The Seapossessions

Listen! The Lord will impoverish her
and cast her wealth into the sea;
she herself will be consumed by fire.

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Verse ConceptsSpring Of WaterValleysDead SeaMediterranean SeaSummerThe Holy Spirit Giving LifeEast And WestRunning Water From GodSummer And WinterHalf Of Things

On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea, in summer and winter alike.

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Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldGod Making DrunkRebirth Of IsraelPrayer For Jerusalem

“Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering for the peoples who surround the city. The siege against Jerusalem will also involve Judah.

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Verse ConceptsearthquakesAngels AccompanyingThe Fact Of His Coming

You will flee by My mountain valley, for the valley of the mountains will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come and all the holy ones with Him.

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Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesWoundsFriendsscars

If someone asks him: What are these wounds on your chest?—then he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends.

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Verse ConceptsFrostCold WeatherDarkness At The End

On that day there will be no light; the sunlight and moonlight will diminish.

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Verse ConceptsImpurityNames Blotted OutAbandoning IdolsProphets Of Other Gods

On that day”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.

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Verse ConceptsTowersWinepressNamed GatesTreading Grapes

All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be changed into a plain. But Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain on its site from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

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Verse ConceptsGoldSilverGathering MuchAmassing SilverGold TransferredFighting EnemiesGetting Rich

Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected: gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.

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Verse ConceptsPiercingsFalse Prophets DenouncedKilling Sons And DaughtersFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersFake Friends

If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will say to him: You cannot remain alive because you have spoken falsely in the name of Yahweh. When he prophesies, his father and his mother who bore him will pierce him through.

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Verse ConceptsHairsNo VisionsAvoiding DeceitHairclothShame Of Bad Conduct

On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

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Verse ConceptsSafetyAnnihilationInhabitation

People will live there, and never again will there be a curse of complete destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell in security.

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Verse ConceptsChaosAnarchyFear Will ComeKilling One Another

On that day a great panic from the Lord will be among them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.

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Verse ConceptsPloughmenWork From YouthProphets Who Were Not SentAgricultureFarming

He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased me as a servant since my youth.