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Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!
Look, your King is coming to you;
He is righteous and victorious,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
“Then I will pour out a spirit
So he answered me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’
On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
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.
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.
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.
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.
On that day Yahweh will become King over all the earth
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.”
“Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?
the family of Levi’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Shimei
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:
The same plague as the previous one will strike
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.
all the remaining families, every family by itself, and their women by themselves.
So the Angel of the Lord
Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent to patrol the earth.”
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.”
I asked, “What are these, my lord?”
The angel who was talking to me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
“Don’t you know what they are?” replied the angel who was speaking with me.
I said, “No, my lord.”
because of the blood of your covenant,
I will release your prisoners
from the waterless cistern.
So the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim: The Lord of Hosts says: I am extremely jealous
Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him.
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?”
The Lord replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made it worse.
The word of the Lord came to Zechariah:
“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.”
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
and they will march
this is Yahweh’s declaration.
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.”
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.
“Throw it to the potter,”
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you.
Then He summoned me saying, “See, those going to the land of the north have pacified My Spirit in the northern land.”
Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban
“The Lord of Hosts says this: Make fair decisions.
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.”
So I asked, “What is it?”
He responded, “It’s a measuring basket
Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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.
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,
The word of the Lord came to me:
“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.
The declaration of the Lord: “I will be a wall
‘What are you, great mountain?
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor,
“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.
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.
Notice the stone
“Get up! Leave the land of the north”
But they refused to pay attention
Yes, He will build the Lord’s temple; He will be clothed in splendor
And if the people
“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.
For the Lord of Hosts says this: “He has sent Me
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
An Oracle
is against the land of Hadrach,
and Damascus
for the eyes of men
and all the tribes of Israel
are on the Lord
“To build a shrine for it in the land of Shinar,”
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
For who scorns the day of small things?
who deserts the flock!
May a sword strike
and his right eye!
May his arm wither away
and his right eye go completely blind!”
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.
“Daughter Zion, shout for joy and be glad, for I am coming to dwell among you”—this is the Lord’s declaration.
Grain will make the young men flourish,
and new wine, the young women.
They made their hearts like a rock so as not to obey the law or the words that the Lord of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets.
As you have been a curse among the nations,
On that day, each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree.”
and His arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the trumpet
and advance with the southern storms.
“Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house,
Many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead for the Lord’s favor.”
You are to tell him: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Here is a man whose name is Branch;
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.
“This is Wickedness,” he said. He shoved her down into the basket and pushed the lead weight over its opening.
On that day, the words
HOLY TO THE LORD
will be on the bells of the horses.
“so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah.
as the flock of His people;
for they are like jewels in a crown,
sparkling over His land.
“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.
I will move against them with My
I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
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.
“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.”
The Lord will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
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.
Just as He had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord of Hosts.
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,
The angel who was speaking with me then returned and roused me as one awakened out of sleep.
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.
and the diviners
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.
Then I looked up and saw two women approaching with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork,
“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become My
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
On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
Let all people be silent
“The Lord of Hosts says this: The fast of the fourth month,
Take silver and gold, make crowns and place them on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”
Do not plot evil
It was annulled on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock
Then the word of the Lord of Hosts came to me:
The Lord of Hosts says this: “Peoples will yet come, the residents of many cities;
“These are the two anointed ones,”
The word of the Lord of Hosts came:
The Lord
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.
and deliver the house of Joseph.
I will restore
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.
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
On that day”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness.
the glorious trees are destroyed!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the stately forest has fallen!
In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock.
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.
Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, annulling the covenant I had made with all the peoples.
The tent peg
and also the battle bow
Together
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.
Then I looked up again and saw four chariots coming from between two mountains. And the mountains were made of bronze.
Then he inquired of me, “Don’t you know what these are?”
“No, my lord,” I replied.
This will be the punishment of Egypt and all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Booths.
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.
And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold conduits, from which golden oil pours out?”
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.
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.”
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.
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
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.
they will remember
they and their children will live and return.
and their hearts will be glad as if with wine.
Their children will see it and be glad;
their hearts will rejoice in Yahweh.
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.”
In the fourth year of King Darius,
Then he showed me Joshua
The Lord says this: “I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City,
for their glory is destroyed.
Listen to the roar of young lions,
for the thickets of the Jordan
Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished.
I asked, “Where are you going?”
He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to determine its width and length.”
because I have redeemed
they will be as numerous as they once were.
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Look up and see what this is that is approaching.”
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.
The crown will reside in the Lord’s temple as a memorial to Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen
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.”
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”
“The Lord of Hosts says this: I am extremely jealous
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.
Then he said to me, “This is the curse
The Lord of Hosts says this: “I will save My people from the land of the east and the land of the west.
I will bring them back
The first chariot had red horses,
“What do you see?” he asked me.
“I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “30 feet
The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.”
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.
“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?
Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to plead for the Lord’s favor
I will send it out,”
I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle.
The angel told me, “These are the four spirits
An Oracle
A declaration of the Lord,
who stretched out the heavens,
laid the foundation of the earth,
and formed the spirit of man within him.
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.
the third chariot white horses,
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?”
Then the word of the Lord of Hosts came to me:
Aren’t these the words that the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and secure,
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius,
as well as Tyre
though they are very shrewd.
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.
When you eat and drink, don’t you eat and drink simply for yourselves?
It will be a day known only to Yahweh,
and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.
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.”
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another; make true and sound decisions within your gates.
she has heaped up silver like dust
and gold like the dirt of the streets.
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.”
Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations as He fights on a day of battle.
“On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.
against those who march back and forth,
and no oppressor will march against them again,
for now I have seen with My own eyes.
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.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
two-thirds
but a third will be left in it.
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.
and cast her wealth into the sea;
she herself will be consumed by fire.
On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem,
“Look, I will make Jerusalem a cup that causes staggering
You will flee by My mountain valley,
If someone asks him: What are these wounds
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
All the land from Geba
Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected: gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.
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.
On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak
People will live there, and never again will there be a curse of complete destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell in security.
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.
He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased