Zechariah:6-10
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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 .
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In the first chariot were red horses ;
and in the second chariot black horses ;
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And in the third chariot white horses ;
and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses .
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Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me ,
What are these ,
my lord ?
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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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 ;
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Then take silver and gold ,
and make crowns ,
and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech ,
the high priest ;
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ;
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When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech ,
and their men ,
to pray before the LORD ,
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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 ?
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Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me ,
saying ,
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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 ?
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And when ye did eat ,
and when ye did drink ,
did not ye eat for yourselves ,
and drink for yourselves ?
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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 ?
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And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah ,
saying ,
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Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts ,
saying ,
Execute true judgment ,
and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother :
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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 .
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But they refused to hearken ,
and pulled away the shoulder ,
and stopped their ears ,
that they should not hear .
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy ,
and I was jealous for her with great fury .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof .
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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 .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
Behold ,
I will save my people from the east country ,
and from the west country ;
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days ,
saith the LORD of hosts .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 :
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So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah :
fear ye not .
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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 :
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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 .
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And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me ,
saying ,
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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 .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
It shall yet come to pass ,
that there shall come people ,
and the inhabitants of many cities :
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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 .
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Yea ,
many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem ,
and to pray before the LORD .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Hamath also shall border thereby ;
Tyrus ,
and Zidon ,
though it be very wise .
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And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold ,
and heaped up silver as the dust ,
and fine gold as the mire of the streets .
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Behold ,
the Lord will cast her out ,
and he will smite her power in the sea ;
and she shall be devoured with fire .
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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 .
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And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod ,
and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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As for thee also ,
by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water .
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Turn you to the strong hold ,
ye prisoners of hope :
even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee ;
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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For how great is his goodness ,
and how great is his beauty !
corn shall make the young men cheerful ,
and new wine the maids .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Out of him came forth the corner ,
out of him the nail ,
out of him the battle bow ,
out of him every oppressor together .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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I will hiss for them ,
and gather them ;
for I have redeemed them :
and they shall increase as they have increased .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And I will strengthen them in the LORD ;
and they shall walk up and down in his name ,
saith the LORD .
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Open thy doors ,
O Lebanon ,
that the fire may devour thy cedars .
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