rwbs - Zechariah:6-8

rwbs@Zechariah:6:1 @ And I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains mountains of brass.

rwbs@Zechariah:6:2 @ In the first chariot red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;

rwbs@Zechariah:6:3 @ And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot spotted and bay horses. (note:)bay: or, strong(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:6:4 @ Then I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What these, my lord?

rwbs@Zechariah:6:5 @ And the angel answered and said to me, These the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth. (note:)spirits: or, winds(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:6:6 @ The black horses which in it go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the spotted go forth toward the south country.

rwbs@Zechariah:6:7 @ And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Go from here, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

rwbs@Zechariah:6:8 @ Then he cried upon me, and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

rwbs@Zechariah:6:9 @ And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

rwbs@Zechariah:6:10 @ Take of the captivity, of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, who are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;

rwbs@Zechariah:6:11 @ Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;

rwbs@Zechariah:6:12 @ And speak to him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: (note:)grow…: or, branch up from under him(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:6:13 @ 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.

rwbs@Zechariah:6:14 @ 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.

rwbs@Zechariah:6:15 @ And they far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me to you. And shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.

rwbs@Zechariah:7:1 @ And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu;

rwbs@Zechariah:7:2 @ When they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, (note:)pray…: Hebrews. intreat the face of(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:7:3 @ to speak to the priests who 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?

rwbs@Zechariah:7:4 @ Then came the word of the LORD of hosts to me, saying,

rwbs@Zechariah:7:5 @ Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast to me, to me?

rwbs@Zechariah:7:6 @ And when ye ate, and when ye drank, did ye not eat, and drink? (note:)did not ye: or, be not ye they that(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:7:7 @ not the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around it, when inhabited the south and the plain? (note:)Should…: or, Are not these the words(:note)by: Hebrews. by the hand of

rwbs@Zechariah:7:8 @ And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

rwbs@Zechariah:7:9 @ Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother: (note:)Execute…: Hebrews. Judge judgment of truth(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:7:10 @ 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.

rwbs@Zechariah:7:11 @ But they refused to hearken, and withdrew the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. (note:)pulled…: Hebrews. they gave a backsliding shoulder(:note)stopped: Heb. made heavy

rwbs@Zechariah:7:12 @ Yea, they made their hearts 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. (note:)by: Hebrews. by the hand of(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:7:13 @ Therefore it is come to pass, as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

rwbs@Zechariah:7:14 @ 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. (note:)pleasant…: Hebrews. land of desire(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:8:1 @ Again the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying,

rwbs@Zechariah:8:2 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

rwbs@Zechariah:8:3 @ Thus saith the LORD; I have returned to 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.

rwbs@Zechariah:8:4 @ 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. (note:)very…: Hebrews. multitude of days(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:8:5 @ And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

rwbs@Zechariah:8:6 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it is marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in my eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. (note:)marvellous: or, hard, or, difficult(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:8:7 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; (note:)the west…: Hebrews. the country of the going down of the sun(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:8:8 @ 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.

rwbs@Zechariah:8:9 @ 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, who in the day the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

rwbs@Zechariah:8:10 @ For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. (note:)there was…: or, the hire of man became nothing(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:8:11 @ But now I not to the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.

rwbs@Zechariah:8:12 @ For the seed 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. (note:)prosperous: Hebrews. of peace(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:8:13 @ And it shall come to pass, 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, let your hands be strong.

rwbs@Zechariah:8:14 @ 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:

rwbs@Zechariah:8:15 @ So again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

rwbs@Zechariah:8:16 @ These 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: (note:)execute…: Hebrews. judge truth, and the judgment of peace(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:8:17 @ And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these that I hate, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Zechariah:8:18 @ And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

rwbs@Zechariah:8:19 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth, 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. (note:)feasts: or, solemn, or, set times(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:8:20 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; yet, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

rwbs@Zechariah:8:21 @ And the inhabitants of one 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. (note:)speedily: or, continually: Hebrews. going(:note)to pray…: Heb. to intreat the face of

rwbs@Zechariah:8:22 @ And many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. (note:)to pray…: Hebrews. to intreat the face of(:note)

rwbs@Zechariah:8:23 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days, that ten men out of all languages of the nations, shall take hold, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard God with you.

rwbs@Zechariah:9:1 @ The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus the rest of it: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, toward the LORD.