sf_leeser_rev1 Zechariah:2-6. SEEK
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And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord ,
and the accuser standing at his right hand to accuse him .
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And the Lord said unto the accuser ,
The Lord rebuke thee ,
O Accuser ;
yea ,
the Lord rebuke thee that hath chosen Jerusalem :
is not this a brand plucked out of the fire ?
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Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments ,
and was standing before the angel .
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And he commenced and said unto those that stood before him ,
saying ;
Take away the filthy garments from him .
And he said unto him ,
Behold ,
I have caused thy iniquity to pass from off thee ,
and I clothe thee with festive garments .
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And I said ,
Let them place a clean mitre upon his head .
So they placed the clean mitre upon his head ,
and clothed him with garments ;
rind the angel of the Lord stood by .
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And the angel of the Lord forewarned Joshua ,
saying ,
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Thus hath said the Lord of hosts ,
If thou wilt walk in my ways ,
and if thou wilt keep my charge ,
then shalt thou also judge my house ,
and shalt also keep my courts ,
and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by .
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Do but hear ,
O Joshua the high priest ,
thou ,
and thy fellows that sit before thee ;
for distinguished men are they ;
for ,
behold ,
I will bring my servant Zemach .
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For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua ;
upon one stone shall be seven eyes :
behold ,
I will engrave thereon its inscription ,
saith the Lord of hosts ,
And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day .
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On that day ,
saith the Lord of hosts ,
shall ye call every man to his neighbor under the vine and under the fig
tree .
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And the angel that spoke with me came back again ,
and waked me up ,
as a man that is wakened up out of his sleep ;
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And he said unto me ,
What art thou seeing ?
And I said ,
I have looked ,
and behold ,
there is a candlestick all of gold ,
with a bowl upon its top ,
and its seven lamps are thereupon ,
and seven pipes to the seven lamps ,
which are upon its top :
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And two olive
trees are by it ,
one upon the right side of the bowl ,
and the other upon the left side thereof .
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And I commenced and said unto the angel that spoke with me ,
saying ,
What are these ,
my lord ?
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Then the angel that spoke with me answered and said unto me ,
Knowest thou not what these are ?
And I said ,
No ,
my lord .
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Then answered he and spoke unto me ,
saying ,
This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel ,
saying ,
Not by might ,
nor by power ,
but by my spirit ,
saith the Lord of hosts .
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Who art thou ,
O great mountain ?
before Zerubbabel thou wilt become a plain :
and he shall bring forth the headstone with shoutings of ,
Grace ,
grace unto it .
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And the word of the Lord came unto me ,
saying ,
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The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house ,
and his hands shall complete it :
and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you .
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For whoever even despised the day of small beginning :
yet will they rejoice when they see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel ,
with those seven ;
they are the eyes of the Lord ,
which hold a survey through all the earth .
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And I began ,
and said unto him ,
What are these two olive
trees upon the right side of the candle
stick and upon its left ?
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And I began a second time ,
and said unto him ,
What are these two olive
branches ,
which are close by the two golden pipes which empty out of themselves the gold
colored oil ?
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And he said to me as followeth ,
Knowest thou not what these things are ?
And I said ,
No ,
my lord .
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Then said he ,
These are the two sons of the clear oil ,
that stand by the Lord of the whole earth .
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And I again lifted up my eyes ,
and looked ,
and behold there was a flying roll .
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And he said unto me ,
What seest thou ?
And I answered ,
I see a flying roll ,
its length is twenty cubits ,
and its breadth ten cubits .
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Then said he unto me ,
This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of all the earth ;
for every one that stealeth as it is on this side shall be in an equal degree entirely destroyed ,
as also every one that sweareth as it is on that side shall be likewise entirely destroyed .
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I bring it forth ,
saith the Lord of hosts ,
and it shall enter into the house of the thief ,
and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name :
and it shall remain in the midst of his house ,
and shall consume it with its timber and its stones .
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Then went forth the angel that spoke with me ,
and said unto me ,
Do but lift up thy eyes ,
and see what is this that goeth forth .
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And I said ,
What is it ?
And he said ,
This is an ephah that goeth forth .
He said moreover ,
This is their appearance through all the earth .
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And ,
behold ,
there was lifted up a heavy of lead :
and there was a certain woman sitting in the midst of the ephah .
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And he said ,
This is the wickedness .
And he cast her into the midst of the ephah ;
and he cast the weighty lead cover upon the mouth thereof .
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Then did I lift up my eyes ,
and looked ,
and ,
behold ,
there came out two women ,
having the wind in their wings ,
and they had wings like the wings of a stork :
and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven .
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Then said I to the angel that spoke with me ,
Whither are these bearing away the ephah ?
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And he said unto me ,
To build for it a house in the land of Shin
ar :
and when this is erected ,
then will the other be set there upon its own base .
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And I again lifted up my eyes ,
and looked ,
and behold ,
there came out four chariots from between two mountains ;
and the mountains were mountains of copper .
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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 ,
grizzled ,
ash
colored horses .
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And I began and said unto the angel that spoke 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 after having stood before the Lord of all the earth .
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The on which are black horses
these go forth into the north country ;
and the white go forth after them ;
and the grizzled go forth toward the south country .
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And the red
colored were gone forth ,
and sought to traverse the earth :
and he said ,
Go ,
traverse the earth .
So they traversed the earth .
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Then cried he loudly unto me ,
and spoke unto me ,
saying ,
Behold ,
these that are going 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 from the exiles ,
from Cheldai ,
from Tobiyahu ,
and from Yeda
yah ,
and thou shalt come on the same day ,
and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephanyah ,
whither they have arrived from Babylon ;
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Take also silver and gold ,
and make crowns ,
and set them upon the head of Joshua ,
the son of Jehozadak the high priest ;
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And thou shalt say unto him as followeth ,
Thus hath said the Lord of hosts ,
saying ,
Behold a man ,
Sprout is his name ;
since out of his own place shall he sprout up ,
even he shall build the temple of the Lord :
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Yea ,
he shall build the temple of the Lord ;
and he shall bear the glory ,
and shall sit and rule upon his throne ;
and a priest shall be upon his own throne ;
and the counsel of peace shall be between both of them .
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And the crowns shall be for Chelem ,
and for Tobiyah ,
and for Yeda
yah ,
and for Chen the son of Zephanyah ,
as a memorial in the temple of the Lord .
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And distant ones shall come and build on 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 hearken to 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 on the fourth day of the ninth month ,
in Kislev ;