Zechariah
American Standard Version, 1901 ed.
Chapter 1
1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came
the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son
of Iddo, the prophet, saying, 2Jehovah was sore displeased
with your fathers. 3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts,
and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. 4Be ye
not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried,
saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your
evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor
hearken unto me, saith Jehovah. 5Your fathers, where are
they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? 6But my
words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the
prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned
and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us,
according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he
dealt with us. 7Upon the four and twentieth day of the
eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of
Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of
Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying, 8I saw in
the night, and, behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he
stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind
him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white. 9Then said
I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me
said unto me, I will show thee what these are. 10And the
man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These
are they whom Jehovah hath sent to walk to and fro through the
earth. 11And they answered the angel of Jehovah that stood
among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have walked to and fro
through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and
is at rest. 12Then the angel of Jehovah answered and said,
O Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on
Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast
had indignation these threescore and ten years? 13And
Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me with good words,
[even] comfortable words. 14So the angel that talked with
me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:
I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
15And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are
at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped
forward the affliction. 16Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I
am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built
in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched
forth over Jerusalem. 17Cry yet again, saying, Thus saith
Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity;
and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose
Jerusalem. 18And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and,
behold, four horns. 19And I said unto the angel that talked
with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns
which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 20And
Jehovah showed me four smiths. 21Then said I, What come
these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which
scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head; but these
are come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations,
which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter
it.
Chapter 2
1And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man
with a measuring line in his hand. 2Then said I, Whither
goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see
what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and
another angel went out to meet him, 4and said unto him,
Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be
inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude
of men and cattle therein. 5For I, saith Jehovah, will be
unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in
the midst of her. 6Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north,
saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of
the heavens, saith Jehovah. 7Ho Zion, escape, thou that
dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. 8For thus saith
Jehovah of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations
which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple
of his eye. 9For, behold, I will shake my hand over them,
and they shall be a spoil to those that served them; and ye
shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me. 10Sing and
rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell
in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah. 11And many nations
shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my
people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt
know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me unto thee. 12And
Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and
shall yet choose Jerusalem. 13Be silent, all flesh, before
Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.
Chapter 3
1And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before
the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to be
his adversary. 2And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke
thee, O Satan; yea, Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke
thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? 3Now
Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before
the angel. 4And he answered and spake unto those that stood
before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And
unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass
from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel. 5And I
said, Let them set a clean mitre upon his head. So they set a
clean mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and
the angel of Jehovah was standing by. 6And the angel of
Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying, 7Thus saith Jehovah
of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my
charge, then thou also shalt judge my house, and shalt also keep
my courts, and I will give thee a place of access among these
that stand by. 8Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou
and thy fellows that sit before thee; for they are men that are
a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch.
9For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; upon
one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving
thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity
of that land in one day. 10In that day, saith Jehovah of
hosts, shall ye invite every man his neighbor under the vine and
under the fig-tree.
Chapter 4
1And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked
me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. 2And he said
unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and, behold,
a candlestick all of gold, with its bowl upon the top of it, and
its seven lamps thereon; there are seven pipes to each of the
lamps, which are upon the top thereof; 3and two olive-trees
by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon
the left side thereof. 4And I answered and spake to the
angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
5Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto
me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the
word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by
power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts. 7Who art
thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou shalt become] a
plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings of
Grace, grace, unto it. 8Moreover the word of Jehovah came
unto me, saying, 9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the
foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and
thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.
10For who hath despised the day of small things? for these
seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of
Zerubbabel; [these are] the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and
fro through the whole earth. 11Then answered I, and said
unto him, What are these two olive-trees upon the right side of
the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12And I
answered the second time, and said unto him, What are these two
olive-branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that
empty the golden [oil] out of themselves? 13And he answered
me and said, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my
lord. 14Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that
stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
Chapter 5
1Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold,
a flying roll. 2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I
answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty
cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. 3Then said he
unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the
whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the
one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be
cut off on the other side according to it. 4I will cause it
to go forth, saith Jehovah 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 abide in the midst of his
house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the
stones thereof. 5Then the angel that talked with me went
forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is
this that goeth forth. 6And I said, What is it? And he
said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This
is their appearance in all the land 7(and, behold, there
was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in
the midst of the ephah. 8And he said, This is Wickedness:
and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast
the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. 9Then lifted I
up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there came forth two women,
and the wind was in their wings; now they had wings like the
wings of a stork; and they lifted up the ephah between earth and
heaven. 10Then said I to the angel that talked with me,
Whither do these bear the ephah? 11And he said unto me, To
build her a house in the land of Shinar: and when it is
prepared, she shall be set there in her own place.
Chapter 6
1And again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold,
there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the
mountains were mountains of brass. 2In the first chariot
were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 3
and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot
grizzled strong horses. 4Then I answered and said unto the
angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? 5And
the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four winds of
heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the
earth. 6[The chariot] wherein are the black horses goeth
forth toward the north country; and the white went forth after
them; and the grizzled went forth toward the south country.
7And the strong 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. 8Then cried he to me, and spake unto
me, saying, Behold, they that go toward the north country have
quieted my spirit in the north country. 9And the word of
Jehovah came unto me, saying, 10Take of them of the
captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come
thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of
Zephaniah, whither they are come from Babylon; 11yea, take
[of them] silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon
the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest; 12
and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah 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
Jehovah; 13even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; 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. 14And 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 Jehovah. 15And
they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of
Jehovah; and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me
unto you. And [this] shall come to pass, if ye will diligently
obey the voice of Jehovah your God.
Chapter 7
1And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius,
that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth [day]
of the ninth month, even in Chislev. 2Now [they of] Beth-el
had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to entreat
the favor of Jehovah, 3[and] to speak unto the priests of
the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying,
Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have
done these so many years? 4Then came the word of Jehovah of
hosts unto me, saying, 5Speak unto all the people of the
land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in
the fifth and in the seventh [month], even these seventy years,
did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 6And when ye eat,
and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for
yourselves? 7[Should ye] not [hear] the words which Jehovah
cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and
in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the
South and the lowland were inhabited? 8And the word of
Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying, 9Thus hath Jehovah of
hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness
and compassion every man to his brother; 10and oppress not
the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and
let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.
11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the
shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
12Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest
they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts
had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there
came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts. 13And it is come to
pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall
cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts; 14but I
will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which
they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so
that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the
pleasant land desolate.
Chapter 8
1And the word of Jehovah of hosts came [to me], saying,
2Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with
great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath. 3
Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in
the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city
of truth; and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, The holy
mountain. 4Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old
men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man
with his staff in his hand for very age. 5And the streets
of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the
streets thereof. 6Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be
marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those
days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith Jehovah
of hosts. 7Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save
my people from the east country, and from the west country;
8and 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. 9Thus saith Jehovah of
hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days
these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day
that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid,
even the temple, that it might be built. 10For before those
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 adversary: for I set all men every one against his neighbor.
11But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as
in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts. 12For [there
shall be] the seed of peace; the vine shall give its fruit, and
the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give
their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to
inherit all these things. 13And it shall come to pass that,
as ye were a curse among the nations, 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. 14For thus saith
Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil unto you, when your
fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I
repented not; 15so again have I thought in these days to do
good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
16These are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man
the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and
peace in your gates; 17and let none of you devise evil in
your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for
all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah. 18And the
word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying, 19Thus saith
Jehovah 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 truth and peace. 20Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts: [It shall] yet [come to pass], that
there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
21and the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another,
saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and
to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also. 22Yea, many
peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts
in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Jehovah. 23Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days [it shall come to pass],
that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the
nations, they 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.
Chapter 9
1The burden of the word of Jehovah upon the land of
Hadrach, and Damascus [shall be] its resting-place (for the eye
of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Jehovah); 2
and Hamath, also, which bordereth thereon; Tyre and Sidon,
because they are very wise. 3And Tyre did build herself a
stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as
the mire of the streets. 4Behold, the Lord will dispossess
her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be
devoured with fire. 5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza
also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for her expectation
shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and
Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 6And a bastard shall dwell
in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his
abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a
remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah,
and Ekron as a Jebusite. 8And I will encamp about my house
against the army, that none pass through or return; and no
oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen
with mine eyes. 9Rejoice 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, even upon a colt the foal of an ass. 10And 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 nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and
from the River to the ends of the earth. 11As for thee
also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy
prisoners from the pit wherein is no water. 12Turn you to
the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare
that I will render double unto thee. 13For I have bent
Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will
stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will
make thee as the sword of a mighty man. 14And Jehovah shall
be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the
lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will
go with whirlwinds of the south. 15Jehovah of hosts will
defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the
sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through
wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of
the altar. 16And Jehovah their God will save them in that
day as the flock of his people; for [they shall be as] the
stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land. 17For how
great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall
make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
Chapter 10
1Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain,
[even of] Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them
showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. 2For the
teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie;
and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore
they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there
is no shepherd. 3Mine anger is kindled against the
shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts
hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them
as his goodly horse in the battle. 4From him shall come
forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle
bow, from him every ruler together. 5And they shall be as
mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the
streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is
with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded. 6
And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the
house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy
upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off:
for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them. 7And
[they of] Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart
shall rejoice as through wine; yea, their children shall see it,
and rejoice; their heart shall be glad in Jehovah. 8I will
hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and
they shall increase as they have increased. 9And I will
sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far
countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall
return. 10I 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. 11And he will pass through the sea of
affliction, and will smite the waves in the sea, and all the
depths of the Nile shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall
be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart. 12
And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up
and down in his name, saith Jehovah.
Chapter 11
1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour
thy cedars. 2Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen,
because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of
Bashan, for the strong forest is come down. 3A voice of
the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a
voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan
is laid waste. 4Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock
of slaughter; 5whose possessors slay them, and hold
themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be
Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.
6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,
saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into
his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they
shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver
them. 7So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of
the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called
Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
8And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my
soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me. 9
Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die;
and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them
that are left eat every one the flesh of another. 10And I
took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my
covenant which I had made with all the peoples. 11And it
was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that gave
heed unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovah. 12And I
said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not,
forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty [pieces] of silver.
13And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the
goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty
[pieces] of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house
of Jehovah. 14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even
Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and
Israel. 15And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet
again the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16For, lo, I
will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those
that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered,
nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but
he will eat the flesh of the fat [sheep], and will tear their
hoofs in pieces. 17Woe to the worthless shepherd that
leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his
right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye
shall be utterly darkened.
Chapter 12
1The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.
[Thus] saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and
layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of
man within him: 2behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of
reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also
shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem. 3And it shall
come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a
burdensome stone for all the peoples; all that burden themselves
with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth
shall be gathered together against it. 4In that day, saith
Jehovah, I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider
with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah,
and will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness. 5
And the chieftains of Judah shall say in their heart, The
inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Jehovah of hosts
their God. 6In that day will I make the chieftains of
Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch
among sheaves; and they shall devour all the peoples round
about, on the right hand and on the left; and [they of]
Jerusalem shall yet again dwell in their own place, even in
Jerusalem. 7Jehovah also shall save the tents of Judah
first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified above Judah. 8In
that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and
he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and
the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Jehovah
before them. 9And it shall come to pass in that day, that
I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against
Jerusalem. 10And I will pour upon the house of David, and
upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of
supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have
pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his
only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in
bitterness for his first-born. 11In that day shall there
be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon
in the valley of Megiddon. 12And the land shall mourn,
every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and
their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and
their wives apart; 13the family of the house of Levi
apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart,
and their wives apart; 14all the families that remain,
every family apart, and their wives apart.
Chapter 13
1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the
house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and
for uncleanness. 2And it shall come to pass in that day,
saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the
idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and
also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass
out of the land. 3And it shall come to pass that, when any
shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat
him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest
lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that
begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. 4
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall
be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither
shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive: 5but he shall
say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have
been made a bondman from my youth. 6And one shall say unto
him, What are these wounds between thine arms? Then he shall
answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my
friends. 7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against
the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my
hand upon the little ones. 8And it shall come to pass,
that in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be
cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. 9And
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them
as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They
shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is
my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Chapter 14
1Behold, a day of Jehovah cometh, when thy spoil shall
be divided in the midst of thee. 2For I will gather all
nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be
taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half
of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of
the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3Then shall
Jehovah go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he
fought in the day of battle. 4And his feet shall stand in
that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on
the east; and the mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst
thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall
be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove
toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5And ye
shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the
mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye
fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of
Judah; and Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with
thee. 6And it shall come to pass in that day, that there
shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves:
7but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not
day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening
time there shall be light. 8And it shall come to pass in
that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half
of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the
western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. 9And
Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall
Jehovah be one, and his name one. 10All the land shall be
made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem;
and she shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from
Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the
corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king's
wine-presses. 11And men shall dwell therein, and there
shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.
12And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will
smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their
flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and
their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue
shall consume away in their mouth. 13And it shall come to
pass in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be
among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his
neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his
neighbor. 14And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and
the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered
together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
15And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of
the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be
in those camps, as that plague. 16And it shall come to
pass, that every one that is left of all the nations that came
against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the
King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17And it shall be, that whoso of [all] the families of the
earth goeth not up unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah
of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain. 18And if the
family of Egypt go not up, and come not, neither [shall it be]
upon them; there shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will
smite the nations that go not up to keep the feast of
tabernacles. 19This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and
the punishment of all the nations that go not up to keep the
feast of tabernacles. 20In that day shall there be upon
the bells of the horses, HOLY UNTO JEHOVAH; and the pots in
Jehovah's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
21Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy
unto Jehovah of hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall come
and take of them, and boil therein: and in that day there shall
be no more a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts.
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