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“Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?”
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He replied, “Do you not know what these are?” “No, my lord,” I said.
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So he said, “These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth.”
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The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.’”
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I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these, my lord?”
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The angel answered me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world.
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A Crown for Joshua
The word of the Lord came to me:
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Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord.
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It is he who will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.’
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The crown will be given to Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the Lord.
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Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord, and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the Lord your God.”
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Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev.
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The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek, together with their men, to entreat the Lord
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by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”
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Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me:
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Are these not the words the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills were settled?’”
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And the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah:
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“This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.
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They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord Almighty was very angry.
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“‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the Lord Almighty.
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The Lord Promises to Bless Jerusalem
The word of the Lord Almighty came to me.
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This is what the Lord Almighty says: “I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.”
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This is what the Lord says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.”
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This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each of them with cane in hand because of their age.
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This is what the Lord Almighty says: “It may seem marvelous to the remnant of this people at that time, but will it seem marvelous to me?” declares the Lord Almighty.
