Zechariah 13-14

New International Version

Cleansing From Sin

13 “On that day a fountain^(A) will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse^(B) them from sin and impurity.

²“On that day, I will banish the names of the idols^(C) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”^(D) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets^(E) and the spirit of impurity from the land. ³And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies^(F) in the Lord’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.^(G)

⁴“On that day every prophet will be ashamed^(H) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment^(I) of hair^(J) in order to deceive.^(K) ⁵Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.^[a]’^(L) ⁶If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body^[b]?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

⁷“Awake, sword,^(M) against my shepherd,^(N)
    against the man who is close to me!”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered,^(O)
    and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
⁸In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
    “two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
    yet one-third will be left in it.^(P)
⁹This third I will put into the fire;^(Q)
    I will refine them like silver^(R)
    and test them like gold.^(S)
They will call^(T) on my name^(U)
    and I will answer^(V) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’^(W)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.^(X)’”

The Lord Comes and Reigns

14 A day of the Lord^(Y) is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions^(Z) will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

²I will gather all the nations^(AA) to Jerusalem to fight against it;^(AB) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.^(AC) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.^(AD) ³Then the Lord will go out and fight^(AE) against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.^(AF) ⁴On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,^(AG) east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split^(AH) in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. ⁵You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake^[c]^(AI) in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come,^(AJ) and all the holy ones with him.^(AK)

⁶On that day there will be neither sunlight^(AL) nor cold, frosty darkness. ⁷It will be a unique^(AM) day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night.^(AN) When evening comes, there will be light.^(AO)

⁸On that day living water^(AP) will flow^(AQ) out from Jerusalem, half of it east^(AR) to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.^(AS)

⁹The Lord will be king^(AT) over the whole earth.^(AU) On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.^(AV)

¹⁰The whole land, from Geba^(AW) to Rimmon,^(AX) south of Jerusalem, will become like the Arabah. But Jerusalem will be raised up^(AY) high from the Benjamin Gate^(AZ) to the site of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate,^(BA) and from the Tower of Hananel^(BB) to the royal winepresses, and will remain in its place.^(BC) ¹¹It will be inhabited;^(BD) never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.^(BE)

¹²This is the plague with which the Lord will strike^(BF) all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.^(BG) ¹³On that day people will be stricken by the Lord with great panic.^(BH) They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.^(BI) ¹⁴Judah^(BJ) too will fight at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected^(BK)—great quantities of gold and silver and clothing. ¹⁵A similar plague^(BL) will strike the horses and mules, the camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

¹⁶Then the survivors^(BM) from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship^(BN) the King,^(BO) the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^(BP) ¹⁷If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship^(BQ) the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain.^(BR) ¹⁸If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord^[d] will bring on them the plague^(BS) he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^(BT) ¹⁹This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.^(BU)

²⁰On that day holy to the Lord^(BV) will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots^(BW) in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls^(BX) in front of the altar. ²¹Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy^(BY) to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day^(BZ) there will no longer be a Canaanite^[e]^(CA) in the house^(CB) of the Lord Almighty.^(CC)

Footnotes

Zechariah 13:5 Or farmer; a man sold me in my youth
Zechariah 13:6 Or wounds between your hands
Zechariah 14:5 Or ⁵My mountain valley will be blocked and will extend to Azel. It will be blocked as it was blocked because of the earthquake
Zechariah 14:18 Or part, then the Lord
Zechariah 14:21 Or merchant

Revelation 2

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To the Church in Ephesus

2 “To the angel^[a] of the church in Ephesus^(A) write:

These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand^(B) and walks among the seven golden lampstands.^(C) ²I know your deeds,^(D) your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested^(E) those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.^(F) ³You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,^(G) and have not grown weary.

⁴Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.^(H) ⁵Consider how far you have fallen! Repent^(I) and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand^(J) from its place. ⁶But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,^(K) which I also hate.

⁷Whoever has ears, let them hear^(L) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,^(M) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,^(N) which is in the paradise^(O) of God.

To the Church in Smyrna

⁸“To the angel of the church in Smyrna^(P) write:

These are the words of him who is the First and the Last,^(Q) who died and came to life again.^(R) ⁹I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!^(S) I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not,^(T) but are a synagogue of Satan.^(U) ¹⁰Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you,^(V) and you will suffer persecution for ten days.^(W) Be faithful,^(X) even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.^(Y)

¹¹Whoever has ears, let them hear^(Z) what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.^(AA)

To the Church in Pergamum

¹²“To the angel of the church in Pergamum^(AB) write:

These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.^(AC) ¹³I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,^(AD) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,^(AE) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.^(AF)

¹⁴Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:^(AG) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,^(AH) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols^(AI) and committed sexual immorality.^(AJ) ¹⁵Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.^(AK) ¹⁶Repent^(AL) therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.^(AM)

¹⁷Whoever has ears, let them hear^(AN) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,^(AO) I will give some of the hidden manna.^(AP) I will also give that person a white stone with a new name^(AQ) written on it, known only to the one who receives it.^(AR)

To the Church in Thyatira

¹⁸“To the angel of the church in Thyatira^(AS) write:

These are the words of the Son of God,^(AT) whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.^(AU) ¹⁹I know your deeds,^(AV) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.

²⁰Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,^(AW) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.^(AX) ²¹I have given her time^(AY) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.^(AZ) ²²So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery^(BA) with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. ²³I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,^(BB) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.^(BC)

²⁴Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets, ‘I will not impose any other burden on you,^(BD) ²⁵except to hold on to what you have^(BE) until I come.’^(BF)

²⁶To the one who is victorious^(BG) and does my will to the end,^(BH) I will give authority over the nations^(BI)— ²⁷that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter^(BJ) and will dash them to pieces like pottery’^[b]^(BK)—just as I have received authority from my Father. ²⁸I will also give that one the morning star.^(BL) ²⁹Whoever has ears, let them hear^(BM) what the Spirit says to the churches.