Zechariah 1:16-17
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16 “Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will return(A) to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line(B) will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the Lord Almighty.(C)
17 “Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort(D) Zion and choose(E) Jerusalem.’”(F)
Zechariah 1:18-21
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Four Horns and Four Craftsmen
18 Then I looked up, and there before me were four horns. 19 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these?”
He answered me, “These are the horns(A) that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.”
20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21 I asked, “What are these coming to do?”
He answered, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise their head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns(B) against the land of Judah to scatter its people.”[a](C)
Footnotes
- Zechariah 1:21 In Hebrew texts 1:18-21 is numbered 2:1-4.
Zechariah 2:4-5
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Zechariah 2:10-11
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10 “Shout(A) and be glad, Daughter Zion.(B) For I am coming,(C) and I will live among you,”(D) declares the Lord.(E) 11 “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.(F) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.(G)
Zechariah 7:13-14
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13 “‘When I called, they did not listen;(A) so when they called, I would not listen,’(B) says the Lord Almighty.(C) 14 ‘I scattered(D) them with a whirlwind(E) among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land they left behind them was so desolate that no one traveled through it.(F) This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.(G)’”
Zechariah 8:1-3
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The Lord Promises to Bless Jerusalem
8 The word of the Lord Almighty came to me.
2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “I am very jealous(A) for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.”
3 This is what the Lord says: “I will return(B) to Zion(C) and dwell in Jerusalem.(D) Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City,(E) and the mountain(F) of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.(G)”
Zechariah 8:7
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7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west.(A)
Zechariah 8:14-15
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14 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Just as I had determined to bring disaster(A) on you and showed no pity when your ancestors angered me,” says the Lord Almighty, 15 “so now I have determined to do good(B) again to Jerusalem and Judah.(C) Do not be afraid.
Zechariah 8:20-22
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20 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come, 21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat(A) the Lord and seek(B) the Lord Almighty. I myself am going.’ 22 And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.”(C)
Zechariah 8:23
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23 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’”(A)
Zechariah 9:9-10
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The Coming of Zion’s King
9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!(A)
Shout,(B) Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,(C)
righteous and victorious,(D)
lowly and riding on a donkey,(E)
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(F)
10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim
and the warhorses from Jerusalem,
and the battle bow will be broken.(G)
He will proclaim peace(H) to the nations.
His rule will extend from sea to sea
and from the River[a] to the ends of the earth.(I)
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates
Zechariah 9:14-17
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The Lord Will Appear
14 Then the Lord will appear over them;(A)
his arrow will flash like lightning.(B)
The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;(C)
he will march in the storms(D) of the south,
15 and the Lord Almighty will shield(E) them.
They will destroy
and overcome with slingstones.(F)
They will drink and roar as with wine;(G)
they will be full like a bowl(H)
used for sprinkling[a] the corners(I) of the altar.
16 The Lord their God will save his people on that day(J)
as a shepherd saves his flock.
They will sparkle in his land
like jewels in a crown.(K)
17 How attractive and beautiful they will be!
Grain will make the young men thrive,
and new wine the young women.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:15 Or bowl, / like
Zechariah 10:4
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Zechariah 10:5
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Zechariah 10:6-7
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6 “I will strengthen(A) Judah
and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
because I have compassion(B) on them.(C)
They will be as though
I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
and I will answer(D) them.
7 The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
and their hearts will be glad as with wine.(E)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
their hearts will rejoice(F) in the Lord.
Zechariah 10:9
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9 Though I scatter them among the peoples,
yet in distant lands they will remember me.(A)
They and their children will survive,
and they will return.
Zechariah 12:1-3
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Jerusalem’s Enemies to Be Destroyed
12 A prophecy:(A) The word of the Lord concerning Israel.
The Lord, who stretches out the heavens,(B) who lays the foundation of the earth,(C) and who forms the human spirit within a person,(D) declares: 2 “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup(E) that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.(F) Judah(G) will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations(H) of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock(I) for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure(J) themselves.
Zechariah 12:4
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4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.(A)
Zechariah 12:5
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5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong,(A) because the Lord Almighty is their God.’
Zechariah 12:6-9
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6 “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot(A) in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume(B) all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact(C) in her place.
7 “The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.(D) 8 On that day the Lord will shield(E) those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest(F) among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God,(G) like the angel of the Lord going before(H) them. 9 On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations(I) that attack Jerusalem.(J)
Zechariah 13:1
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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.
Zechariah 13:4-5
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4 “On that day every prophet will be ashamed(A) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment(B) of hair(C) in order to deceive.(D) 5 Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.[a]’(E)
Footnotes
- Zechariah 13:5 Or farmer; a man sold me in my youth
Zechariah 13:8-9
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8 In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
“two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
yet one-third will be left in it.(A)
9 This third I will put into the fire;(B)
I will refine them like silver(C)
and test them like gold.(D)
They will call(E) on my name(F)
and I will answer(G) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(H)
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(I)’”
Zechariah 14:2-4
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2 I will gather all the nations(A) to Jerusalem to fight against it;(B) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.(C) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.(D) 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight(E) against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.(F) 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,(G) east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split(H) in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.
Zechariah 14:8-9
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8 On that day living water(A) will flow(B) out from Jerusalem, half of it east(C) to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.(D)
9 The Lord will be king(E) over the whole earth.(F) On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.(G)
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