Zechariah 1:7
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A Vision of a Horseman
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet (A)Zechariah, the son of (B)Berechiah, son of (C)Iddo, saying,
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Zechariah 1:16-17
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16 Therefore, thus says the Lord, (A)I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; (B)my house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and (C)the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem. 17 Cry out again, Thus says the Lord of hosts: (D)My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, (E)and the Lord will again comfort Zion and again (F)choose Jerusalem.’”
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Zechariah 2:3-5
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3 And behold, (A)the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him 4 and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, (B)‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited (C)as villages without walls, because of (D)the multitude of people and livestock in it. 5 And I will be to her (E)a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”
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Zechariah 6:9-15
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The Crown and the Temple
9 And the word of the Lord came to me: 10 “Take from the exiles (A)Heldai, Tobijah, and (B)Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of (C)Zephaniah. 11 Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, (D)and set it on the head of (E)Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12 And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is (F)the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and (G)he shall build the temple of the Lord. 13 (H)It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord (I)and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there[a] shall be a (J)priest on his throne, (K)and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’ 14 And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as (L)a reminder to (M)Helem,[b] (N)Tobijah, (O)Jedaiah, and Hen (P)the son of Zephaniah.
15 (Q)“And those who are far off shall come and (R)help to build the temple of the Lord. (S)And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. (T)And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”
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- Zechariah 6:13 Or he
- Zechariah 6:14 An alternate spelling of Heldai (verse 10)
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