44 And at the seventh time he said, “Behold, (A)a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.’”

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44 The seventh time(A) the servant reported, “A cloud(B) as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.”

So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”

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Interpreting the Time

54 He also said to the crowds, (A)“When you see (B)a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens.

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Interpreting the Times

54 He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.(A)

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And though your beginning was small,
    (A)your latter days will be very great.

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Your beginnings will seem humble,
    so prosperous(A) will your future be.(B)

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13 Harness the steeds to the chariots,
    inhabitants of (A)Lachish;
it was the beginning of sin
    to the daughter of Zion,
for in you were found
    (B)the transgressions of Israel.

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13 You who live in Lachish,(A)
    harness fast horses to the chariot.
You are where the sin of Daughter Zion(B) began,
    for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

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10 (A)For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see (B)the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

(C)“These seven (D)are the eyes of the Lord, (E)which range through the whole earth.”

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10 “Who dares despise the day(A) of small things,(B) since the seven eyes(C) of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone[a] in the hand of Zerubbabel?”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 4:10 Or the plumb line

10 The men did so, and took two milk cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home.

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10 So they did this. They took two such cows and hitched them to the cart and penned up their calves.

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Now then, take and prepare (A)a new cart and two milk cows (B)on which there has never come a yoke, and yoke the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them.

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“Now then, get a new cart(A) ready, with two cows that have calved and have never been yoked.(B) Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

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