And he shall be (A)their peace.

(B)When the Assyrian comes into our land
    and treads in our palaces,
then we will raise against him seven (C)shepherds
    and eight princes of men;

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(A)“My anger is hot against the shepherds,
    and (B)I will punish the leaders;[a]
for (C)the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
    and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.

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  1. Zechariah 10:3 Hebrew the male goats

20 and (A)through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, (B)making peace (C)by the blood of his cross.

21 (D)And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, (E)doing evil deeds,

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14 For (A)he himself is our peace, (B)who has made us both one and has broken down (C)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in (D)ordinances, that he might create in himself one (E)new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might (F)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and (G)preached peace to you who were (H)far off and peace to those who were (I)near.

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27 (A)Peace I leave with you; (B)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. (C)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither (D)let them be afraid.

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10 (A)I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
    and (B)the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
    and (C)he shall speak peace to the nations;
(D)his rule shall be from sea to sea,
    and from (E)the River[a] to the ends of the earth.

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  1. Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates

(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
    (J)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
    to establish it and to uphold it
(K)with justice and with righteousness
    from this time forth and forevermore.
(L)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

19 He will (A)deliver you from six troubles;
    in seven no (B)evil[a] shall touch you.

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  1. Job 5:19 Or disaster

14 And the armies of heaven, (A)arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, (B)were following him on white horses.

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33 I have said these things to you, that (A)in me you may have peace. (B)In the world you will have (C)tribulation. But (D)take heart; (E)I have overcome the world.”

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(A)“On that day I will make the clans of Judah (B)like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And (C)they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while (D)Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.

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13 For (A)I have bent Judah as my bow;
    I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
    against your sons, (B)O Greece,
    and wield you like a warrior's sword.

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A Vision of Horns and Craftsmen

18 [a] And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, (A)four horns! 19 And I said to (B)the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, (C)“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” 20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21 And I said, “What are these coming to do?” He said, (D)“These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come (E)to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations (F)who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

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  1. Zechariah 1:18 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew

Thus says the Lord:

(A)“For three transgressions of (B)Gaza,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (C)they carried into exile a whole people
    to deliver them up to Edom.

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Thus says the Lord:

(A)“For three transgressions of (B)Damascus,
    and for four, (C)I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they have threshed (D)Gilead
    with threshing sledges of iron.

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  1. Amos 1:3 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 6, 9, 11, 13

15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous (A)Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

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Thus says the Lord:
(A)“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
    and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,
    for there is a blessing in it,’
so I will do for my servants' sake,
    (B)and not destroy them all.

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19 (A)So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west,
    and his glory from the rising of the sun;
(B)for he will come like a rushing stream,[a]
    which the wind of the Lord drives.

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  1. Isaiah 59:19 Hebrew a narrow river

28 who says of (A)Cyrus, ‘He is (B)my shepherd,
    and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
    (C)and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

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31 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah (A)shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. 32 (B)For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. (C)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

33 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or (D)cast up a siege mound against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord. 35 (E)For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for (F)the sake of my servant David.”

36 (G)And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

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24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people, (A)who dwell in Zion, (B)be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as (C)the Egyptians did. 25 For (D)in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. 26 And (E)the Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck (F)Midian (G)at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it (H)as he did in Egypt. 27 And in that day (I)his burden will depart from your shoulder, and (J)his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.”[a]

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  1. Isaiah 10:27 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them (A)the waters of (B)the River,[a] mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it (C)will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks, and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, (D)reaching even to the neck, and its (E)outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, (F)O Immanuel.”

Be broken,[b] you peoples, and (G)be shattered;[c]
    give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
    strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, (H)but it will not stand,
    for God (I)is with us.[d]

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  1. Isaiah 8:7 That is, the Euphrates
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
  3. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  4. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

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