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, ⁸ “I saw in the night, and behold, ^(D)a man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were ^(E)red, sorrel, and white horses. ⁹ Then I said, ‘What are these, my lord?’ ^(F)The angel who talked with me said to me, ‘I will show you what they are.’ ¹⁰ So ^(G)the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, ^(H)‘These are they whom the Lord has sent to ^(I)patrol the earth.’ ¹¹ And they answered ^(J)the angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, ^(K)‘We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth ^(L)remains at rest.’ ¹² Then ^(M)the angel of the Lord said, ^(N)‘O Lord of hosts, ^(O)how long will you ^(P)have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these ^(Q)seventy years?’ ¹³ And the Lord answered ^(R)gracious and comforting words to ^(S)the angel who talked with me. ¹⁴ So ^(T)the angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^(U)I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion. ^15 (V)And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are ^(W)at ease; ^(X)for while I was angry but a little, ^(Y)they furthered the disaster. ¹⁶ Therefore, thus says the Lord, ^(Z)I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; ^(AA)my house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^(AB)the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem. ¹⁷ Cry out again, Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^(AC)My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, ^(AD)and the Lord will again comfort Zion and again ^(AE)choose Jerusalem.’”

O Lord, Be Gracious to Me

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷ “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of ^(A)the holy one, ^(B)the true one, ^(C)who has the key of David, ^(D)who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

⁸ “‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you ^(E)an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. ⁹ Behold, I will make those of ^(F)the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, ^(G)I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that ^(H)I have loved you. ^10 (I)Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try ^(J)those who dwell on the earth. ^11 (K)I am coming soon. ^(L)Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize ^(M)your crown. ^12 (N)The one who conquers, I will make him ^(O)a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him ^(P)the name of my God, and ^(Q)the name of the city of my God, ^(R)the new Jerusalem, ^(S)which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own ^(T)new name. ^13 (U)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

The Abomination of Desolation

¹⁵ “So when you see the abomination of desolation ^(A)spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in ^(B)the holy place (^(C)let the reader understand), ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ^17 (D)Let the one who is on ^(E)the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, ¹⁸ and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. ¹⁹ And ^(F)alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! ²⁰ Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be ^(G)great tribulation, ^(H)such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. ²² And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for ^(I)the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. ^23 (J)Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. ²⁴ For ^(K)false christs and ^(L)false prophets will arise and ^(M)perform great signs and wonders, ^(N)so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ See, ^(O)I have told you beforehand. ²⁶ So, if they say to you, ‘Look, ^(P)he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. ^27 (Q)For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be ^(R)the coming of the Son of Man. ^28 (S)Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ “Immediately after ^(T)the tribulation of those days ^(U)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and ^(V)the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ³⁰ Then ^(W)will appear in heaven ^(X)the sign of the Son of Man, and then ^(Y)all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and ^(Z)they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven ^(AA)with power and great glory. ³¹ And ^(AB)he will send out his angels with a loud ^(AC)trumpet call, and they will ^(AD)gather ^(AE)his elect from ^(AF)the four winds, ^(AG)from one end of heaven to the other.