Zechariah 9

New King James Version

Israel Defended Against Enemies

9 The ^[a]burden of the word of the Lord
Against the land of Hadrach,
And ^(A)Damascus its resting place
(For ^(B)the eyes of men
And all the tribes of Israel
Are on the Lord);
²Also against ^(C)Hamath, which borders on it,
And against ^(D)Tyre and ^(E)Sidon, though they are very ^(F)wise.

³For Tyre built herself a tower,
Heaped up silver like the dust,
And gold like the mire of the streets.
⁴Behold, ^(G)the Lord will cast her out;
He will destroy ^(H)her power in the sea,
And she will be devoured by fire.

⁵Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And ^(I)Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

⁶“A^[b] mixed race shall settle ^(J)in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the ^(K)Philistines.
⁷I will take away the blood from his mouth,
And the abominations from between his teeth.
But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,
And shall be like a leader in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
⁸^(L)I will camp around My house
Because of the army,
Because of him who passes by and him who returns.
No more shall an oppressor pass through them,
For now I have seen with My eyes.

The Coming King^(M)

⁹“Rejoice ^(N)greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, ^(O)your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
¹⁰I ^(P)will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
The ^(Q)battle bow shall be cut off.
He shall speak peace to the nations;
His dominion shall be ^(R)‘from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.’

God Will Save His People

¹¹“As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your ^(S)prisoners free from the waterless pit.
¹²Return to the stronghold,
^(T)You prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore ^(U)double to you.
¹³For I have bent Judah, My bow,
Fitted the bow with Ephraim,
And raised up your sons, O Zion,
Against your sons, O Greece,
And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”

¹⁴Then the Lord will be seen over them,
And ^(V)His arrow will go forth like lightning.
The Lord God will blow the trumpet,
And go ^(W)with whirlwinds from the south.
¹⁵The Lord of hosts will ^(X)defend them;
They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.
They shall drink and roar as if with wine;
They shall be filled with blood like ^[c]basins,
Like the corners of the altar.
¹⁶The Lord their God will ^(Y)save them in that day,
As the flock of His people.
For ^(Z)they shall be like the ^[d]jewels of a crown,
^(AA)Lifted like a banner over His land—
¹⁷For ^(AB)how great is ^[e]its goodness
And how great its ^(AC)beauty!
^(AD)Grain shall make the young men thrive,
And new wine the young women.

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Footnotes

Zechariah 9:1 oracle, prophecy
Zechariah 9:6 Lit. An illegitimate one
Zechariah 9:15 Sacrificial basins
Zechariah 9:16 Lit. stones
Zechariah 9:17 Lit. His

Revelation 17

New King James Version

The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast

17 Then ^(A)one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying ^[a]to me, “Come, ^(B)I will show you the judgment of ^(C)the great harlot ^(D)who sits on many waters, ²^(E)with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and ^(F)the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

³So he carried me away in the Spirit ^(G)into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting ^(H)on a scarlet beast which was full of ^(I)names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴The woman ^(J)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, ^(K)and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, ^(L)having in her hand a golden cup ^(M)full of abominations and the filthiness of ^[b]her fornication. ⁵And on her forehead a name was written:

^(N)MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.

⁶I saw ^(O)the woman, drunk ^(P)with the blood of the saints and with the blood of ^(Q)the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

The Meaning of the Woman and the Beast

⁷But the angel said to me, “Why did you marvel? I will tell you the ^[c]mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. ⁸The beast that you saw was, and is not, and ^(R)will ascend out of the bottomless pit and ^(S)go to ^[d]perdition. And those who ^(T)dwell on the earth ^(U)will marvel, ^(V)whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and ^[e]yet is.

⁹^(W)“Here is the mind which has wisdom: ^(X)The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. ¹⁰There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must ^(Y)continue a short time. ¹¹The ^(Z)beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to ^[f]perdition.

¹²^(AA)“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. ¹³These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴^(AB)These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will ^(AC)overcome them, ^(AD)for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; ^(AE)and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

¹⁵Then he said to me, ^(AF)“The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, ^(AG)are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. ¹⁶And the ten horns which you ^[g]saw on the beast, ^(AH)these will hate the harlot, make her ^(AI)desolate ^(AJ)and naked, eat her flesh and ^(AK)burn her with fire. ¹⁷^(AL)For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, ^(AM)until the words of God are fulfilled. ¹⁸And the woman whom you saw ^(AN)is that great city ^(AO)which reigns over the kings of the earth.”

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Footnotes

Revelation 17:1 NU, M omit to me
Revelation 17:4 M the fornication of the earth
Revelation 17:7 hidden truth
Revelation 17:8 destruction
Revelation 17:8 NU, M shall be present
Revelation 17:11 destruction
Revelation 17:16 NU, M saw, and the beast

Psalm 145

New King James Version

A Song of God’s Majesty and Love

^(A)A Praise of David.

145 I will ^[a]extol You, my God, O King;
And I will bless Your name forever and ever.
²Every day I will bless You,
And I will praise Your name forever and ever.
³^(B)Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
And ^(C)His greatness is ^[b]unsearchable.

⁴^(D)One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.
⁵^[c]I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And ^[d]on Your wondrous works.
⁶Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
⁷They shall ^[e]utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.

⁸^(E)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
⁹^(F)The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.

¹⁰^(G)All Your works shall praise You, O Lord,
And Your saints shall bless You.
¹¹They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom,
And talk of Your power,
¹²To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts,
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
¹³^(H)Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all ^[f]generations.

¹⁴The Lord upholds all who fall,
And ^(I)raises up all who are bowed down.
¹⁵^(J)The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And ^(K)You give them their food in due season.
¹⁶You open Your hand
^(L)And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
¹⁸^(M)The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him ^(N)in truth.
¹⁹He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
²⁰^(O)The Lord preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
²¹My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh shall bless His holy name
Forever and ever.

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Footnotes

Psalm 145:1 praise
Psalm 145:3 Beyond our understanding
Psalm 145:5 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Syr., Vg. They
Psalm 145:5 Lit. on the words of Your wondrous works
Psalm 145:7 eagerly utter, lit. bubble forth
Psalm 145:13 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Syr., Vg. add The Lord is faithful in all His words, And holy in all His works