1:1In the eighth month, in the second
year of Darius, the word of THE LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah,
the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying, 1:2"THE LORD
was very displeased with your fathers. 1:3Therefore
tell them: Thus says THE LORD of Hosts: 'Return to me,' says THE LORD of
Armies, 'and I will return to you,' says THE LORD of Hosts. 1:4Don't you be like your fathers, to
whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says THE LORD of hosts,
'Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;' but they did
not hear, nor listen to me, says THE LORD. 1:5Your
fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? 1:6But my words and my decrees, which
I commanded my servants the prophets, didn't they overtake your fathers?
"Then they repented and said, 'Just as THE LORD of Hosts determined
to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he
has dealt with us.'" 1:7On the twenty-fourth day of the
eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius,
the word of THE LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of
Iddo, the prophet, saying, 1:8"I had a vision in the night,
and, behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle
trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and
white horses. 1:9Then I asked, 'My lord, what are
these?'"
The angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what
these are."
1:10The man who stood among the
myrtle trees answered, "They are the ones THE LORD has sent to go back
and forth through the earth."
1:11They reported to the angel of
THE LORD who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked
back and forth through the earth, and, behold, all the earth is at rest
and in peace."
1:12Then the
angel of THE LORD replied, "O LORD of Hosts, how long will you not
have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have
had indignation these seventy years?"
1:13THE LORD answered the angel who
talked with me with kind and comforting words. 1:14So the
angel who talked with me said to me, "Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says
THE LORD of Hosts: "I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a
great jealousy. 1:15I am very angry with the nations
that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the
calamity." 1:16Therefore thus says THE LORD:
"I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in
it," says THE LORD of Hosts, "and a line shall be stretched forth
over Jerusalem."'
1:17"Proclaim further, saying,
'Thus says THE LORD of Hosts: "My cities will again overflow with
prosperity, and THE LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again choose
Jerusalem."'"
1:18I lifted up my eyes, and saw,
and, behold, four horns. 1:19I asked the angel who talked with
me, "What are these?"
He answered me, "These are the horns which have scattered Judah,
Israel, and Jerusalem."
1:20THE LORD showed me four craftsmen.
1:21Then I asked, "What are
these coming to do?"
He said, "These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no
man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down
the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of
Judah to scatter it."
2:1I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and,
behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2:2Then I
asked, "Where are you going?"
He said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth
and what is its length."
2:3Behold, the angel who talked with
me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, 2:4and said to him, "Run, speak
to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages
without walls, because of the multitude of men and cattle in it. 2:5For I,' says THE LORD, 'will be to
her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.
2:6Come! Come! Flee from the land of
the north,' says THE LORD; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds
of the sky,' says THE LORD. 2:7'Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell
with the daughter of Babylon.' 2:8For thus says THE LORD of hosts:
'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who
touches you touches the apple of his eye. 2:9For, behold,
I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a spoil to those who
served them; and you will know that THE LORD of Hosts has sent me. 2:10Sing and rejoice, daughter of
Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says
THE LORD. 2:11Many nations shall join
themselves to THE LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell
in the midst of you, and you shall know that THE LORD of Hosts has sent me
to you. 2:12THE LORD will inherit Judah as his
portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem. 2:13Be silent, all flesh, before
THE LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!"
3:1He showed me Joshua the high
priest standing before the angel of THE LORD, and Satan standing at his
right hand to be his adversary. 3:2THE LORD said to Satan, "THE LORD
rebuke you, Satan! Yes, THE LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn't
this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?"
3:3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy
garments, and was standing before the angel. 3:4He answered
and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy
garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused
your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich
clothing."
3:5I said, "Let them set a clean
turban on his head."
So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and the angel
of THE LORD was standing by. 3:6The angel of THE LORD protested to
Joshua, saying, 3:7"Thus says THE LORD of hosts:
'If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you
also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give
you a place of access among these who stand by. 3:8Hear now,
Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they
are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the
Branch. 3:9For, behold, the stone that I have
set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the
engraving of it,' says THE LORD of Hosts, 'and I will remove the iniquity
of that land in one day. 3:10In that day,' says THE LORD of
hosts, 'you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under
the fig tree.'"
4:1The angel who talked with me came
again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. 4:2He said to me, "What do you
see?"
I said, "I have seen, and, behold, a lampstand all of gold, with
its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; there are seven
pipes to each of the lamps, which are on the top of it; 4:3and two olive trees by it, one on
the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side of it."
4:4I answered and spoke to the angel
who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
4:5Then the angel who talked with me
answered me, "Don't you know what these are?"
I said, "No, my lord."
4:6Then he answered and spoke to me,
saying, "This is the word of THE LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by
might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says THE LORD of Hosts. 4:7Who are you, great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with
shouts of 'Grace, grace, to it!'"
4:8Moreover the word of THE LORD came
to me, saying, 4:9"The hands of Zerubbabel have
laid the foundation of this house. His hands shall also finish it; and you
will know that THE LORD of Hosts has sent me to you. 4:10Indeed, who
despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall
see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of
THE LORD, which run back and forth through the whole earth."
4:11Then I asked him, "What are
these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left
side of it?"
4:12I asked him the second time,
"What are these two olive-branches, which are beside the two golden
spouts, that pour the golden oil out of themselves?"
4:13He answered me, "Don't you
know what these are?"
I said, "No, my lord."
4:14Then he said, "These are the
two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth."
5:1Then again I lifted up my eyes,
and saw, and, behold, a flying scroll. 5:2He said to
me, "What do you see?"
I answered, "I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits,
and its breadth ten cubits."
5:3Then he said to me, "This is
the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone
who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone
who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side. 5:4I will cause it to go out,"
says THE LORD of Hosts, "and it will enter into the house of the
thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it
will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber
and its stones."
5:5Then the angel who talked with me
came forward, and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes, and see what is
this that is appearing."
5:6I said, "What is it?"
He said, "This is the ephah basket that is
appearing." He said moreover, "This is their appearance in all
the land 5:7(and, behold, a talent of lead was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting
in the midst of the ephah basket." 5:8He said,
"This is Wickedness;" and he threw her down into the midst of
the ephah basket; and he threw the weight of lead on its mouth.
5:9Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw,
and, behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now
they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah
basket between earth and the sky. 5:10Then said I
to the angel who talked with me, "Where are these carrying the ephah
basket?"
5:11He said to me, "To build her
a house in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be set there
in her own place."
6:1Again I lifted up my eyes, and
saw, and, behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and
the mountains were mountains of brass. 6:2In the first
chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses; 6:3in the third chariot white horses;
and in the fourth chariot dappled horses, all of them powerful. 6:4Then I asked the angel who talked
with me, "What are these, my lord?"
6:5The angel answered me, "These
are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the
Lord of all the earth. 6:6The one with the black horses goes
out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the
dappled went forth toward the south country." 6:7The strong
went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the
earth: and he said, "Go around and through the earth!" So they
walked back and forth through the earth.
6:8Then he called to me, and spoke to
me, saying, "Behold, those who go toward the north country have
quieted my spirit in the north country."
6:9The word of THE LORD came to me,
saying, 6:10"Take of them of the
captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come the same
day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have
come from Babylon. 6:11Yes, take silver and gold, and
make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the
high priest; 6:12and speak to him, saying, 'Thus
says THE LORD of Hosts, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and
he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of
THE LORD; 6:13even he shall build the temple of
THE LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne;
and he shall be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be
between them both. 6:14The crowns shall be to Helem, and
to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a
memorial in the temple of THE LORD. 6:15Those who
are far off shall come and build in the temple of THE LORD; and you shall
know that THE LORD of hosts has sent me to you. This will happen, if you
will diligently obey the voice of THE LORD your God."'"
7:1It happened in the fourth year of
king Darius that the word of THE LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth day of
the ninth month, the month of Chislev. 7:2The people
of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat
THE LORD's favor, 7:3and to speak to the priests of the
house of THE LORD of Hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Should I
weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many
years?"
7:4Then the word of THE LORD of Hosts
came to me, saying, 7:5"Speak to all the people of
the land, and to the priests, saying, 'When you fasted and mourned in the
fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all
fast to me, really to me? 7:6When you eat, and when you drink,
don't you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? 7:7Aren't these the words which
THE LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and
in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland
were inhabited?'"
7:8The word of THE LORD came to
Zechariah, saying, 7:9"Thus has THE LORD of Hosts
spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion
every man to his brother. 7:10Don't oppress the widow, nor the
fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil
against his brother in your heart.' 7:11But they
refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that
they might not hear. 7:12Yes, they made their hearts as
hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which THE LORD of
Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great
wrath came from THE LORD of Hosts. 7:13It has come
to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call,
and I will not listen," said THE LORD of Hosts; 7:14"but I
will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have
not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed
through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."
8:1The word of THE LORD of Hosts came
to me. 8:2Thus says THE LORD of Hosts:
"I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her
with great wrath."
8:3Thus says THE LORD: "I have
returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem
shall be called 'The City of Truth;' and the mountain of THE LORD of Hosts,
'The Holy Mountain.'"
8:4Thus says THE LORD of Hosts:
"Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem,
every man with his staff in his hand for very age. 8:5The streets
of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."
8:6Thus says THE LORD of Hosts:
"If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in
those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?" says THE LORD of
Armies.
8:7Thus says THE LORD of Hosts:
"Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the
west country; 8:8and I will bring them, and they
will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I
will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."
8:9Thus says THE LORD of Hosts:
"Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words
from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of
the house of THE LORD of Hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be
built. 8:10For before those days there was
no wages for man, nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any peace
to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I set all
men everyone against his neighbor. 8:11But now I
will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days,"
says THE LORD of Hosts. 8:12"For the seed of peace and
the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and
the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this
people to inherit all these things. 8:13It shall
come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah
and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing.
Don't be afraid. Let your hands be strong."
8:14For thus says THE LORD of hosts:
"As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to
wrath," says THE LORD of Hosts, "and I didn't repent; 8:15so again have I thought in these
days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don't be afraid.
8:16These are the things that you
shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the
judgment of truth and peace in your gates, 8:17and let
none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no
false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says THE LORD.
8:18The word of THE LORD of Hosts came
to me. 8:19Thus says THE LORD of Hosts:
"The fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be
for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore
love truth and peace."
8:20Thus says THE LORD of Hosts:
"Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come; 8:21and the inhabitants of one shall
go to another, saying, 'Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of THE LORD,
and to seek THE LORD of Hosts. I will go also.' 8:22Yes, many
peoples and strong nations will come to seek THE LORD of Hosts in
Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of THE LORD." 8:23Thus says
THE LORD of Hosts: "In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all
the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who
is a Jew, saying, 'We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with
you.'"
9:1An oracle.
The word of THE LORD is against the land of Hadrach,
And will rest upon Damascus;
For the eye of man
And of all the tribes of Israel is
toward THE LORD;
9:2And Hamath, also, which borders on
it;
Tyre and Sidon, because they are very
wise.
9:3Tyre built herself a stronghold,
And heaped up silver like the dust,
And fine gold like the mire of the
streets.
9:4Behold, the Lord will dispossess
her,
And he will strike her power in the
sea;
And she will be devoured with fire.
9:5Ashkelon will see it, and fear;
Gaza also, and will writhe in agony;
As will Ekron, for her expectation
will be disappointed;
And the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
9:6Foriegners will dwell in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the
Philistines.
9:7I will take away his blood out of
his mouth,
And his abominations from between his
teeth;
And he also will be a remnant for our God;
And he will be as a chieftain in
Judah,
And Ekron as a Jebusite.
9:8I will encamp around my house
against the army,
That none pass through or return;
And no oppressor will pass through
them any more:
For now I have seen with my eyes.
9:9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king comes to you!
He is righteous, and having salvation;
Lowly, and riding on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
9:10I will cut off the chariot from
Ephraim,
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the battle bow will be cut off;
And he will speak peace to the
nations:
And his dominion will be from sea to
sea,
And from the River to the ends of the
earth.
9:11As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I have set free your prisoners from
the pit in which is no water.
9:12Turn to the stronghold, you
prisoners of hope!
Even today I declare that I will
restore double to you.
9:13For indeed I bend Judah as a bow
for me.
I have filled the bow with Ephraim;
And I will stir up your sons, Zion,
Against your sons, Greece,
And will make you like the sword of a
mighty man.
9:14THE LORD will be seen over them;
And his arrow will go flash like
lightning;
And the Lord GOD will blow the
trumpet,
And will go with whirlwinds of the
south.
9:15THE LORD of Hosts will defend them;
And they will destroy and overcome
with sling-stones;
And they will drink, and roar as
through wine;
And they will be filled like bowls,
Like the corners of the altar.
9:16THE LORD their God will save them
in that day as the flock of his people;
For they are like the jewels of a
crown,
Lifted on high over his land.
9:17For how great is his goodness,
And how great is his beauty!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
And new wine the virgins.
10:1Ask of THE LORD rain in the spring
time,
THE LORD who makes storm clouds,
And he gives rain showers to everyone
for the plants in the field.
10:2For the teraphim have spoken
vanity,
and the diviners have seen a lie;
And they have told false dreams.
They comfort in vain.
Therefore they go their way like
sheep.
They are oppressed, because there is
no shepherd.
10:3My anger is kindled against the
shepherds,
And I will punish the male goats;
For THE LORD of Hosts has visited his
flock, the house of Judah,
And will make them as his horse in
the battle that he is proud of.
10:4From him will come forth the
corner-stone,
From him the nail,
From him the battle bow,
From him every ruler together.
10:5They shall
be as mighty men,
Treading down muddy streets in the
battle;
And they shall fight, because THE LORD
is with them;
And the riders on horses will be
confounded.
10:6"I will strengthen the house
of Judah,
And I will save the house of Joseph,
And I will bring them back;
For I have mercy on them;
And they will be as though I had not
cast them off:
For I am THE LORD their God, and I will
hear them.
10:7Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
And their heart will rejoice as
through wine;
Yes, their children will see it, and
rejoice.
Their heart will be glad in THE LORD.
10:8I will signal for them, and
gather them;
For I have redeemed them;
And they will increase as they have
increased.
10:9I will sow them among the peoples;
And they will remember me in far
countries;
And they will live with their
children, and will return.
10:10I will bring them again also out
of the land of Egypt,
And gather them out of Assyria;
And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon;
And there won't be room enough for
them.
10:11He will pass through the sea of
affliction,
And will strike the waves in the sea,
And all the depths of the Nile will
dry up;
And the pride of Assyria will be
brought down,
And the scepter of Egypt will depart.
10:12I will strengthen them in THE LORD;
And they will walk up and down in his
name," says THE LORD.
11:1Open your doors, Lebanon,
That the fire may devour your cedars.
11:2Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has
fallen,
Because the stately ones are
destroyed.
Wail, you oaks of Bashan,
For the strong forest has come down.
11:3A voice of the wailing of the
shepherds!
For their glory is destroyed: a voice
of the roaring of young lions!
For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
11:4Thus says THE LORD my God:
"Feed the flock of slaughter. 11:5Their
buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say,
'Blessed be THE LORD, for I am rich;' and their own shepherds don't pity
them. 11:6For I will no more pity the
inhabitants of the land," says THE LORD; "but, behold, I will
deliver the men everyone into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of
his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not
deliver them."
11:7So I fed the flock of slaughter,
especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The
one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union,"
and I fed the flock. 11:8I cut off the three shepherds in
one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
11:9Then I said, "I will not
feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off,
let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat each other's
flesh." 11:10I took my staff Favor, and cut
it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the
peoples. 11:11It was broken in that day; and
thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word
of THE LORD. 11:12I said to them, "If you
think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them." So they
weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver. 11:13THE LORD
said to me, "Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was
valued at by them!" I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw
them to the potter, in the house of THE LORD. 11:14Then I cut
apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood
between Judah and Israel.
11:15THE LORD said to me, "Take
for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 11:16For, behold, I will raise up a
shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither
will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed
that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will
tear their hoofs in pieces. 11:17Woe to the worthless shepherd
who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye.
His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally
blinded!"
12:1An oracle. The word of THE LORD
concerning Israel. THE LORD, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the
foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says: 12:2"Behold, I will make
Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Judah
also will it be in the siege against Jerusalem. 12:3It will
happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all
the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded,
and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it. 12:4In that day," says THE LORD,
"I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness;
and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse
of the peoples with blindness. 12:5The chieftains of Judah will say
in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in THE LORD of
Armies their God.' 12:6In that day I will make the
chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming
torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on
the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in
their own place, even in Jerusalem. 12:7THE LORD also
will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David
and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above
Judah. 12:8In that day THE LORD will defend
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will
be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of
THE LORD before them. 12:9It will happen in that day, that
I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 12:10I will pour on the house of
David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of
supplication; and they will look to me whom they have
pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and
will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn. 12:11In that day there will be a
great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the
valley of Megiddon. 12:12The land will mourn, every
family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives
apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 12:13the family of the house of Levi
apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their
wives apart; 12:14all the families who remain,
every family apart, and their wives apart.
13:1"In that day there will be a
spring opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
for sin and for uncleanness. 13:2It will come to pass in that day,
says THE LORD of Hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of
the land, and they will no more be remembered; and also I will cause the
prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land. 13:3It will happen that, when anyone
still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell
him, 'You must die, because you speak lies in the name of THE LORD;' and his
father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies. 13:4It will happen in that day, that
the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision, when he prophesies;
neither will they wear a hairy mantle to deceive: 13:5but he will
say, 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a
bondservant from my youth.' 13:6One will say to him, 'What are
these wounds between your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those with which I
was wounded in the house of my friends.'
13:7"Awake, sword, against my
shepherd,
And against the man who is close to
me," says THE LORD of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
And I will turn my hand against the
little ones.
13:8It shall happen that in all the
land," says THE LORD,
Two parts in it will be cut off and
die;
But the third will be left in it.
13:9I will bring the third part into
the fire,
And will refine them as silver is
refined,
And will test them like gold is
tested.
They will call on my name, and I will hear them.
I will say, 'It is my people;'
And they will say, 'THE LORD is my
God.'"
14:1Behold, a day of THE LORD comes,
when your spoil will be divided in your midst. 14:2For I will
gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be
taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. half of the city will go
out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from
the city. 14:3Then THE LORD will go out and fight
against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 14:4His feet will stand in that day
on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the
Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very
great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of
it toward the south. 14:5You shall flee by the valley of
my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes,
you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days
of Uzziah king of Judah. THE LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones
with you. 14:6It will happen in that day, that
there will not be light, cold, or frost. 14:7It will be
a unique day which is known to THE LORD; not day, and not night; but it will
come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.
14:8It will happen in that day, that
living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern
sea, and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter will
it be.
14:9THE LORD will be King over all the
earth. In that day THE LORD will be one, and his name one. 14:10All the land will be made like
the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted
up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the
first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the
king's wine-presses. 14:11Men will dwell therein, and
there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely. 14:12This will be the plague with
which THE LORD will strike all the peoples who have warred against
Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet,
and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will
consume away in their mouth. 14:13It will happen in that day, that
a great panic from THE LORD will be among them; and they will lay hold
everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against
the hand of his neighbor. 14:14Judah also will fight at
Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered
together: gold, and silver, and clothing, in great abundance.
14:15So will be the plague of the
horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey, and of all the
animals that will be in those camps, as that plague. 14:16It will happen that everyone who
is left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from
year to year to worship the King, THE LORD of Hosts, and to keep the feast
of tents. 14:17It will be, that whoever of all
the families of the earth doesn't go up to Jerusalem to worship the King,
THE LORD of Hosts, on them there will be no rain. 14:18If the
family of Egypt doesn't go up, and doesn't come, neither will it rain on
them. This will be the plague with which THE LORD will strike the nations
that don't go up to keep the feast of tents. 14:19This will
be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that
don't go up to keep the feast of tents. 14:20In that
day there will be on the bells of the horses, "HOLY TO YAHWEH;"
and the pots in THE LORD's house will be like the bowls before the altar. 14:21Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and
in Judah will be holy to THE LORD of Hosts; and all those who sacrifice
will come and take of them, and cook in them. In that day there will no
longer be a Canaanite in the house of THE LORD of Hosts.
Notes:
[1] 5:6
An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 litres, 5.8 U. S. gallons, 4.8
imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a bushel.
[2] 5:7 A talent is a weight of about
34 kilograms or 75 pounds.
[3]
12:10 After "me," the Hebrew has the two letters
"Aleph Tav" (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet),
not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
