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Zechariah · read by Chuck Smith
138 verses, in order. Only the verses Chuck read aloud are shown.
Zechariah 1
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So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, 'Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.'"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, "They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, "We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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Then the angel who was speaking with me said, "Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.'"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these?" And he told me, "These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
Zechariah 2
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Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet himRead from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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"Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven," declares the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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"Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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"Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you," declares the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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"On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
Zechariah 3
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Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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Then I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head." So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.'"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
Zechariah 4
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Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zephaniah & Haggai
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There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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"What are these, my lord?" I asked the angel who was speaking with me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!'"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zephaniah & Haggai
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Then I asked the angel, "What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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And I questioned him further, "What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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So he said, "These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth."Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
Zechariah 5
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I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
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"To build a house for it in the land of Shinar, " he told me. "And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 1-5
Zechariah 6
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And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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And the angel told me, "These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Then the LORD summoned me and said, "Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
Zechariah 7
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Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?'"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'Read from KJV · Empty Rituals
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They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
Zechariah 8
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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This is what the LORD says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent," says the LORD of Hosts,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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"so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: 'Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, 'Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
Zechariah 9
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This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place— for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD —Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram's horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
Zechariah 10
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Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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"My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
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I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk," declares the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 6-10
Zechariah 11
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Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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This is what the LORD my God says: "Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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Then I said, "I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another's flesh."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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Then I told them, "If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them." So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter"—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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And the LORD said to me: "Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
Zechariah 12
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This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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"Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts: 'The people of Jerusalem are my strength, for the LORD of Hosts is their God.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
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The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 11-12
Zechariah 13
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"On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.Read from KJV · Revelation 7
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And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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If someone asks him, 'What are these wounds on your chest ?' he will answer, 'These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.'Read from KJV · The Kjv Version Bible - Part 2
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Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
Zechariah 14
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Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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It will be a day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.Read from KJV · Prophecy Update 2006
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On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14
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Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Zechariah 13-14