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Zechariah · read by John W. Bramhall
192 verses, in order. Only the verses John read aloud are shown.
Zechariah 1
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In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 01 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 · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.' But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?Read from ESV · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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"What are these, my lord?" I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, "I will show you what they are."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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Then the angel of the LORD said, "How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?"Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 01 Zechariah 1:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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 KJV · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet himRead from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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and said to him, "Run and tell that young man: 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.'"Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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"Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!"Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
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Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 02 Zechariah 2:
Zechariah 3
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And the LORD said to Satan: "The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?"Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 03 Zechariah 3:
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Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 03 Zechariah 3:
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So the angel said to those standing before him, "Take off his filthy clothes!" Then he said to Joshua, "See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 03 Zechariah 3:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 03 Zechariah 3:
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"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 03 Zechariah 3:
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Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 03 Zechariah 3:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 03 Zechariah 3:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 03 Zechariah 3:
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 · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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"What do you see?" he asked. "I see a solid gold lampstand," I replied, "with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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"What are these, my lord?" I asked the angel who was speaking with me.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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"Do you not know what they are?" replied the angel. "No, my lord," I answered.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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"Do you not know what these are?" he inquired. "No, my lord," I replied.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
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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 KJV · Studies in Zechariah 04 Zechariah 4:
Zechariah 5
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Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 05 Zechariah 5:
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"What do you see?" asked the angel. "I see a flying scroll," I replied, "twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 05 Zechariah 5:
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Then he told me, "This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 05 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 · Studies in Zechariah 05 Zechariah 5:
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Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, "Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 05 Zechariah 5:
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"What is it?" I asked. And he replied, "A measuring basket is going forth." Then he continued, "This is their iniquity in all the land."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 05 Zechariah 5:
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And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 05 Zechariah 5:
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"This is Wickedness," he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 05 Zechariah 5:
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Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 05 Zechariah 5:
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"Where are they taking the basket?" I asked the angel who was speaking with me.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 05 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 05 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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the third white horses, and the fourth dappled horses—all of them strong.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?"Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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As the strong horses went out, they were eager to go and patrol the earth; and the LORD said, "Go and patrol the earth." So they patrolled the earth.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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"Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
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Even those far away will come and build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 06 Zechariah 6:
Zechariah 7
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In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, "Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?"Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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"Ask all the people of the land and the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
Zechariah 8
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Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "If this is impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?" declares the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past," declares the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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"For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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"so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things," declares the LORD.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 07 Zechariah 7: 8:
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 · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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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 KJV · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 08 Zechariah 9:
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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 09 Zechariah 10:
Zechariah 11
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Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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This is what the LORD my God says: "Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!' Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands."Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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And the LORD said to me: "Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!"Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 10 Zechariah 11:
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 · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 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 · The Feasts of Jehovah 08 the Day of Atonement
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 12:
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On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 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 · The Feasts of Jehovah 08 the Day of Atonement
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the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 12:
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and all the remaining clans and their wives.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 11 Zechariah 12:
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And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 12 Zechariah 13:
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And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, 'You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.' When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 12 Zechariah 13:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 12 Zechariah 13:
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He will say, 'I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.'Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 12 Zechariah 13:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 12 Zechariah 13:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 12 Zechariah 13:
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 12 Zechariah 13:
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This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are My people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God.'"Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 12 Zechariah 13:
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 · The Feasts of Jehovah 08 the Day of Atonement
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 13 Zechariah 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 · The Feasts of Jehovah 08 the Day of Atonement
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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 · Studies in Zechariah 13 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 13 Zechariah 14:
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On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 13 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 13 Zechariah 14:
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And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 13 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 13 Zechariah 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 · Studies in Zechariah 13 Zechariah 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 · The Feasts of Jehovah 11 the Reign of Christ
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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 · The Feasts of Jehovah 11 the Reign of Christ
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Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.Read from KJV · The Feasts of Jehovah 11 the Reign of Christ
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And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.Read from KJV · Studies in Zechariah 13 Zechariah 14:
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Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.Read from KJV · The Feasts of Jehovah 11 the Reign of Christ
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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 · The Feasts of Jehovah 11 the Reign of Christ
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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 · The Feasts of Jehovah 11 the Reign of Christ
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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 · The Feasts of Jehovah 11 the Reign of Christ
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On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.Read from KJV · The Feasts of Jehovah 11 the Reign of Christ
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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 · The Feasts of Jehovah 11 the Reign of Christ