THE BOOK ZECHARIAH
King James Version
1 ¶ In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius,
came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of
Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
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The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
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Therefore say thou unto them, Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will
turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets
have cried, saying, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but
they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
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Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they
live for ever?
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But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my
servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they
returned and said, Like as the LORD
of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our
doings, so hath he dealt with us.
7 ¶ Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh
month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of
the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet,
saying,
8 I saw by night, and behold a
man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in
the bottom; and behind him were there red horses,
speckled, and white.
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Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that
talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
10 And the man that stood among
the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they
whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through
the earth.
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And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among
the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
12 Then the angel of the LORD
answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on
Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation
these threescore and ten years?
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And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with
good words and comfortable words.
14 So the angel that communed with
me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great
jealousy.
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And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at
ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the
affliction.
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Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem
with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD
of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
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Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the
LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
18 ¶ Then lifted I up mine eyes, and
saw, and behold four horns.
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And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These
are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
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And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
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Then said I, What come these to
do? And he spake, saying, These
are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did
lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the
Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
1 ¶ I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a
man with a measuring line in his hand.
2
Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To
measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length
thereof.
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And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and
another angel went out to meet him,
4 And said unto him, Run, speak
to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls
for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
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For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire
round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6 ¶ Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the
north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the
four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
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Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter
of Babylon.
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he
sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth
you toucheth the apple of his eye.
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For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they
shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that
the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
10 ¶ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I
come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
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And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day,
and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt
know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
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And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy
land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
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Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised
up out of his holy habitation.
1 ¶ And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing
before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist
him.
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And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O
Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a
brand plucked out of the fire?
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Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood
before the angel.
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And he answered and spake unto
those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him.
And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee,
and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
5 And I said, Let
them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his
head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by.
6
And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my
ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and
shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.
8 ¶ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy
fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will
bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
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For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon
one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the
graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of
that land in one day.
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In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every
man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig
tree.
1 ¶ And the angel that talked with me
came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
2
And said unto me, What seest
thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a
bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the
seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
3 And two olive trees by it, one
upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
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So I answered and spake to the
angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my
lord?
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Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto
me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my
lord.
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Then he answered and spake unto
me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto
Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by
my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou
shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the
headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace,
grace unto it.
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this
house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of
hosts hath sent me unto you.
10 For who hath despised the day
of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand
of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and
fro through the whole earth.
11 ¶ Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the
candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
12 And I answered again, and said
unto him, What be these two olive branches which
through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
13
And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these
be? And I said, No, my lord.
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Then said he, These are the two
anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
1 ¶ Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked,
and behold a flying roll.
2
And he said unto me, What seest
thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits,
and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth
over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth
shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
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I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it
shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain
in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the
stones thereof.
5 ¶ Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and
said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
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And I said, What is it? And he
said, This is an ephah that goeth
forth. He said moreover, This is
their resemblance through all the earth.
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And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and
this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the
ephah.
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And he said, This is wickedness.
And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon
the mouth thereof.
9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and
looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings;
for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah
between the earth and the heaven.
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Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
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And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
1 ¶ And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked,
and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the
mountains were mountains of brass.
2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
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And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth
chariot grisled and bay horses.
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Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with
me, What are these, my lord?
5 And the angel answered and said
unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens,
which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
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The black horses which are therein go forth into the north
country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled
go forth toward the south country.
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And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might
walk to and fro through the
earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro
through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
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Then cried he upon me, and spake
unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my
spirit in the north country.
9 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
10 Take of them of the captivity,
even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and
come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
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Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them
upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts,
saying, 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:
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Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall
bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a
priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be
between them both.
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And the 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.
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And they that are far off shall come and build in the
temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto
you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently
obey the voice of the LORD your God.
1 ¶ And it came to pass in the fourth year of king
Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the
ninth month, even in Chisleu;
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When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men,
to pray before the LORD,
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And to speak unto the priests which were in 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?
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Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
5 Speak unto all the people of
the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted
and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at
all fast unto me, even to me?
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And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat
for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7 Should ye not hear the words
which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited
and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited
the south and the plain?
8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
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Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts,
saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and
compassions every man to his brother:
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And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the
stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in
your heart.
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But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder,
and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
12 Yea, they made their hearts as
an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD
of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore
came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
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Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they
would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear,
saith the LORD of hosts:
14 But I scattered them with a
whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus
the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for
they laid the pleasant land desolate.