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And the angel that<br> + talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.</p> + +<p>38:001:010 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and<br> + said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and<br> + fro through the earth.</p> + +<p>38:001:011 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the<br> + myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the<br> + earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at<br> + rest.</p> + +<p>38:001:012 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts,<br> + how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the<br> + cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these<br> + threescore and ten years?</p> + +<p>38:001:013 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good<br> + words and comfortable words.</p> + +<p>38:001:014 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou,<br> + saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for<br> + Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.</p> + +<p>38:001:015 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at<br> + ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped<br> + forward the affliction.</p> + +<p>38:001:016 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with<br> + mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of<br> + hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.</p> + +<p>38:001:017 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities<br> + through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD<br> + shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.</p> + +<p>38:001:018 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.</p> + +<p>38:001:019 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these?<br> + And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered<br> + Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.</p> + +<p>38:001:020 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.</p> + +<p>38:001:021 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying,<br> + These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man<br> + did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast<br> + out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over<br> + the land of Judah to scatter it.</p> + +<p>38:002:001 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with<br> + a measuring line in his hand.</p> + +<p>38:002:002 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To<br> + measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and<br> + what is the length thereof.</p> + +<p>38:002:003 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and<br> + another angel went out to meet him,</p> + +<p>38:002:004 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying,<br> + Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the<br> + multitude of men and cattle therein:</p> + +<p>38:002:005 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round<br> + about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.</p> + +<p>38:002:006 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith<br> + the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of<br> + the heaven, saith the LORD.</p> + +<p>38:002:007 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of<br> + Babylon.</p> + +<p>38:002:008 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent<br> + me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth<br> + you toucheth the apple of his eye.</p> + +<p>38:002:009 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall<br> + be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD<br> + of hosts hath sent me.</p> + +<p>38:002:010 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I<br> + will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.</p> + +<p>38:002:011 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and<br> + shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and<br> + thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.</p> + +<p>38:002:012 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land,<br> + and shall choose Jerusalem again.</p> + +<p>38:002:013 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up<br> + out of his holy habitation.</p> + +<p>38:003:001 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the<br> + angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to<br> + resist him.</p> + +<p>38:003:002 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan;<br> + even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not<br> + this a brand plucked out of the fire?</p> + +<p>38:003:003 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before<br> + the angel.</p> + +<p>38:003:004 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him,<br> + saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him<br> + he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from<br> + thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.</p> + +<p>38:003:005 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they<br> + set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments.<br> + And the angel of the LORD stood by.</p> + +<p>38:003:006 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,</p> + +<p>38:003:007 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways,<br> + and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my<br> + house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee<br> + places to walk among these that stand by.</p> + +<p>38:003:008 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that<br> + sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I<br> + will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.</p> + +<p>38:003:009 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one<br> + stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving<br> + thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the<br> + iniquity of that land in one day.</p> + +<p>38:003:010 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man<br> + his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.</p> + +<p>38:004:001 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as<br> + a man that is wakened out of his sleep.</p> + +<p>38:004:002 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked,<br> + and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top<br> + of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the<br> + seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:</p> + +<p>38:004:003 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the<br> + bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.</p> + +<p>38:004:004 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me,<br> + saying, What are these, my lord?</p> + +<p>38:004:005 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me,<br> + Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.</p> + +<p>38:004:006 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word<br> + of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by<br> + power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.</p> + +<p>38:004:007 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt<br> + become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof<br> + with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.</p> + +<p>38:004:008 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,</p> + +<p>38:004:009 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this<br> + house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know<br> + that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.</p> + +<p>38:004:010 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall<br> + rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel<br> + with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to<br> + and fro through the whole earth.</p> + +<p>38:004:011 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive<br> + trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left<br> + side thereof?</p> + +<p>38:004:012 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two<br> + olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the<br> + golden oil out of themselves?</p> + +<p>38:004:013 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be?<br> + And I said, No, my lord.</p> + +<p>38:004:014 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by<br> + the LORD of the whole earth.</p> + +<p>38:005:001 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold<br> + a flying roll.</p> + +<p>38:005:002 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a<br> + flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the<br> + breadth thereof ten cubits.</p> + +<p>38:005:003 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over<br> + the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall<br> + be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that<br> + sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.</p> + +<p>38:005:004 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall<br> + enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him<br> + that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the<br> + midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber<br> + thereof and the stones thereof.</p> + +<p>38:005:005 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto<br> + me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth<br> + forth.</p> + +<p>38:005:006 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that<br> + goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance<br> + through all the earth.</p> + +<p>38:005:007 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is<br> + a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.</p> + +<p>38:005:008 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst<br> + of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth<br> + thereof.</p> + +<p>38:005:009 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there<br> + came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they<br> + had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the<br> + ephah between the earth and the heaven.</p> + +<p>38:005:010 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these<br> + bear the ephah?</p> + +<p>38:005:011 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of<br> + Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her<br> + own base.</p> + +<p>38:006:001 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and,<br> + behold, there came four chariots out from between two<br> + mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.</p> + +<p>38:006:002 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second<br> + chariot black horses;</p> + +<p>38:006:003 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth<br> + chariot grisled and bay horses.</p> + +<p>38:006:004 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me,<br> + What are these, my lord?</p> + +<p>38:006:005 And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four<br> + spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before<br> + the LORD of all the earth.</p> + +<p>38:006:006 The black horses which are therein go forth into the north<br> + country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go<br> + forth toward the south country.</p> + +<p>38:006:007 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk<br> + to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk<br> + to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro<br> + through the earth.</p> + +<p>38:006:008 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold,<br> + these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit<br> + in the north country.</p> + +<p>38:006:009 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,</p> + +<p>38:006:010 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and<br> + of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the<br> + same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of<br> + Zephaniah;</p> + +<p>38:006:011 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon<br> + the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;</p> + +<p>38:006:012 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts,<br> + saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall<br> + grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the<br> + LORD:</p> + +<p>38:006:013 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear<br> + the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he<br> + shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace<br> + shall be between them both.</p> + +<p>38:006:014 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to<br> + Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in<br> + the temple of the LORD.</p> + +<p>38:006:015 And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple<br> + of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath<br> + sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will<br> + diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.</p> + +<p>38:007:001 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that<br> + the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of<br> + the ninth month, even in Chisleu;</p> + +<p>38:007:002 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and<br> + Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,</p> + +<p>38:007:003 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the<br> + LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in<br> + the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so<br> + many years?</p> + +<p>38:007:004 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,</p> + +<p>38:007:005 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests,<br> + saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh<br> + month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me,<br> + even to me?</p> + +<p>38:007:006 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for<br> + yourselves, and drink for yourselves?</p> + +<p>38:007:007 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the<br> + former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in<br> + prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men<br> + inhabited the south and the plain?</p> + +<p>38:007:008 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,</p> + +<p>38:007:009 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true<br> + judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his<br> + brother:</p> + +<p>38:007:010 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger,<br> + nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his<br> + brother in your heart.</p> + +<p>38:007:011 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and<br> + stopped their ears, that they should not hear.</p> + +<p>38:007:012 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they<br> + should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts<br> + hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came<br> + a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.</p> + +<p>38:007:013 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would<br> + not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD<br> + of hosts:</p> + +<p>38:007:014 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations<br> + whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them,<br> + that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the<br> + pleasant land desolate.</p> + +<p>38:008:001 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,</p> + +<p>38:008:002 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with<br> + great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.</p> + +<p>38:008:003 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell<br> + in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a<br> + city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy<br> + mountain.</p> + +<p>38:008:004 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old<br> + women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with<br> + his staff in his hand for very age.</p> + +<p>38:008:005 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls<br> + playing in the streets thereof.</p> + +<p>38:008:006 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes<br> + of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be<br> + marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.</p> + +<p>38:008:007 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people<br> + from the east country, and from the west country;</p> + +<p>38:008:008 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of<br> + Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their<br> + God, in truth and in righteousness.</p> + +<p>38:008:009 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye<br> + that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the<br> + prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the<br> + house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be<br> + built.</p> + +<p>38:008:010 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire<br> + for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or<br> + came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one<br> + against his neighbour.</p> + +<p>38:008:011 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in<br> + the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.</p> + +<p>38:008:012 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her<br> + fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens<br> + shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this<br> + people to possess all these things.</p> + +<p>38:008:013 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the<br> + heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save<br> + you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands<br> + be strong.</p> + +<p>38:008:014 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you,<br> + when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of<br> + hosts, and I repented not:</p> + +<p>38:008:015 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto<br> + Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.</p> + +<p>38:008:016 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the<br> + truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and<br> + peace in your gates:</p> + +<p>38:008:017 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his<br> + neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things<br> + that I hate, saith the LORD.</p> + +<p>38:008:018 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,</p> + +<p>38:008:019 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month,<br> + and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and<br> + the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and<br> + gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and<br> + peace.</p> + +<p>38:008:020 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that<br> + there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:</p> + +<p>38:008:021 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,<br> + Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the<br> + LORD of hosts: I will go also.</p> + +<p>38:008:022 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the<br> + LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.</p> + +<p>38:008:023 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to<br> + pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the<br> + nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a<br> + Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God<br> + is with you.</p> + +<p>38:009:001 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and<br> + Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as<br> + of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.</p> + +<p>38:009:002 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though<br> + it be very wise.</p> + +<p>38:009:003 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up<br> + silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.</p> + +<p>38:009:004 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her<br> + power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.</p> + +<p>38:009:005 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and<br> + be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be<br> + ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon<br> + shall not be inhabited.</p> + +<p>38:009:006 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the<br> + pride of the Philistines.</p> + +<p>38:009:007 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his<br> + abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth,<br> + even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor<br> + in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.</p> + +<p>38:009:008 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army,<br> + because of him that passeth by, and because of him that<br> + returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more:<br> + for now have I seen with mine eyes.</p> + +<p>38:009:009 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of<br> + Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and<br> + having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a<br> + colt the foal of an ass.</p> + +<p>38:009:010 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse<br> + from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he<br> + shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be<br> + from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of<br> + the earth.</p> + +<p>38:009:011 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent<br> + forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.</p> + +<p>38:009:012 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day<br> + do I declare that I will render double unto thee;</p> + +<p>38:009:013 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim,<br> + and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece,<br> + and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.</p> + +<p>38:009:014 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go<br> + forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the<br> + trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.</p> + +<p>38:009:015 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour,<br> + and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a<br> + noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls,<br> + and as the corners of the altar.</p> + +<p>38:009:016 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the<br> + flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a<br> + crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.</p> + +<p>38:009:017 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!<br> + corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the<br> + maids.</p> + +<p>38:010:001 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the<br> + LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain,<br> + to every one grass in the field.</p> + +<p>38:010:002 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a<br> + lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain:<br> + therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled,<br> + because there was no shepherd.</p> + +<p>38:010:003 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished<br> + the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the<br> + house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the<br> + battle.</p> + +<p>38:010:004 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of<br> + him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.</p> + +<p>38:010:005 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their<br> + enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they<br> + shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on<br> + horses shall be confounded.</p> + +<p>38:010:006 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the<br> + house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them;<br> + for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had<br> + not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear<br> + them.</p> + +<p>38:010:007 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their<br> + heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall<br> + see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.</p> + +<p>38:010:008 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed<br> + them: and they shall increase as they have increased.</p> + +<p>38:010:009 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember<br> + me in far countries; and they shall live with their children,<br> + and turn again.</p> + +<p>38:010:010 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and<br> + gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the<br> + land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for<br> + them.</p> + +<p>38:010:011 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall<br> + smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river<br> + shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,<br> + and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.</p> + +<p>38:010:012 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up<br> + and down in his name, saith the LORD.</p> + +<p>38:011:001 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy<br> + cedars.</p> + +<p>38:011:002 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty<br> + are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the<br> + vintage is come down.</p> + +<p>38:011:003 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their<br> + glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for<br> + the pride of Jordan is spoiled.</p> + +<p>38:011:004 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;</p> + +<p>38:011:005 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty:<br> + and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am<br> + rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.</p> + +<p>38:011:006 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the<br> + LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his<br> + neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they<br> + shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver<br> + them.</p> + +<p>38:011:007 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of<br> + the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called<br> + Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.</p> + +<p>38:011:008 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul<br> + lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.</p> + +<p>38:011:009 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die;<br> + and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the<br> + rest eat every one the flesh of another.</p> + +<p>38:011:010 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I<br> + might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.</p> + +<p>38:011:011 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock<br> + that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.</p> + +<p>38:011:012 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and<br> + if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of<br> + silver.</p> + +<p>38:011:013 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly<br> + price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty<br> + pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of<br> + the LORD.</p> + +<p>38:011:014 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might<br> + break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.</p> + +<p>38:011:015 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments<br> + of a foolish shepherd.</p> + +<p>38:011:016 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall<br> + not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young<br> + one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth<br> + still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their<br> + claws in pieces.</p> + +<p>38:011:017 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword<br> + shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall<br> + be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly<br> + darkened.</p> + +<p>38:012:001 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD,<br> + which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation<br> + of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.</p> + +<p>38:012:002 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the<br> + people round about, when they shall be in the siege both<br> + against Judah and against Jerusalem.</p> + +<p>38:012:003 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for<br> + all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in<br> + pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered<br> + together against it.</p> + +<p>38:012:004 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with<br> + astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine<br> + eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of<br> + the people with blindness.</p> + +<p>38:012:005 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The<br> + inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of<br> + hosts their God.</p> + +<p>38:012:006 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth<br> + of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf;<br> + and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right<br> + hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again<br> + in her own place, even in Jerusalem.</p> + +<p>38:012:007 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the<br> + glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants<br> + of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.</p> + +<p>38:012:008 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of<br> + Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall<br> + be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the<br> + angel of the LORD before them.</p> + +<p>38:012:009 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to<br> + destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.</p> + +<p>38:012:010 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the<br> + inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of<br> + supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have<br> + pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his<br> + only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is<br> + in bitterness for his firstborn.</p> + +<p>38:012:011 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as<br> + the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.</p> + +<p>38:012:012 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of<br> + the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of<br> + the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;</p> + +<p>38:012:013 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart;<br> + the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;</p> + +<p>38:012:014 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their<br> + wives apart.</p> + +<p>38:013:001 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of<br> + David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for<br> + uncleanness.</p> + +<p>38:013:002 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of<br> + hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the<br> + land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will<br> + cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the<br> + land.</p> + +<p>38:013:003 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy,<br> + then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto<br> + him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name<br> + of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him<br> + shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.</p> + +<p>38:013:004 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall<br> + be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied;<br> + neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:</p> + +<p>38:013:005 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man<br> + taught me to keep cattle from my youth.</p> + +<p>38:013:006 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine<br> + hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in<br> + the house of my friends.</p> + +<p>38:013:007 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that<br> + is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and<br> + the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon<br> + the little ones.</p> + +<p>38:013:008 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the<br> + LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the<br> + third shall be left therein.</p> + +<p>38:013:009 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will<br> + refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is<br> + tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I<br> + will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my<br> + God.</p> + +<p>38:014:001 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be<br> + divided in the midst of thee.</p> + +<p>38:014:002 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and<br> + the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women<br> + ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity,<br> + and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the<br> + city.</p> + +<p>38:014:003 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations,<br> + as when he fought in the day of battle.</p> + +<p>38:014:004 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives,<br> + which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives<br> + shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward<br> + the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of<br> + the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it<br> + toward the south.</p> + +<p>38:014:005 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the<br> + valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall<br> + flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days<br> + of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and<br> + all the saints with thee.</p> + +<p>38:014:006 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall<br> + not be clear, nor dark:</p> + +<p>38:014:007 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not<br> + day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening<br> + time it shall be light.</p> + +<p>38:014:008 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out<br> + from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half<br> + of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall<br> + it be.</p> + +<p>38:014:009 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day<br> + shall there be one LORD, and his name one.</p> + +<p>38:014:010 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon<br> + south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited<br> + in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first<br> + gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel<br> + unto the king's winepresses.</p> + +<p>38:014:011 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter<br> + destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.</p> + +<p>38:014:012 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all<br> + the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh<br> + shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their<br> + eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall<br> + consume away in their mouth.</p> + +<p>38:014:013 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult<br> + from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold<br> + every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall<br> + rise up against the hand of his neighbour.</p> + +<p>38:014:014 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all<br> + the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and<br> + silver, and apparel, in great abundance.</p> + +<p>38:014:015 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the<br> + camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in<br> + these tents, as this plague.</p> + +<p>38:014:016 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all<br> + the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from<br> + year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to<br> + keep the feast of tabernacles.</p> + +<p>38:014:017 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the<br> + families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the<br> + LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.</p> + +<p>38:014:018 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have<br> + no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will<br> + smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of<br> + tabernacles.</p> + +<p>38:014:019 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of<br> + all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.</p> + +<p>38:014:020 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses,<br> + HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall<br> + be like the bowls before the altar.</p> + +<p>38:014:021 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness<br> + unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come<br> + and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there<br> + shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of<br> + hosts.</p> + + +<a href="book37.htm">Previous</a> <a href="contents.htm">Home</a> <a href="book39.htm">Next</a> + +</td></tr> +</table> +</center> + +</body> +</html> |