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And the angel that + talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. + +38:001:010 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. + +38:001:011 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. + +38:001:012 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? + +38:001:013 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good + words and comfortable words. + +38:001:014 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. + +38:001:015 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. + +38:001:016 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. + +38:001:017 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. + +38:001:018 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. + +38:001:019 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. + +38:001:020 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. + +38:001:021 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. + +38:002:001 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with + a measuring line in his hand. + +38:002:002 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. + +38:002:003 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and + another angel went out to meet him, + +38:002:004 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: + +38:002:005 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. + +38:002:006 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. + +38:002:007 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of + Babylon. + +38:002:008 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. + +38:002:009 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. + +38:002:010 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I + will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. + +38:002:011 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. + +38:002:012 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, + and shall choose Jerusalem again. + +38:002:013 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up + out of his holy habitation. + +38:003:001 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. + +38:003:002 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? + +38:003:003 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before + the angel. + +38:003:004 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. + +38:003:005 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. + +38:003:006 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, + +38:003:007 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. + +38:003:008 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. + +38:003:009 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. + +38:003:010 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man + his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. + +38:004:001 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as + a man that is wakened out of his sleep. + +38:004:002 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: + +38:004:003 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the + bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. + +38:004:004 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, + saying, What are these, my lord? + +38:004:005 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, + Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. + +38:004:006 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. + +38:004:007 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. + +38:004:008 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +38:004:009 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. + +38:004:010 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. + +38:004:011 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? + +38:004:012 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? + +38:004:013 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? + And I said, No, my lord. + +38:004:014 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by + the LORD of the whole earth. + +38:005:001 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold + a flying roll. + +38:005:002 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. + +38:005:003 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. + +38:005:004 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. + +38:005:005 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. + +38:005:006 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. + +38:005:007 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is + a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. + +38:005:008 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. + +38:005:009 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. + +38:005:010 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these + bear the ephah? + +38:005:011 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. + +38:006:001 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. + +38:006:002 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second + chariot black horses; + +38:006:003 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth + chariot grisled and bay horses. + +38:006:004 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, + What are these, my lord? + +38:006:005 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. + +38:006:006 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. + +38:006:007 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. + +38:006:008 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. + +38:006:009 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, + +38:006:010 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; + +38:006:011 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon + the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; + +38:006:012 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: + +38:006:013 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. + +38:006:014 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. + +38:006:015 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. + +38:007:001 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; + +38:007:002 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and + Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, + +38:007:003 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? + +38:007:004 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, + +38:007:005 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? + +38:007:006 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for + yourselves, and drink for yourselves? + +38:007:007 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? + +38:007:008 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, + +38:007:009 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true + judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his + brother: + +38:007:010 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. + +38:007:011 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and + stopped their ears, that they should not hear. + +38:007:012 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. + +38:007:013 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: + +38:007:014 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. + +38:008:001 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, + +38:008:002 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with + great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. + +38:008:003 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell + in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a + city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy + mountain. + +38:008:004 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old + women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with + his staff in his hand for very age. + +38:008:005 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls + playing in the streets thereof. + +38:008:006 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes + of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be + marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. + +38:008:007 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people + from the east country, and from the west country; + +38:008:008 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of + Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their + God, in truth and in righteousness. + +38:008:009 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye + that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the + prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the + house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be + built. + +38:008:010 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire + for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or + came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one + against his neighbour. + +38:008:011 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in + the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. + +38:008:012 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her + fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens + shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this + people to possess all these things. + +38:008:013 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the + heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save + you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands + be strong. + +38:008:014 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, + when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of + hosts, and I repented not: + +38:008:015 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto + Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. + +38:008:016 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the + truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and + peace in your gates: + +38:008:017 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his + neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things + that I hate, saith the LORD. + +38:008:018 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, + +38:008:019 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, + and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and + the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and + gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and + peace. + +38:008:020 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that + there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: + +38:008:021 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, + Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the + LORD of hosts: I will go also. + +38:008:022 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the + LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. + +38:008:023 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to + pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the + nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a + Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God + is with you. + +38:009:001 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and + Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as + of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. + +38:009:002 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though + it be very wise. + +38:009:003 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up + silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. + +38:009:004 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her + power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. + +38:009:005 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and + be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be + ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon + shall not be inhabited. + +38:009:006 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the + pride of the Philistines. + +38:009:007 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his + abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, + even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor + in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. + +38:009:008 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, + because of him that passeth by, and because of him that + returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: + for now have I seen with mine eyes. + +38:009:009 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of + Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and + having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a + colt the foal of an ass. + +38:009:010 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse + from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he + shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be + from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of + the earth. + +38:009:011 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent + forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. + +38:009:012 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day + do I declare that I will render double unto thee; + +38:009:013 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, + and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, + and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. + +38:009:014 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go + forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the + trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. + +38:009:015 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, + and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a + noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, + and as the corners of the altar. + +38:009:016 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the + flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a + crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. + +38:009:017 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! + corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the + maids. + +38:010:001 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the + LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, + to every one grass in the field. + +38:010:002 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a + lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: + therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, + because there was no shepherd. + +38:010:003 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished + the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the + house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the + battle. + +38:010:004 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of + him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. + +38:010:005 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their + enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they + shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on + horses shall be confounded. + +38:010:006 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the + house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; + for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had + not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear + them. + +38:010:007 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their + heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall + see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. + +38:010:008 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed + them: and they shall increase as they have increased. + +38:010:009 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember + me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, + and turn again. + +38:010:010 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and + gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the + land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for + them. + +38:010:011 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall + smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river + shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, + and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. + +38:010:012 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up + and down in his name, saith the LORD. + +38:011:001 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy + cedars. + +38:011:002 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty + are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the + vintage is come down. + +38:011:003 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their + glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for + the pride of Jordan is spoiled. + +38:011:004 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; + +38:011:005 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: + and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am + rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. + +38:011:006 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the + LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his + neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they + shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver + them. + +38:011:007 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of + the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called + Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. + +38:011:008 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul + lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. + +38:011:009 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; + and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the + rest eat every one the flesh of another. + +38:011:010 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I + might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. + +38:011:011 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock + that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. + +38:011:012 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and + if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of + silver. + +38:011:013 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly + price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty + pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of + the LORD. + +38:011:014 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might + break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. + +38:011:015 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments + of a foolish shepherd. + +38:011:016 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall + not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young + one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth + still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their + claws in pieces. + +38:011:017 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword + shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall + be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly + darkened. + +38:012:001 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, + which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation + of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. + +38:012:002 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the + people round about, when they shall be in the siege both + against Judah and against Jerusalem. + +38:012:003 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for + all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in + pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered + together against it. + +38:012:004 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with + astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine + eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of + the people with blindness. + +38:012:005 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The + inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of + hosts their God. + +38:012:006 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth + of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; + and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right + hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again + in her own place, even in Jerusalem. + +38:012:007 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the + glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants + of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. + +38:012:008 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of + Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall + be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the + angel of the LORD before them. + +38:012:009 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to + destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. + +38:012:010 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the + inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of + supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have + pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his + only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is + in bitterness for his firstborn. + +38:012:011 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as + the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. + +38:012:012 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of + the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of + the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; + +38:012:013 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; + the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; + +38:012:014 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their + wives apart. + +38:013:001 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of + David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for + uncleanness. + +38:013:002 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of + hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the + land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will + cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the + land. + +38:013:003 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, + then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto + him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name + of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him + shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. + +38:013:004 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall + be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; + neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: + +38:013:005 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man + taught me to keep cattle from my youth. + +38:013:006 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine + hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in + the house of my friends. + +38:013:007 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that + is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and + the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon + the little ones. + +38:013:008 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the + LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the + third shall be left therein. + +38:013:009 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will + refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is + tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I + will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my + God. + +38:014:001 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be + divided in the midst of thee. + +38:014:002 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and + the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women + ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, + and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the + city. + +38:014:003 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, + as when he fought in the day of battle. + +38:014:004 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, + which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives + shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward + the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of + the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it + toward the south. + +38:014:005 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the + valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall + flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days + of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and + all the saints with thee. + +38:014:006 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall + not be clear, nor dark: + +38:014:007 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not + day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening + time it shall be light. + +38:014:008 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out + from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half + of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall + it be. + +38:014:009 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day + shall there be one LORD, and his name one. + +38:014:010 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon + south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited + in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first + gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel + unto the king's winepresses. + +38:014:011 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter + destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. + +38:014:012 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all + the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh + shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their + eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall + consume away in their mouth. + +38:014:013 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult + from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold + every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall + rise up against the hand of his neighbour. + +38:014:014 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all + the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and + silver, and apparel, in great abundance. + +38:014:015 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the + camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in + these tents, as this plague. + +38:014:016 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all + the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from + year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to + keep the feast of tabernacles. + +38:014:017 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the + families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the + LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. + +38:014:018 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have + no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will + smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of + tabernacles. + +38:014:019 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of + all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. + +38:014:020 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, + HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall + be like the bowls before the altar. + +38:014:021 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness + unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come + and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there + shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of + hosts. + + + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE BIBLE, KING JAMES, BOOK 38 *** + +********** This file should be named 8038.txt or 8038.zip ********** + +This eBook was produced by David Widger +See above the credits to previous producers of this text. + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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