The Bible, King James version, Book 38: Zechariah
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This eBook was produced by David Widger [widger@cecomet.net]
with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992
and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002.
Book 38 Zechariah
38:001:001 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,
38:001:002 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
38:001:003 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.
38:001:004 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.
38:001:005 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live
for ever?
38:001:006 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.
38:001:007 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,
38:001:008 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.
38:001:009 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.
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.
