[16] At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Sion; let not thine hands be slack. [17] The Lord thy God is in thee; the Mighty One shall save thee: he shall bring joy upon thee, and shall refresh thee with his love; and he shall rejoice over thee with delight as in a day of feasting. [18] And I will gather thine afflicted ones. Alas! who has taken up a reproach against her?
[19] Behold, I will work in thee for thy sake at that time, saith the Lord: and I will save her that was oppressed, and receive her that was rejected; and I will make them a praise, and honoured in all the earth. [20] And their enemies shall be ashamed at that time, when I shall deal well with you, and at the time when I shall receive you: for I will make you honoured and a praise among all the nations of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before you, saith the Lord.
Haggai
Chapter 1
[1] In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the firs day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Haggai, saying, Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, saying, [2] Thus saith the Lord Almighty, saying, This people say, The time is not come to build the house of the Lord. [3] And the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Haggai, saying,
[4] Is it time for you to dwell in your ceiled houses, whereas our house is desolate?
[5] And now thus saith the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways, I pray you. [6] Ye have sown much, but brought in little; ye have eaten, and are not satisfied; ye have drunk, and are not satisfied with drink, ye have clothed yourselves, and have not become warm thereby: and he that earns wages has gathered them into a bag full of holes.
[7] Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways. [8] Go up to the mountain, and cut timber; build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and be glorified, saith the Lord. [9] Ye looked for much, and there came little; and it was brought into the house, and I blew it away. Therefore thus saith the Lord Almighty, Because my house is desolate, and ye run everyone into his own house; [10] therefore shall the sky withhold dew, and the earth shall keep back her produce. [11] And I will bring a sword upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and all that the earth produces, and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon all the labours of their hands.
[12] And Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of the prophet Haggai, according as the Lord their God had sent him to them, and the people feared before the Lord. [13] And Haggai the Lord’s messenger spoke among the messengers of the Lord to the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.
[14] And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and the spirit of the remnant of all the people; and they went in, and wrought in the house of the Lord Almighty their God, [15] on the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
Chapter 2
[1] 2 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the Lord spoke by Haggai the prophet, saying, [3] Speak now to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, saying,
[4] Who is there of you that saw this house in her former glory? and how do ye now look upon it, as it were nothing before your eyes? [5] Yet now be strong, O Zorobabel, saith the Lord; and strengthen thyself, O Jesus the high priest, the son of Josedec; and let all the people of the land strengthen themselves, saith the Lord, and work, for I am with you, saith the Lord Almighty; [6] and my Spirit remains in the midst of you; be of good courage.
[7] For thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet once I will shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; [8] and I will shake all nations, and the choice portions of all the nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord Almighty. [9] Mine is the silver, and mine the gold, saith the Lord Almighty. [10] For the glory of this house shall be great, the latter more than the former, saith the Lord Almighty: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord Almighty, even peace of soul for a possession to every one that builds, to raise up this temple.
[11] On the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying, [12] Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Inquire now of the priest concerning the law, saying, [13] If a man should take holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and the skirt of his garment should touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. [14] And Haggai said, If a defiled person who is unclean by reason of a dead body, touch any of these, shall it be defiled? And the priests answered and said, It shall be defiled. [15] And Haggai answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so are all the works of their hands: and whosoever shall approach them, shall be defiled [because of their early burdens: they shall be pained because of their toils; and ye have hated him that reproved in the gates]. [16] And now consider, I pray you, from this day and beforetime, before they laid a stone on a stone in the temple of the Lord, what manner of men ye were. [17] When ye cast into the corn-bin twenty measures of barley, and there were only ten measures of barley: and ye went to the vat to draw out fifty measures, and there were but twenty. [18] I smote you with barrenness, and with blasting, and all the works of your hands with hail; yet ye returned not to me, saith the Lord.
[19] Set your hearts now to think from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid; [20] consider in your hearts, whether this shall be known on the corn-floor, and whether yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-trees that bear no fruit are with you: from this day will I bless you.
[21] And the word of the Lord came the second time to Haggai the prophet, on the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, [22] Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, saying,
I shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; [23] and I will overthrow the thrones of kings, and I will destroy the power of the kings of the nations; and I will overthrow chariots and riders; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword striving against his brother. [24] In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, I will take thee, O Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, my servant, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a seal: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord Almighty.
Zechariah
Chapter 1
[1] In the eighth month, in the second year of the reign of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying,
[2] The Lord has been very angry with your fathers. [3] And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Almighty: Turn to me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, saith the Lord of hosts. [4] And be ye not as your fathers, whom the prophets before charged, saying, Thus saith the Lord Almighty: Turn ye from your evil ways, and from your evil practices: but they hearkened not, and attended not to hearken to me, saith the Lord.
[5] Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever? [6] But do ye receive my words and mine ordinances, all that I command by my Spirit to my servants the prophets, who lived in the days of your fathers; and they answered and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so has he done to us.
[7] On the twenty-fourth day in the eleventh month, this is the month Sabat, in the second year of the reign of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying,
[8] I saw by night, and behold a man mounted on a red horse, and
he stood between the shady mountains; and behind him were red horses, and grey, and piebald, and white. [9] And I said, What are these, my lord? And the angel spoke with me said to me, I will shew thee what these things are. [10] And the man that stood between the mountains answered, and said to me, These are they whom the Lord has sent forth to go round the earth. [11] And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood between the mountains, and said, We have gone round all the earth, and, behold, all the earth is inhabited, and is at rest.
[12] Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord Almighty, how long wilt thou have no mercy on Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, which thou has disregarded these seventy years? [13] And the Lord Almighty answered the angel that spoke with me good words and consolatory sayings. [14] And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry out and say,
Thus saith the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and Sion with great jealousy. [15] And I am very angry with the heathen that combine to attack her: forasmuch as I indeed was a little angry, but they combined to attack her for evil. [16] Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and my house shall be rebuilt in her, saith the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem. [17] And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry yet, and say, Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet shall cities be spread abroad through prosperity; and the Lord shall yet have mercy upon Sion, and shall choose Jerusalem.
[18] And I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold four horns. [19] And I said to the angel that spoke with me, What are these things, my lord? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem. [20] And the Lord shewed me four artificers. [21] And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Juda, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, even the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it.
Chapter 2
[1] And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line. [2] And I said to him, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it. [3] And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood by, and another angel went forth to meet him, [4] and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying,
Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her. [5] And I will be to her, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for a glory in the midst of her.
[6] Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord, [7] even to Sion: deliver yourselves, ye that dwell with the daughter of Babylon. [8] For thus saith the Lord Almighty; After the glory has he sent me to the nations that spoiled you: for he that touches you is as one that touches the apple of his eye. [9] For, behold, I bring my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to them that serve them: and ye shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.
[10] Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Sion: for, behold, I come, and will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. [11] And many nations shall flee for refuge to the Lord in that day, and they shall be for a people to him, and they shall dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee. [12] And the Lord shall inherit Juda his portion in the holy land, and he will yet choose Jerusalem. [13] Let all flesh fear before the Lord: for he has risen up from his holy clouds.
Chapter 3
[1] And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the Devil stood on his right hand to resist him. [2] And the Lords said to the Devil,
[3] The Lord rebuke thee, O Devil, even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: behold! is not this as a brand plucked from the fire? [4] Now Jesus was clothed in filthy raiment, and stood before the angel. [5] And the Lord answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy raiment from him: and he said to him, Behold, I have taken away thine iniquities: and clothe ye him with a long robe, [6] and place a pure mitre upon his head. So they placed a pure mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments: and the angel of the Lord stood by. [7] And the angel of the Lord testified to Jesus, saying, [8] Thus saith the Lord Almighty;
If thou wilt walk in my ways, and take heed to my charges, then shalt thou judge my house: and if thou wilt diligently keep my court, then will I give thee men to walk in the midst of these that stand here. [9] Hear now, Jesus the high priest, thou, and thy neighbours that are sitting before thee: for they are diviners, for, behold, I bring forth my servant The Branch. [10] For as for the stone which I have set before the face of Jesus, on the one stone are seven eyes: behold, I am digging a trench, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will search out all the iniquity of that land in one day. [11] In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, ye shall call together every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig-tree.
Chapter 4
[1] And the angel that talked with me returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened out of his sleep.
[2] And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it: [3] and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left. [4] And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, my lord? [5] And the angel that talked with me answered, and spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said, No, my lord. [6] And he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying,
Not by mighty power, nor by strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord Almighty. [7] Who art thou, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that thou shouldest prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the equal of my grace.
[8] And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, [9] The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee. [10] For who has despised the small days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes that look upon all the earth.
[11] And I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the candlestick? [12] And I asked the second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive-trees that are by the side of the two golden pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels? [13] And he said to me, Knowest thou not what these are? and I said, No, my lord. [14] And he said, These are the two anointed ones that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
Chapter 5
[1] And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked and behold a flying sickle. [2] And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I see a flying sickle, of the length of twenty cubits, and of the breadth of ten cubits. [3] And he said to me,
This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side. [4] And I will bring it forth, saith the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.
[5] And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up thine eyes, and see this that goes forth. [6] And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes forth. And he said, This is their iniquity in all the earth. [7] And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the midst of the measure. [8] And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it. [9] And I lifted up mine eyes, and
saw, and, behold, two women coming forth, and the wind was in their wings; and they had stork’s wings: and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the sky. [10] And I said to the angel that spoke with me, Whither do these carry away the measure? [11] And he said to me, To build it a house in the land of Babylon, and to prepare a place for it; and they shall set it there on its own base.
Chapter 6
[1] And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, four chariots coming out from between two mountains; and the mountains were brazen mountains. [2] In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; [3] and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot piebald and ash-coloured horses. [4] And I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my Lord?
[5] And the angel that talked with me answered and said, These are the four winds of heaven, and they are going forth to stand before the Lord of all the earth. [6] As for the chariot in which were the black horses, they went out to the land of the north; and the white went out after them; and the piebald went out to the land of the south. [7] And the ash-coloured went out, and looked to go and compass the earth: and he said, Go, and compass the earth. And they compassed the earth.
[8] And he cried out and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these go out to the land of the north, and they have quieted mine anger in the land of the north.
[9] And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, [10] Take the things of the captivity from the chief men, and from the useful men of it, and from them that have understood it; and thou shalt enter in that day into the house of Josias the son of Sophonias that came out of Babylon. [11] And thou shalt take silver and gold, and make crowns, and thou shalt put them upon the head of Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest; [12] and thou shalt say to him, Thus saith the Lord Almighty;
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