Hello, and welcome back
to "His Words Are Life."
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and
today we'll be reading together
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from the Book of Zechariah.
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But let's pray before we start.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, thank you so much
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for an
opportunity to come up hearten
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and sit in Your
presence and read Your word.
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Please be with us
now as we read together,
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may the Holy Spirit
be especially present
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in our hearts to
give us the truth
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that You have for each one of us
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in all that we're facing.
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We love You so much and
thank you for loving us, amen.
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We're reading in the
Book of Zechariah, Chapter 5.
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And Zechariah is
just seen a flying roll.
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We're going to pick
up the story in verse 3.
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"Then said he unto
me, this is the curse
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that goeth forth over
the face of the whole earth.
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For every one that
stealeth shall be cut off
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as on this side according to it,
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and every one that
sweareth shall be cut off
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as on that side according to it.
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I will bring it forth,
saith the Lord of hosts,
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and it shall enter
into the house of the thief,
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and into the house of him
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that sweareth
falsely by my name,
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and it shall remain in
the midst of his house,
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and shall consume it
with the timber thereof
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and the stones thereof.
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Then the angel that
talked with me went forth,
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and said unto me,
lift up now thine eyes,
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and see what is
this that goeth forth.
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And I said, what is it?
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And he said, this is
an ephah that goeth forth.
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He said moreover,
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this is their resemblance
through all the earth.
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And, behold, there was
lifted up a talent of lead,
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and this is a woman that sitteth
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in the midst of the ephah.
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And he said, this is wickedness.
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And he cast it into
the midst of the ephah,
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and he cast the weight of
lead upon the mouth thereof.
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Then lifted I up mine
eyes, and looked, and, behold,
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there came out two women,
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and the wind was in their wings,
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for they had wings
like the wings of a stork,
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and they lifted up the ephah
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between the
earth and the heaven.
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Then said I to the
angel that talked with me,
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Whither do these bear the ephah?
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And he said unto me,
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to build it an house
in the land of Shinar,
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and it shall be established,
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and set there
upon her own base."
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We're continuing now
in the Book of Zechariah,
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Chapter 6 and this is
the King James Version.
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"And I turned, and
lifted up mine eyes,
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and looked, and, behold,
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there came four chariots
out from between two mountains,
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and the mountains
were mountains of brass.
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In the first
chariot were red horses,
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and in the second
chariot black horses.
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And in the third
chariot white horses,
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and in the fourth
chariot grisled and bay horses.
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Then I answered
and said unto the angel
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that talked with me,
what are these, my Lord?
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And the angel
answered and said unto me,
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these are the four
spirits of the heavens,
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which go forth from standing
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before the Lord
of all the earth.
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The black horses
which are therein
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go forth into the north country,
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and the white go
forth after them,
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and the grisled go forth
toward the south country.
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And the bay went forth,
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and sought to go that
they might walk to and fro
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through the earth.
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And he said, Get you hence,
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walk to and fro
through the earth.
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So they walked to and
fro through the earth.
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Then cried he upon me,
and spake unto me, saying,
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Behold, these that go
toward the north country
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have quieted my
spirit in the north country.
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And the word of the
Lord came unto me, saying,
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Take of them of the captivity,
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even of Heldai, of
Tobijah, and of Jedaiah,
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which are come from Babylon,
and come thou the same day,
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and go into the house of Josiah
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the son of Zephaniah.
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Then take silver and
gold, and make crowns,
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and set them upon
the head of Joshua
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the son of
Josedech, the high priest.
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And speak unto him, saying,
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Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts,
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saying, Behold the man
whose name is The Branch,
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and he shall grow
up out of his place,
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and he shall build
the temple of the Lord.
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Even he shall build
the temple of the Lord,
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and he shall bear the glory,
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and shall sit and
rule upon his throne,
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and he shall be a
priest upon his throne.
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And the counsel of peace
shall be between them both.
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And the crowns
shall be to Helem,
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and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah,
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and to Hen the son of Zephaniah,
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for a memorial in
the temple of the Lord.
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And they that are
far off shall come
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and build in the
temple of the Lord,
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and ye shall know
that the Lord of hosts
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hath sent me unto you.
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And this shall come to
pass, if ye will diligently obey
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the voice of the Lord your God."
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Continuing in
Zechariah, Chapter 7
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"And it came to pass
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in the fourth
year of king Darius,
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that the word of the
Lord came unto Zechariah
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in the fourth day
of the ninth month,
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even in Chisleu.
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When they had sent
unto the house of God
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Sherezer and
Regemmelech, and their men,
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to pray before the Lord.
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And to speak unto the priests
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which were in the
house of the Lord of hosts,
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and to the prophets, saying,
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Should I weep
in the fifth month,
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separating myself, as I
have done these so many years?
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Then came the word of
the Lord of hosts unto me,
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saying, speak unto all
the people of the land,
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and to the priests,
saying, When ye fasted
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and mourned in the
fifth and seventh month,
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even those seventy years,
did ye at all fast unto me,
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even to me?
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And when ye did eat,
and when ye did drink,
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did not ye eat for yourselves,
and drink for yourselves?
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Should ye not hear
the words which the Lord
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hath cried by
the former prophets,
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when Jerusalem was
inhabited and in prosperity,
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and the cities
thereof round about her,
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when men inhabited
the south and the plain?
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And the word of the
Lord came unto Zechariah,
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saying, Thus
speaketh the Lord of hosts,
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saying, Execute true judgment,
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and shew mercy and compassions
every man to his brother.
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And oppress not the
widow, nor the fatherless,
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the stranger, nor the poor,
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and let none of you imagine evil
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against his
brother in your heart.
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But they refused to hearken,
and pulled away the shoulder,
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and stopped their ears,
that they should not hear.
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Yea, they made their
hearts as an adamant stone,
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lest they should hear the law,
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and the words
which the Lord of hosts
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hath sent in his
spirit by the former prophets.
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Therefore came a great
wrath from the Lord of hosts.
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Therefore it is come to pass,
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that as he cried,
and they would not hear,
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so they cried,
and I would not hear,
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saith the Lord of hosts.
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But I scattered
them with a whirlwind
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among all the
nations whom they knew not.
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Thus the land was
desolate after them,
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that no man passed
through nor returned,
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for they laid the
pleasant land desolate."
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Continuing in
Zechariah, Chapter 8,
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this is the King James Version.
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"Again the word of the Lord
of hosts came to me, saying,
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thus saith the Lord of hosts,
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I was jealous for
Zion with great jealousy,
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and I was jealous
for her with great fury.
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Thus saith the Lord,
I am returned unto Zion,
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and will dwell in
the midst of Jerusalem,
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and Jerusalem shall be
called a city of truth.
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And the mountain of the
Lord of hosts the holy mountain.
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
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There shall yet
old men and old women
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dwell in the
streets of Jerusalem,
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and every man with his
staff in his hand for very age.
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And the streets of the city
shall be full of boys and girls
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playing in the streets thereof.
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
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If it be marvellous in
the eyes of the remnant
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of this people in these days,
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should it also be
marvellous in mine eyes?
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Saith the Lord of hosts.
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
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Behold, I will save my
people from the east country,
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and from the West Country.
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And I will bring them,
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and they shall dwell
in the midst of Jerusalem,
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and they shall be my
people, and I will be their God,
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in truth and in righteousness.
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Thus saith the Lord of
hosts, Let your hands be strong,
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ye that hear in these days
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these words by the
mouth of the prophets,
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which were in the day that
the foundation of the house
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of the Lord of hosts was laid,
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that the temple might be built.
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For before these days
there was no hire for man,
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nor any hire for beast.
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Neither was
there any peace to him
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that went out or came in
because of the affliction.
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For I set all men every
one against his neighbour.
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But now I will not be
unto the residue of this people
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as in the former days,
saith the Lord of hosts.
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For the seed
shall be prosperous,
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the vine shall give her fruit,
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and the ground
shall give her increase,
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and the heavens
shall give their dew.
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And I will cause the
remnant of this people
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to possess all these things.
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And it shall come to pass,
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that as ye were a
curse among the heathen,
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O house of Judah,
and house of Israel,
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so will I save you,
and ye shall be a blessing.
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Fear not, but let
your hands be strong.
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For thus saith
the Lord of hosts,
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As I thought to punish you,
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when your fathers
provoked me to wrath,
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saith the Lord of
hosts, and I repented not.
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So again have I
thought in these days
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to do well unto Jerusalem
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and to the house
of Judah, fear ye not.
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These are the
things that ye shall do,
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Speak ye every man the
truth to his neighbour,
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execute the judgment of
truth and peace in your gates.
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And let none of you
imagine evil in your hearts
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against his neighbour,
and love no false oath.
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For all these are things
that I hate, saith the Lord.
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And the word of the Lord
of hosts came unto me, saying,
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
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The fast of the fourth month,
and the fast of the fifth,
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and the fast of the seventh,
and the fast of the tenth,
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shall be to the house
of Judah joy and gladness,
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and cheerful feasts.
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Therefore love
the truth and peace.
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
it shall yet come to pass,
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that there shall come people,
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and the
inhabitants of many cities.
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And the inhabitants of
one city shall go to another,
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saying, Let us go speedily
to pray before the Lord,
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and to seek the Lord
of hosts, I will go also.
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Yea, many people
and strong nations
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shall come to seek the
Lord of hosts in Jerusalem,
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and to pray before the Lord.
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
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In those days it
shall come to pass,
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that ten men shall take
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hold out of all
languages of the nations,
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even shall take
hold of the skirt of him
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that is a Jew,
saying, We will go with you.
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For we have heard
that God is with you."
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Continuing in
Zechariah, Chapter 9,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"The burden of
the word of the Lord
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in the land of
Hadrach, and Damascus
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shall be the rest thereof.
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When the eyes of man,
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as of all the tribes of Israel,
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shall be toward the Lord.
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And Hamath also
shall border thereby,
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Tyrus, and Zidon,
though it be very wise.
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And Tyrus did build
herself a strong hold,
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and heaped up
silver as the dust,
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and fine gold as
the mire of the streets.
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Behold, the Lord
will cast her out,
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and he will smite
her power in the sea,
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and she shall be
devoured with fire.
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Ashkelon shall see it, and fear.
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Gaza also shall see it, and
be very sorrowful and Ekron,
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for her
expectation shall be ashamed,
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and the king
shall perish from Gaza,
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and Ashkelon
shall not be inhabited.
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And a bastard
shall dwell in Ashdod,
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and I will cut off the
pride of the Philistines.
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And I will take away
his blood out of his mouth,
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and his abominations
from between his teeth.
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But he that remaineth,
even he, shall be for our God,
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and he shall be as
a governor in Judah,
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and Ekron as a Jebusite.
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And I will encamp about
mine house because of the army,
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because of him that passeth by,
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and because of
him that returneth.
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And no oppressor shall
pass through them any more.
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For now I have
seen with mine eyes.
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Rejoice greatly,
O daughter of Zion,
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shout, O daughter of Jerusalem,
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behold, thy King
cometh unto thee.
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He is just, and
having salvation,
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lowly, and riding upon an ass,
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and upon a colt
the foal of an ass.
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And I will cut off
the chariot from Ephraim,
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and the horse from Jerusalem,
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and the battle
bow shall be cut off,
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and he shall speak
peace unto the heathen.
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And his dominion shall
be from sea even to sea,
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and from the river even
to the ends of the earth.
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As for thee also, by
the blood of thy covenant
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I have sent forth thy
prisoners out of the pit
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wherein is no water.
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Turn you to the strong
hold, ye prisoners of hope,
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even to-day do I declare
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that I will
render double unto thee."
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