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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starting in 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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that in Your very great mercy
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You sent Your son to die for us.
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And then you sent us
the Comforter to be with us
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and You sent us
Your word to guide us.
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Please be with us now
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as we read these words
of Your life and truth.
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We love You so much and
thank You for loving us, amen.
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Reading in the
Book of Zechariah,
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starting in
Chapter 9 with verse 13,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"When I have bent Judah for me,
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filled the bow with Ephraim,
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and raised up thy sons,
O Zion, against thy sons,
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O Greece, and made thee
as the sword of a mighty man.
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And the Lord
shall be seen over them,
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and his arrow shall go
forth as the lightning,
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and the Lord God
shall blow the trumpet,
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and shall go with
whirlwinds of the south.
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The Lord of hosts
shall defend them,
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and they shall devour,
and subdue with sling stones,
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and they shall drink,
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and make a
noise as through wine,
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and they shall be
filled like bowls,
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and as the corners of the altar.
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And the Lord their God
shall save them in that day
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as the flock of his people,
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for they shall be as
the stones of a crown,
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lifted up as an
ensign upon his land.
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For how great is his goodness,
and how great is his beauty!
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corn shall make
the young men cheerful,
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and new wine the maids."
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Continuing in
Zechariah, Chapter 10,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"Ask ye of the Lord rain in
the time of the latter rain,
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so the Lord shall
make bright clouds,
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and give them showers of rain,
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to every one grass in the field.
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For the idols
have spoken vanity,
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and the
diviners have seen a lie,
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and have told false
dreams, they comfort in vain,
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therefore they went
their way as a flock,
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they were troubled,
because there was no shepherd.
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Mine anger was
kindled against the shepherds,
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and I punished the
goats, for the Lord of hosts
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hath visited his
flock the house of Judah,
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and hath made them as his
goodly horse in the battle.
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Out of him came
forth the corner,
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out of him the nail,
out of him the battle bow,
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out of him every
oppressor together.
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And they shall be as mighty men,
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which tread down their enemies
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in the mire of the
streets in the battle,
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and they shall fight,
because the Lord is with them,
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and the riders on
horses shall be confounded.
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And I will
strengthen the house of Judah,
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and I will save
the house of Joseph,
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and I will bring
them again to place them,
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for I have mercy upon them,
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and they shall be as
though I had not cast them off,
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for I am the Lord their
God, and will hear them.
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And they of Ephraim
shall be like a mighty man,
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and their heart shall
rejoice as through wine,
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yea, their children
shall see it, and be glad,
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their heart shall
rejoice in the Lord.
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I will hiss for
them, and gather them,
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for I have redeemed them,
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and they shall
increase as they have increased.
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And I will sow
them among the people,
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and they shall
remember me in far countries,
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and they shall live with
their children, and turn again.
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I will bring them again
also out of the land of Egypt,
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and gather them out of Assyria,
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and I will bring them into
the land of Gilead and Lebanon,
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and place shall
not be found for them.
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And he shall pass
through the sea with affliction,
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and shall smite
the waves in the sea,
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and all the deeps of
the river shall dry up,
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and the pride of
Assyria shall be brought down,
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and the sceptre of
Egypt shall depart away.
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And I will
strengthen them in the Lord,
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and they shall walk up and down
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in his name, saith the Lord."
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Continuing in
Zechariah, Chapter 11,
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this is the King James Version.
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"Open thy doors, O Lebanon,
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that the fire may
devour thy cedars.
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Howl, fir tree, for
the cedar is fallen,
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because the mighty are spoiled,
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howl, O ye oaks of Bashan,
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for the forest of
the vintage is come down.
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There is a voice of the
howling of the shepherds,
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for their glory is spoiled,
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a voice of the
roaring of young lions,
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for the pride of
Jordan is spoiled.
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Thus saith the Lord my God,
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Feed the flock of the slaughter,
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Whose possessors slay them,
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and hold themselves not guilty,
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and they that sell them
say, Blessed be the Lord,
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for I am rich, and their
own shepherds pity them not.
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For I will no more pity
the inhabitants of the land,
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saith the Lord, but, lo,
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I will deliver the men every one
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into his neighbour's hand,
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and into the hand of his king,
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and they shall smite the land,
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and out of their hand
I will not deliver them.
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And I will feed
the flock of slaughter,
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even you, O poor of the flock.
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And I took unto me two staves,
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the one I called Beauty,
and the other I called Bands,
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and I fed the flock.
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Three shepherds also
I cut off in one month,
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and my soul lothed them,
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and their soul also abhorred me.
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Then said I, I
will not feed you,
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that that dieth, let it die,
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and that that is to be
cut off, let it be cut off,
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and let the rest eat
every one the flesh of another.
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And I took my
staff, even Beauty,
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and cut it asunder,
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that I might break my covenant
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which I had made
with all the people.
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And it was broken in that day,
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and so the poor of the flock
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that waited upon me knew
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that it was the
word of the Lord.
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And I said unto
them, If ye think good,
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give me my price,
and if not, forbear.
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So they weighed for my
price thirty pieces of silver.
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And the Lord said unto
me, Cast it unto the potter,
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a goodly price that I
was prised at of them.
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And I took the
thirty pieces of silver,
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and cast them to the
potter in the house of the Lord.
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Then I cut asunder mine
other staff, even Bands,
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and I might
break the brotherhood
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between Judah and Israel.
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And the Lord said
unto me, Take unto thee
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yet the instruments
of a foolish shepherd.
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For, lo, I will raise
up a shepherd in the land,
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which shall not visit
those that be cut off,
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neither shall
seek the young one,
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nor heal that that is broken,
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nor feed that
that standeth still,
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but he shall eat
the flesh of the fat,
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and tear their claws in pieces.
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Woe to the idol
shepherd that leaveth the flock!
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The sword shall be upon his arm,
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and upon his right eye,
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his arm shall be clean dried up,
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and his right eye
shall be utterly darkened."
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Continuing in the Book
of Zechariah, Chapter 12.
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This is the King James Version.
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"The burden of
the word of the Lord
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for Israel saith the Lord,
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which stretcheth
forth the heavens,
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and layeth the
foundation of the earth,
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and formeth the
spirit of man within him.
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Behold, I will make
Jerusalem a cup of trembling
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unto all the people round about,
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when they shall be in the siege
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both against Judah
and against Jerusalem.
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And in that day
will I make Jerusalem
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a burdensome
stone for all people,
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all that burden themselves
with it shall be cut in pieces,
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though all the
people of the earth
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be gathered together against it.
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In that day, saith the Lord,
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I will smite every
horse with astonishment,
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and his rider with madness,
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and I will open mine
eyes upon the house of Judah,
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and will smite every horse
of the people with blindness.
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And the governors of
Judah shall say in their heart,
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The inhabitants of
Jerusalem shall be my strength
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in the Lord of hosts their God.
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In that day will I
make the governors of Judah
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like an hearth of
fire among the wood,
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and like a torch
of fire in a sheaf,
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and they shall devour
all the people round about,
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on the right
hand and on the left,
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and Jerusalem shall be inhabited
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again in her own
place, even in Jerusalem.
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The Lord also shall save
the tents of Judah first,
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that the glory of
the house of David
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and the glory of the inhabitants
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of Jerusalem do not magnify
themselves against Judah.
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In that day shall the Lord
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defend the
inhabitants of Jerusalem,
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and he that is feeble among them
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at that day shall be as David,
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and the house of
David shall be as God,
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as the angel of
the Lord before them.
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And it shall come
to pass in that day,
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that I will seek to
destroy all the nations
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that come against Jerusalem.
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And I will pour
upon the house of David,
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and upon the
inhabitants of Jerusalem,
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the spirit of grace
and of supplications,
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and they shall look upon
me whom they have pierced,
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and they shall mourn for him,
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as one mourneth
for his only son,
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and shall be in
bitterness for him,
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as one that is in
bitterness for his firstborn.
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In that day shall there be
a great mourning in Jerusalem,
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as the mourning of Hadadrimmon
in the valley of Megiddon.
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And the land shall
mourn, every family apart,
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the family of the
house of David apart,
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and their wives apart,
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the family of the
house of Nathan apart,
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and their wives apart,
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The family of the
house of Levi apart,
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and their wives apart,
the family of Shimei apart,
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and their wives apart,
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All the families that
remain, every family apart,
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and their wives apart."
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Continuing in
Zechariah Chapter 13,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"In that day there
shall be a fountain
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opened to the house of David
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and to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem
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for sin and for uncleanness.
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And it shall come
to pass in that day,
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saith the Lord of hosts,
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that I will cut off the names
of the idols out of the land,
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and they shall no
more be remembered,
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and also I will
cause the prophets
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and the unclean spirit
to pass out of the land.
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And it shall come to pass,
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that when any
shall yet prophesy,
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then his father and his mother
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that begat him
shall say unto him,
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Thou shalt not live,
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for thou speakest lies
in the name of the Lord,
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and his father and his mother
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that begat him shall thrust him
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through when he prophesieth.
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And it shall come
to pass in that day,
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that the
prophets shall be ashamed
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every one of his
vision, when he hath prophesied,
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neither shall they wear
a rough garment to deceive,
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But he shall
say, I am no prophet,
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I am an husbandman,
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for man taught me to
keep cattle from my youth.
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And one shall say unto him,
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What are these
wounds in thine hands?
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Then he shall
answer, Those with which
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I was wounded in
the house of my friends.
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Awake, O sword,
against my shepherd,
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and against the
man that is my fellow,
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saith the Lord of
hosts, smite the shepherd,
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and the sheep
shall be scattered,
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and I will turn mine
hand upon the little ones.
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And it shall come to
pass, that in all the land,
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saith the Lord,
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two parts therein
shall be cut off and die,
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but the third
shall be left therein.
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And I will bring the
third part through the fire,
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and will refine them
as silver is refined,
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and will try
them as gold is tried,
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they shall call on my
name, and I will hear them,
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I will say, It is my
people, and they shall say,
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The Lord is my God."
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Continuing in
Zechariah, Chapter 14,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"Behold, the day
of the Lord cometh,
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and thy spoil shall be
divided in the midst of thee.
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For I will gather all nations
against Jerusalem to battle,
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and the city shall be
taken, and the houses rifled,
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and the women ravished,
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and half of the city
shall go forth into captivity,
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and the residue of the people
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shall not be cut
off from the city.
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Then shall the Lord go forth,
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and fight against those nations,
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as when he fought
in the day of battle.
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And his feet
shall stand in that day
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upon the mount of Olives,
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which is before
Jerusalem on the east,
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and the mount of
Olives shall cleave
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in the midst thereof toward
the east and toward the west,
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and there shall be
a very great valley,
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and half of the mountain
shall remove toward the north,
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and half of it toward the south.
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And ye shall flee to
the valley of the mountains,
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for the valley of the mountains
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shall reach unto
Azal, yea, ye shall flee,
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like as ye fled from
before the earthquake
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in the days of
Uzziah king of Judah,
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and the Lord my God shall come,
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and all the saints with thee.
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And it shall come
to pass in that day,
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that the light shall
not be clear, nor dark,
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But it shall be one day
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which shall be
known to the Lord,
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not day, nor night,
but it shall come to pass,
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that at evening
time it shall be light.
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And it shall be in that day,
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that living waters
shall go out from Jerusalem,
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half of them
toward the former sea,
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and half of them
toward the hinder sea,
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in summer and in
winter shall it be.
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And the Lord shall be
king over all the earth,
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in that day shall there be
one Lord, and his name one.
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All the land shall
be turned as a plain
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from Geba to
Rimmon south of Jerusalem,
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and it shall be lifted up,
and inhabited in her place,
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from Benjamin's gate unto
the place of the first gate,
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unto the corner gate,
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and from the tower of Hananeel
unto the king's winepresses.
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And men shall dwell in it,
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and there shall be no
more utter destruction,
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but Jerusalem shall
be safely inhabited."
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