9 For behold, I will shake my give thee places to walk among hand upon them, and they shall be these that stand by. a spoil to their servants: and ye shall 8 Hear now, Ŏ Joshua the high know that the LORD of hosts hath 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.

sent me.

b 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith, the LORD.

AND he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

A 2 And the LORD said unto Satan,
The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan;
even the LORD that hath chosen Je-
rusalem rebuke thee: is not this a
brand plucked out of the fire?
i 3 Now Joshua was clothed with
filthy garments, and stood before
the angel.

9 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.

b 10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig-tree.

CHAP. IV.

AND the angel that talked with

me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out

of his sleep

2 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:

3 And two olive-trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. d 4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?

4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, 5 Then the angel that talked with saying, Take away the filthy gar-me answered and said unto me, ments from him. And unto him he Knowest thou not what these be! said, Behold, I have caused thine and I said, No, my lord. iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment 5 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.

6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, say. ing, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

A7 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.

6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, d7 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 8 Moreover the word of the LORD shalt also keep my courts, and I will came unto me, saying,

r9 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.
t 10 For who hath despised the
day of small things? for they shall
rejoice, and shalt 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.

with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

6 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.

7 And behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

E 8 And he said, This is wickAnd he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive-edness. trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side there of?

i 12 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?

13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. D 14 Then said he, These are two anointed ones, that stand the LORD of the whole earth.

CHAP. V.

the

by

THEN I turned, and lifted up

mine eyes, and looked, and

behold a flying roll.

2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see

9 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.

10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?

g11 And he said unto me, To build it a house in the land of Shinar: and

it shall be established, and set there

upon her own base.

v

CHAP. VI.

AND I turned, and lifted up

mine eyes, and looked, and a flying roll; the length thereof is behold, there came four chariots twenty cubits, and the breadth there-out from between two mountains ; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

of ten cubits.

w 3 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.

4 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.

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 grizzled and bay horses.

4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?

D 5 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.

6 The black horses which are v 5¶ Then the angel that talked therein go forth into the north coun

ZECHARIAH.

try; and the white go forth after to Zechariah in the fourth day of them; and the grizzled go forth the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 2 When they had sent unto the toward the south country. 7 And the bay went forth, and house of God, Sherezer and Resought to go that they might walk gem-melech, and their men, to pray to and fro through the earth and before the LORD, he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. 8 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.

9 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

3 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?

2

4 T Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, c 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, g 10 Take of them of the captivity, When ye fasted and mourned in the even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of fifth and seventh month, even those Jedaiah, which are come from Ba-seventy years, did ye at all fast unto bylon, and come thou the same day, me, even to me? and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;

11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;

6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

7 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?

12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall 8 ¶ And the word of the LORD grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: came unto Zechariah, saying, b 13 Even he shall build the templed 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of of the LORD; and he shall bear the hosts, saying, Execute true judgglory, and shall sit and rule upon ment, and shew mercy and comhis throne: and he shall be a priest passions every man to his brother: upon his throne: and the counsel of p 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor peace shall be between them both. 14 And the crowns shall be to the poor; and let none of you imaHelem, and to Tobijah, and to Je- gine evil against his brother in your daiah, and to Hen the son of Zepha-heart. niah, for a memorial in the temple 11 But they refused to hearken, of the LORD. and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

d 15 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.

CHAP. VII.

ND it came to pass in the

t 12 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.

A fourth year of king Darius, r. 13 Therefore it is come to pass,

that the word of the LORD came un

that as he cried, and they would not 994

hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts : 14 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.

CHAP. VIII.

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 1 set all men every one against his neighbour.

I But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.. b 12 For the seed shall be prosper

fAGAIN the word of the LORD ous; the vine shall give her fruit,

ing,

of hosts came to me, say

2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

b 3 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. 4 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.

5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

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.

d 13 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.

14 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:

r 15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear

ye not.

6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts;d* 16 ¶ These are the things that ye If it be marvellous in the eyes of the shall do; Speak ye every man the remnant of this people in these days, truth to his neighbour; execute the should it also be marvellous in míne judgment of truth and peace in your eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. gates:

7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

p 17 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.

b 8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusa-ƒ 18 ¶ And the word of the LORD lem and they shall be my people, of hosts came unto me, saying, and I will be their God, in truth and d 19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; in righteousness. 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.

d 9 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.

f 10 For before these days there

20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

d21 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.

of him that returneth and no oppressor shall pass through them any more for nows have seen with mine eyes, scat Beds Go f 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter r 22 Yea, many people and strong of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jern nations shall come to seek the LORD salem behold, thy King & come th of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray unto thee: he is just, and having before the LORD. salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. & 28 W 193 2400

r23 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.

CHAP IX.

n

10 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

HE the word of the earth.

11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no

* Tith burden of the land of
Hadrach, and Damascus shall be
the rest thereof: when the eyes of
man, as of all the tribes of Israel, water.
shall be toward the LORD.
g2 And Hamath also shall border
thereby Tyrus and Zidon, though
it be very wise.

3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

w 4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

d 12 T Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render dou ble unto thee;

13 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.

14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go g5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; forth as the lightning: and the Lord Gaza also shall see it, and be very GoD shall blow the trumpet, and sorrowful, and Ekron; for her ex-shall go with whirlwinds of the south. pectation shall be ashamed; and the 15 The LORD of hosts shall deking shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. r 6 And a bastard shail dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

fend them; and they shall devour and subdue with shing-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.

7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abomina-b 16 And the LORD their God shall tions from between his teeth: but save them in that day as the flock of he that remaineth, even he, shall be his people: for they shall be as the for our God, and he shall be as a stones of a crown, lifted up as an governor in Judah, and Ekron as a ensign upon his land. Jebusite.

8 And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because

17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.