Monthly Archives: July 2017

The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees 1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven […]

The Flying Scroll 1 I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?” # I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.” 3 And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole […]

Four Chariots 1 I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. 2 The first chariot had red horses, the second black, 3 the third white, and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful. 4 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are […]

Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting 1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of theLordcame to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev. 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek, together with their men, to entreat theLord 3 by asking the priests of the […]

The Lord Promises to Bless Jerusalem 1 The word of theLordAlmighty came to me. 2 This is what theLordAlmighty says: “I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.” 3 This is what theLordsays: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, […]

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies 1 A prophecy: The word of theLordis against the land of Hadrak and will come to rest on Damascus— for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel # are on theLord— 2 and on Hamath too, which borders on it, and on Tyre and Sidon, though they […]

The Lord Will Care for Judah 1 Ask theLordfor rain in the springtime; it is theLordwho sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone. 2 The idols speak deceitfully, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. […]

1 Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may devour your cedars! 2 Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen; the stately trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan; the dense forest has been cut down! 3 Listen to the wail of the shepherds; their rich pastures are destroyed! Listen to the roar of […]

Jerusalem’s Enemies to Be Destroyed 1 A prophecy: The word of theLordconcerning Israel. TheLord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares: 2 “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be […]

Cleansing From Sin 1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity. 2 “On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more,” declares theLordAlmighty. “I will […]