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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Again Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And with that he breathed on them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Receive the Holy Spirit.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If you forgive anyone&#8217;s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon&#8217;s Fall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.19.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Hallelujah!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.19.1"><span class="content">Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for true and just are his judgments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.19.2"><span class="content">He has condemned the great prostitute</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.19.2"><span class="content">who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.19.2"><span class="content">He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And again they shouted:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.19.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Hallelujah!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.19.3"><span class="content">The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.19.4"><span class="content">&#8220;Amen, Hallelujah!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then a voice came from the throne, saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Praise our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="content">all you his servants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="content">you who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="content">both great and small!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.19.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Hallelujah!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.19.6"><span class="content">For our Lord God Almighty reigns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let us rejoice and be glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.19.7"><span class="content">and give him glory!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.19.7"><span class="content">For the wedding of the Lamb has come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.19.7"><span class="content">and his bride has made herself ready.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Fine linen, bright and clean,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.19.8"><span class="content">was given her to wear.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="qm"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.19.8"><span class="content">(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God&#8217;s holy people.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the angel said to me, &#8220;Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!&#8221; And he added, &#8220;These are the true words of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, &#8220;Don&#8217;t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. &#8220;He will rule them with an iron scepter.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:15 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 2:9</span></span></span><span class="content"> He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.19.16"><span class="content">king of kings and lord of lords.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, &#8220;Come, gather together for the great supper of God, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">40</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Job:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.40.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.40.2"><span class="content">Let him who accuses God answer him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.40.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Job answered the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am unworthy&#8212;how can I reply to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="content">I put my hand over my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I spoke once, but I have no answer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="content">twice, but I will say no more.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Job out of the storm:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.40.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Brace yourself like a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Would you discredit my justice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="content">Would you condemn me to justify yourself?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do you have an arm like God&#8217;s,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="content">and can your voice thunder like his?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="content">and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Unleash the fury of your wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="content">look at all who are proud and bring them low,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">look at all who are proud and humble them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="content">crush the wicked where they stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Bury them all in the dust together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="content">shroud their faces in the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then I myself will admit to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="content">that your own right hand can save you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look at Behemoth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">which I made along with you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">and which feeds on grass like an ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">What strength it has in its loins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="content">what power in the muscles of its belly!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Its tail sways like a cedar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="content">the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Its bones are tubes of bronze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="content">its limbs like rods of iron.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">It ranks first among the works of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="content">yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The hills bring it their produce,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="content">and all the wild animals play nearby.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Under the lotus plants it lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="content">hidden among the reeds in the marsh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="content">the poplars by the stream surround it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A raging river does not alarm it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="content">it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.40.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Can anyone capture it by the eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.40.24"><span class="content">or trap it and pierce its nose?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Call to Return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was very angry with your ancestors. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore tell the people: This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;Return to me,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8216;and I will return to you,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.&#8217; But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.1.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Then they repented and said, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Man Among the Myrtle Trees</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I asked, &#8220;What are these, my lord?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.1.9"><span class="content">The angel who was talking with me answered, &#8220;I will show you what they are.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, &#8220;They are the ones the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sent to go throughout the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And they reported to the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who was standing among the myrtle trees, &#8220;We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then the angel who was speaking to me said, &#8220;Proclaim this word: This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Proclaim further: This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Four Horns and Four Craftsmen</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEC.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then I looked up, and there before me were four horns. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEC.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I asked the angel who was speaking to me, &#8220;What are these?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEC.1.19"><span class="content">He answered me, &#8220;These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEC.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEC.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed me four craftsmen. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ZEC.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I asked, &#8220;What are these coming to do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ZEC.1.21"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise their head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 1:18-21 is numbered 2:1-4.</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Man With a Measuring Line</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:5-17.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I asked, &#8220;Where are you going?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.2.2"><span class="content">He answered me, &#8220;To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and said to him: &#8220;Run, tell that young man, &#8216;Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of people and animals in it. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8216;and I will be its glory within.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come, Zion! Escape, you who live in Daughter Babylon!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8220;After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you&#8212;for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:8,9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">says after&#8230; eye: </span><span class="fv">9 </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;I&#8230; plunder them.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> Then you will know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has sent me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Shout and be glad, Daughter Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Many nations will be joined with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has sent me to you. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be still before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Clean Garments for the High Priest</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and Satan</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew <span class="tl">satan</span> means </span><span class="fqa">adversary.</span></span></span><span class="content"> standing at his right side to accuse him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Satan, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rebuke you, Satan! The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The angel said to those who were standing before him, &#8220;Take off his filthy clothes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.3.4"><span class="content">Then he said to Joshua, &#8220;See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8220;Put a clean turban on his head.&#8221; So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stood by.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave this charge to Joshua: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">facets</span></span></span><span class="content"> on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8216;and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit under your vine and fig tree,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He asked me, &#8220;What do you see?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.4.2"><span class="content">I answered, &#8220;I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I asked the angel who talked with me, &#8220;What are these, my lord?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;Do you not know what these are?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.4.5"><span class="content">&#8220;No, my lord,&#8221; I replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So he said to me, &#8220;This is the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to Zerubbabel: &#8216;Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of &#8216;God bless it! God bless it!&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty has sent me to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the plumb line</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the hand of Zerubbabel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then I asked the angel, &#8220;What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Again I asked him, &#8220;What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Do you not know what these are?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.4.13"><span class="content">&#8220;No, my lord,&#8221; I said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So he said, &#8220;These are the two who are anointed to</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">two who bring oil and</span></span></span><span class="content"> serve the Lord of all the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Flying Scroll</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He asked me, &#8220;What do you see?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.5.2"><span class="content">I answered, &#8220;I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 30 feet long and 15 feet wide or about 9 meters long and 4.5 meters wide</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And he said to me, &#8220;This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty declares, &#8216;I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Woman in a Basket</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, &#8220;Look up and see what is appearing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I asked, &#8220;What is it?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.5.6"><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;It is a basket.&#8221; And he added, &#8220;This is the iniquity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">appearance</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the people throughout the land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;This is wickedness,&#8221; and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then I looked up&#8212;and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where are they taking the basket?&#8221; I asked the angel who was speaking to me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;To the country of Babylonia</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shinar</span></span></span><span class="content"> to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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