Zechariah1
1In the eighth month, in the second year of Daryavesh (Darius) [lord], came the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers], the son of Berekhyah [Yehovah blesses], the son of ‘Iddo [His witness] the prophet, saying,2The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has been sore displeased with your fathers.3Therefore say youi unto them, Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; Turn you2f unto me, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], and I will turn unto you, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies].4Be you2f not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; Turn you2f now from your evil ways, and [from] your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).5Your fathers, where [are] they? and the prophets, do they live forever?6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so has he dealt with us.7Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which [is] the month Sh’vat [a rod], in the second year of Daryavesh (Darius) [lord], came the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers], the son of Berekhyah [Yehovah blesses], the son of ‘Iddo [His witness] the prophet, saying,8I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that [were] in the bottom; and behind him [were there] red horses, speckled, and white.9Then said I, O my lord, what [are] these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show youi what these [be].10And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These [are they] whom the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has sent to walk to and fro through the earth.11And they answered the angel of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sits still, and is at rest.12Then the angel of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) answered and said, O LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], how long will youi not have mercy on Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] and on the cities of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], against which youi have had indignation these threescore and ten years?13And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) answered the angel that talked with me [with] good words [and] comfortable words.14So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry youi, saying, Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; I am jealous for Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] and for Tziyon [parched place] with a great jealousy.15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen [that are] at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.16Therefore thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); I am returned to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] with mercies: my house shall be built in it, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], and a line shall be stretched forth upon Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].17Cry yet, saying, Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall yet comfort Tziyon [parched place], and shall yet choose Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].18Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.19And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What [be] these? And he answered me, These [are] the horns which have scattered Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].20And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) showed me four carpenters.21Then said I, What come these to do? And he spoke, saying, These [are] the horns which have scattered Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to frighten (make afriad) them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up [their] horn over the land of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] to scatter it.1I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.2Then said I, Where go youi? And he said unto me, To measure Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], to see what [is] the breadth thereof, and what [is] the length thereof.3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,4And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] shall be inhabited [as] towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle in it:5For I, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.6Ho, ho, [come forth], and flee from the land of the north, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).7Deliver yourself, O Tziyon [parched place], that dwell [with] the daughter of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion].8For thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; After the glory has he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.9For, behold, I will shake my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil (plunder; prey; booty) to their servants: and you2f shall know that the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] has sent me.10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Tziyon [parched place]: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of youi, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).11And many nations shall be joined to the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of youi, and youi shall know that the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] has sent me unto youi.12And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall inherit Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] again.13Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.1And he showed me Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] the High Priest standing before the angel of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and Satan (the adversary) standing at his right hand to accuse him.2And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto Satan, The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) youi, O Satan; even the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) that has chosen Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) youi: [is] not this a brand plucked out of the fire?3Now Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.4And he answered and spoke unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused youri iniquity to pass from youi, and I will clothe youi with change fine clothes5And I said, Let them set a fair mitre (turban; ceremonial headdress) upon his head. So they set a fair mitre (turban; ceremonial headdress) upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) stood by.6And the angel of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) protested unto Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation], saying,7Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; If youi will walk in my ways, and if youi will keep my charge, then youi shall also judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give youi free access to walk among these that stand by.8Hear now, O Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] the High Priest, youi, and youri fellows that sit before youi: for they [are] men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth My servant the BRANCH.9For behold the stone that I have laid before Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation]; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.10In that day, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], shall you2f call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.1And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,2And said unto me, What see youi? 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:3And two olive trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof.4So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What [are] these, my lord?5Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Know youi not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.6Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This [is] the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto Z’rubavel [sown in Babylon], saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies].7Who [are] youi, O great mountain? before Z’rubavel [sown in Babylon] [youi shall become] a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone [thereof with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace unto it.8Moreover the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came unto me, saying,9The hands of Z’rubavel [sown in Babylon] have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and youi shall know that the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] has sent me unto you.10For who has despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Z’rubavel [sown in Babylon] [with] those seven; they [are] the eyes of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), which run to and fro through the whole earth.11Then answered I, and said unto him, What [are] these two olive trees upon the right [side] of the candlestick and upon the left [side] thereof?12And 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?13And he answered me and said, Know youi not what these [be]? And I said, No, my lord.14Then said he, These [are] the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord-Adon of the whole earth.1Then I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a flying scroll.2And he said unto me, What see youi? And I answered, I see a flying scroll; the length thereof [is] 30 feet, and the breadth thereof fifteen feet.3Then said he unto me, This [is] the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for everyone that steals shall be cut off [as] on this side according to it; and everyone that swears shall be cut off [as] on that side according to it.4I will bring it forth, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears 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.5Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now youri eyes, and see what [is] this that goes forth.6And I said, What [is] it? And he said, This [is] an eifah that goes forth. He said moreover, This [is] their resemblance through all the earth.7And, behold, there was lifted up a talent (weight of money; weight; gift) of lead: and this [is] a woman that sits in the midst of the eifah.8And he said, This [is] wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the eifah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.9Then lifted I up my 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 eifah between the earth and the heaven.10Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Where do these bear the eifah?11And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shin’ar [country of two rivers]: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.1And I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains [were] mountains of brass.2In the first chariot [were] red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;3And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled and bay horses.4Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What [are] these, my lord?5And the angel answered and said unto me, These [are] the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord-Adon of all the earth.6The black horses which [are] in it go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grizzled go forth toward the south country.7And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.8Then cried he upon me, and spoke unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.9And the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came unto me, saying,10Take of [them of] the captivity, [even] of Heldai [worldly], of Toviyah [Yehovah is good], and of Y’da’yah [Yehovah has known], which are come from Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion], and come youi the same day, and go into the house of Yoshiyahu [whom Yehovah heals] the son of Tzefan’yahu [Yehovah has treasured];11Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set [them] upon the head of Y’hoshua [Yehovah is Salvation] the son of Y’hotzadak [Yehovah is righteous], the High Priest;12And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaks the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], saying, Behold the man whose name [is] The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate):13Even he shall build the temple of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.14And the crowns shall be to Helem [strength or dream], and to Toviyah [Yehovah is good], and to Y’da’yah [Yehovah has known], and to Hen the son of Tzefan’yahu [Yehovah has treasured], for a memorial in the temple of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).15And they [that are] far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and you2f shall know that the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] has sent me unto you. And [this] shall come to pass, if you2f will diligently obey the voice of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) your God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].1And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Daryavesh (Darius) [lord], [that] the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came unto Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] in the fourth [day] of the ninth month, [even] in Kislev [his confidence];2When they had sent unto the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] Sar’etzer [prince of fire] and Regem-Melekh [king’s heap], and their men, to pray before the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate),3[And] to speak unto the priests which [were] in the house of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?4Then came the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] unto me, saying,5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you2f fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did you2f at all fast unto me, [even] to me?6And when you2f did eat, and when you2f did drink, did not you2f eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?7[Should you2f] not [hear] the words which the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has cried by the former prophets, when Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when [men] inhabited the south and the plain?8And the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came unto Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers], saying,9Thus speaks the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.12Yes, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] has sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies].13Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]:14But 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.1Again the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] came [to me], saying,2Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; I was jealous for Tziyon [parched place] with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.3Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); I am returned unto Tziyon [parched place], and will dwell in the midst of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]: and Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] the holy mountain.4Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.6Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; If it be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes? says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies].7Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;8And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], in tand in righteousness.9Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; Let your hands be strong, you2f 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-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] was laid, that the temple might be built.10For before these days there 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 I set all men everyone against his neighbour.11But now I [will] not [be] unto the residue (part that remains, the rest) of this people as in the former days, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies].12For the seed [shall be] prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, 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].13And it shall come to pass, [that] as you2f were a curse among the heathen, O house of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; so will I save you, and you2f shall be a blessing: fear not, [but] let your hands be strong.14For thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], and I repented not:15So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] and to the house of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]: fear you2f not.16These [are] the things that you2f shall do; Speak you2f every man the tto his neighbour; execute the judgment of tand peace in your gates:17And 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, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).18And the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] came unto me, saying,19Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; 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 Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the tand peace.20Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:21And the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and to seek the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]: I will go also.22Yes, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], and to pray before the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).23Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]; 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 Jewish (Y’hudi), saying, We will go with you: for we have heard [that] God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] [is] with you.1The burden of the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) in the land of Hadrakh [dwelling], and Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver] [shall be] the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], [shall be] toward the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).2And Hamat [Fortress] also shall border thereby; Tzor (Tyrus) [a rock], and Tzidon [Hunting], though it be very wise.3And Tzor (Tyrus) [a rock] did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.4Behold, the Lord-Adonai (The Father) [Greatest Above All] will cast her out, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.5Ashkelon [The Fire of Infamy: I shall be Weighed] shall see [it], and fear; ‘Azah [The Strong] also [shall see it], and be very sorrowful, and ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots]; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from ‘Azah [The Strong], and Ashkelon [The Fire of Infamy: I shall be Weighed] shall not be inhabited.6And a child of incest shall dwell in Ashdod [powerful], and I will cut off the pride of the P’lishtim [Immigrants].7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remains, even he, [shall be] for our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and he shall be as a governor in Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and ‘Ekron [Torn Up by the Roots] as a Y’vusi [Threshers].8And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passes by, and because of him that returns: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes.9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Tziyon [parched place]; shout, O daughter of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]: behold, youri King comes unto youi: he [is] just, and having Salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.10And I will cut off the chariot from Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], and the horse from Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], 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 the earth.11As for youi also, by the blood of youri covenant I have sent forth youri prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water.12Turn you to the strong hold, you2f prisoners of hope: even today do I declare [that] I will render double unto youi;13When I have bent Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] for me, filled the bow with Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful], and raised up youi sons, O Tziyon [parched place], against youi sons, O Greece, and made youi as the sword of a mighty man.14And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER) shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.15The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling 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.16And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) their God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they [shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted up as an flag (or banner; as of an army) upon his land.17For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and New Wine the maids.1Ask you2f of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) rain in the time of the latter rain; [so] the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field.2For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.3Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] has visited his flock the house of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and has made them as his goodly horse in the battle.4Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.5And they shall be as mighty [men], which trample down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [is] with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.6And I will strengthen the house of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and I will save the house of Yosef [(God) He Shall Add], and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I [am] the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) their God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and will hear them.7And [they of] Efrayim [Doubly Fruitful] shall be like a mighty [man], and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yes, their children shall see [it], and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).8I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.9And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.10I will bring them again also out of the land of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], and gather them out of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))); and I will bring them into the land of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] and L’vanon [Whiteness]; and [place] shall not be found for them.11And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall strike the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) shall be brought down, and the scepter of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] shall depart away.12And I will strengthen them in the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); and they shall walk up and down in his name, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).1Open youri doors, O L’vanon [Whiteness], that the fire may devour youri cedars.2Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O you2f oaks of Bashan [Fruitful]; for the forest of the vintage is come down.3[There is] a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Yarden [Descender] is spoiled.4Thus says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) my God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]; Feed the flock of the slaughter;5Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous) [be] the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): but, lo, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver [them].7And I will feed the flock of slaughter, [even] you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two rods (clubs); the one I called [No’am] Beauty, and the other I called [Hovalim] Bound Together; and I fed the flock.8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.9Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dies, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat everyone the flesh of another.10And I took my staff, [even] Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.11And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).12And I said unto them, If you2f think good, give [me] my price; and if not, refrain (restrain; refrein from acting). So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver.13And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate).14Then I cut asunder my other staff, [even] Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] and Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].15And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto me, Take unto yourselfi yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [which] shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that stands still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.17Woe to the idol shepherd that leaves the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.1The burden of the word of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) for Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), which stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.2Behold, I will make Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] [and] against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].3And in that day will I make Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.4In that day, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), I will strike every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open my eyes upon the house of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], and will strike every horse of the people with blindness.5And the governors of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] [shall be] my strength in the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] their God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].6In that day will I make the governors of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] shall be inhabited again in her own place, [even] in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].7The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) also shall save the tents of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] first, that the glory of the house of David [beloved] and the glory of the inhabitants of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] do not magnify [themselves] against Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised].8In that day shall the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) defend the inhabitants of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David [beloved]; and the house of David [beloved] [shall be] as God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], as the angel of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) before them.9And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].10And I will pour upon the house of David [beloved], and upon the inhabitants of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.11In that day shall there be a great mourning in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], as the mourning of Hadad-Rimmon [Hadad of the pomegranates] in the valley of Megiddo [Place of Crowds] n.12And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David [beloved] apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Natan [giver] apart, and their wives apart;13The family of the house of Levi (Levite) [Adhesion, Joiner] apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shime’i [Fame] apart, and their wives apart;14All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David [beloved] and to the inhabitants of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] for sin and for uncleanness.2And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.3And it shall come to pass, [that] when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) him shall say unto him, youi shall not live; for youi speak lies in the name of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): and his father and his mother that begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) him shall thrust him through when he prophesies.4And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he has prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:5But he shall say, I [am] no prophet, I [am] an farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.6And [one] shall say unto him, What [are] these wounds in youri hands? Then he shall answer, [Those] with which I was wounded [in] the house of my friends.7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.8And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, says the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), two parts in it shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left in it.9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My Name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) [is] my God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].1Behold, the day of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) comes, and youi spoil (plunder; prey; booty) shall be divided in the midst of youi.2For I will gather all nations against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue (part that remains, the rest) of the people shall not be cut off from the city.3Then shall the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.4And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave (split open; cut open; divide) in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.5And you2f shall flee [to] the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Atzel [proximity: he has reserved]: yes, you2f shall flee, like as you2f fled from before the earthquake in the days of ‘Uziyah [my strength is Yehovah] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised]: and the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) my God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] shall come, [and] all the saints with youi.6And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the light shall not be clear, [nor] dark:7But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light.8And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.9And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and his name one.10All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geva [hill] to Rimmon [Pomegranate] south of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength]’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and [from] the tower of Hanan’el [God is favoured] unto the king’s winepresses.11And [men] shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] shall be safely inhabited.12And this shall be the plague which the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) will strike all the people that have fought against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.13And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a great tumult from the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) shall be among them; and they shall lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.14And Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] also shall fight at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.15And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.16And it shall come to pass, [that] everyone that is left of all the nations which came against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], and to keep the feast of tabernacles.17And it shall be, [that] whoso will not come up of [all] the families of the earth unto Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] to worship the King, the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], even upon them shall be no rain.18And if the family of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] go not up, and come not, that [have] no [rain]; there shall be the plague, which the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) will strike the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.19This shall be the punishment of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.20In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); and the pots in the LORD-Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] house shall be like the bowls before the altar.21Yes, every pot in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] and in Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] shall be holiness unto the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies]: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe in it: and in that day there shall be no more the Kena’ani [Merchants] in the house of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies].
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