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+ <!DOCTYPE crossway-bible SYSTEM "schema/crossway.bibles.dtd">
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+ <crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd">
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+ <book title="Zechariah" num="38">
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001001"/>
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+ <chapter num="1">
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+ <heading>A Call to Return to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">In the eighth month, <crossref let="a" cid="c38001001.1"/>in the second year of Darius, the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to the prophet <crossref let="b" cid="c38001001.2"/>Zechariah, the son of <crossref let="c" cid="c38001001.3"/>Berechiah, son of <crossref let="d" cid="c38001001.4"/>Iddo, saying,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001002"/>
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+ <verse num="2"><crossref let="e" cid="c38001002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38001002.1" from="38001002.1" to="38001006.3"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was very angry with your fathers.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">Therefore say to them, Thus declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: <crossref let="f" cid="c38001003.1"/>Return to me, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, and <crossref let="g" cid="c38001003.2"/>I will return to you, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001004"/>
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+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="h" cid="c38001004.1"/>Do not be like your fathers, <crossref let="i" cid="c38001004.2"/>to whom the former prophets cried out, <q class="begin-single" qid="38001004.1" from="38001004.1" to="38001004.2"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, <crossref let="f" cid="c38001004.3"/>Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.<q class="end-single" qid="38001004.2" from="38001004.1" to="38001004.2"/> But <crossref let="j" cid="c38001004.4"/>they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">Your fathers, where are they? And <crossref let="k" cid="c38001005.1"/>the prophets, do they live forever?</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001006"/>
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+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="l" cid="c38001006.1"/>But my words and my statutes, which I commanded <crossref let="m" cid="c38001006.2"/>my servants the prophets, did they not <crossref let="n" cid="c38001006.3"/>overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, <crossref let="o" cid="c38001006.4"/><q class="begin-single" qid="38001006.1" from="38001006.1" to="38001006.2"/>As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts purposed to deal with us for <crossref let="p" cid="c38001006.5"/>our ways and <crossref let="p" cid="c38001006.6"/>deeds, so has he dealt with us.<q class="end-single" qid="38001006.2" from="38001006.1" to="38001006.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="38001006.3" from="38001002.1" to="38001006.3"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001007"/>
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+ <heading>A Vision of a Horseman</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="7">On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to the prophet <crossref let="b" cid="c38001007.1"/>Zechariah, the son of <crossref let="c" cid="c38001007.2"/>Berechiah, son of <crossref let="d" cid="c38001007.3"/>Iddo, saying,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001008"/>
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+ <verse num="8"><q class="begin-double" qid="38001008.1" from="38001008.1" to="38001017.2"/>I saw in the night, and behold, <crossref let="q" cid="c38001008.1"/>a man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were <crossref let="r" cid="c38001008.2"/>red, sorrel, and white horses.</verse>
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+ <verse num="9">Then I said, <q class="begin-single" qid="38001009.1" from="38001009.1" to="38001009.2"/>What are these, my lord?<q class="end-single" qid="38001009.2" from="38001009.1" to="38001009.2"/> <crossref let="s" cid="c38001009.1"/>The angel who talked with me said to me, <q class="begin-single" qid="38001009.3" from="38001009.3" to="38001009.4"/>I will show you what they are.<q class="end-single" qid="38001009.4" from="38001009.3" to="38001009.4"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">So <crossref let="q" cid="c38001010.1"/>the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, <crossref let="t" cid="c38001010.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="38001010.1" from="38001010.1" to="38001010.2"/>These are they whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has sent to <crossref let="u" cid="c38001010.3"/>patrol the earth.<q class="end-single" qid="38001010.2" from="38001010.1" to="38001010.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">And they answered <crossref let="s" cid="c38001011.1"/>the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, <crossref let="u" cid="c38001011.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="38001011.1" from="38001011.1" to="38001011.2"/>We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth <crossref let="v" cid="c38001011.3"/>remains at rest.<q class="end-single" qid="38001011.2" from="38001011.1" to="38001011.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">Then <crossref let="s" cid="c38001012.1"/>the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said, <crossref let="w" cid="c38001012.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="38001012.1" from="38001012.1" to="38001012.2"/>O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, <crossref let="w" cid="c38001012.3"/>how long will you <crossref let="x" cid="c38001012.4"/>have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these <crossref let="y" cid="c38001012.5"/>seventy years?<q class="end-single" qid="38001012.2" from="38001012.1" to="38001012.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> answered <crossref let="z" cid="c38001013.1"/>gracious and comforting words to <crossref let="s" cid="c38001013.2"/>the angel who talked with me.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001014"/>
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+ <verse num="14">So <crossref let="s" cid="c38001014.1"/>the angel who talked with me said to me, <q class="begin-single" qid="38001014.1" from="38001014.1" to="38001017.1"/>Cry out, Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: <crossref let="a" cid="c38001014.2"/>I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001015"/>
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+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="b" cid="c38001015.1"/>And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are <crossref let="c" cid="c38001015.2"/>at ease; <crossref let="d" cid="c38001015.3"/>for while I was angry but a little, <crossref let="e" cid="c38001015.4"/>they furthered the disaster.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001016"/>
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+ <verse num="16">Therefore, thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="f" cid="c38001016.1"/>I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; <crossref let="g" cid="c38001016.2"/>my house shall be built in it, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, and <crossref let="h" cid="c38001016.3"/>the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001017"/>
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+ <verse num="17">Cry out again, Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: <crossref let="i" cid="c38001017.1"/>My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, <crossref let="j" cid="c38001017.2"/>and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will again comfort Zion and again <crossref let="k" cid="c38001017.3"/>choose Jerusalem.<q class="end-single" qid="38001017.1" from="38001014.1" to="38001017.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="38001017.2" from="38001008.1" to="38001017.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001018"/>
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+ <heading>A Vision of Horns and Craftsmen</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="18"><note nid="n38001018.1"/> And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, <crossref let="l" cid="c38001018.1"/>four horns!</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001019"/>
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+ <verse num="19">And I said to <crossref let="s" cid="c38001019.1"/>the angel who talked with me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38001019.1" from="38001019.1" to="38001019.2"/>What are these?<q class="end-double" qid="38001019.2" from="38001019.1" to="38001019.2"/> And he said to me, <crossref let="l" cid="c38001019.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38001019.3" from="38001019.3" to="38001019.4"/>These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.<q class="end-double" qid="38001019.4" from="38001019.3" to="38001019.4"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001020"/>
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+ <verse num="20">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> showed me four craftsmen.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38001021"/>
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+ <verse num="21">And I said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38001021.1" from="38001021.1" to="38001021.2"/>What are these coming to do?<q class="end-double" qid="38001021.2" from="38001021.1" to="38001021.2"/> He said, <crossref let="l" cid="c38001021.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38001021.3" from="38001021.3" to="38001021.4"/>These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come <crossref let="m" cid="c38001021.2"/>to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations <crossref let="n" cid="c38001021.3"/>who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.<q class="end-double" qid="38001021.4" from="38001021.3" to="38001021.4"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002001"/>
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+ <chapter num="2">
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+ <heading>A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1"><note nid="n38002001.1"/> And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, <crossref let="o" cid="c38002001.1"/>a man with a measuring line in his hand!</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">Then I said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38002002.1" from="38002002.1" to="38002002.2"/>Where are you going?<q class="end-double" qid="38002002.2" from="38002002.1" to="38002002.2"/> And he said to me, <crossref let="p" cid="c38002002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38002002.3" from="38002002.3" to="38002002.4"/>To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.<q class="end-double" qid="38002002.4" from="38002002.3" to="38002002.4"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">And behold, <crossref let="q" cid="c38002003.1"/>the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="38002004.1" from="38002004.1" to="38002005.2"/>Run, say to that young man, <crossref let="r" cid="c38002004.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="38002004.2" from="38002004.2" to="38002005.1"/>Jerusalem shall be inhabited <crossref let="s" cid="c38002004.2"/>as villages without walls, because of <crossref let="t" cid="c38002004.3"/>the multitude of people and livestock in it.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">And I will be to her <crossref let="u" cid="c38002005.1"/>a wall of fire all around, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and I will be the glory in her midst.<q class="end-single" qid="38002005.1" from="38002004.2" to="38002005.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="38002005.2" from="38002004.1" to="38002005.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002006"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="6">Up! Up! <crossref let="v" cid="c38002006.1"/>Flee from the land of the north, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. For I have <crossref let="w" cid="c38002006.2"/>spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002007"/>
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+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="x" cid="c38002007.1"/>Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">For thus said the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, after his glory sent me<note nid="n38002008.1"/> to the nations who plundered you, <crossref let="y" cid="c38002008.1"/>for he who touches you touches <crossref let="z" cid="c38002008.2"/>the apple of his eye:</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002009"/>
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+ <verse num="9"><q class="begin-double" qid="38002009.1" from="38002009.1" to="38002012.1"/>Behold, <crossref let="a" cid="c38002009.1"/>I will shake my hand over them, <crossref let="b" cid="c38002009.2"/>and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then <crossref let="c" cid="c38002009.3"/>you will know that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts has sent me.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002010"/>
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+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="d" cid="c38002010.1"/>Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for <crossref let="e" cid="c38002010.2"/>behold, I come <crossref let="f" cid="c38002010.3"/>and I will dwell in your midst, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002011"/>
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+ <verse num="11"><crossref let="g" cid="c38002011.1"/>And many nations shall join themselves to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in that day, and shall be my people. <crossref let="f" cid="c38002011.2"/>And I will dwell in your midst, and <crossref let="c" cid="c38002011.3"/>you shall know that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts has sent me to you.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38002012"/>
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+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="h" cid="c38002012.1"/>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again <crossref let="i" cid="c38002012.2"/>choose Jerusalem.<q class="end-double" qid="38002012.1" from="38002009.1" to="38002012.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="13">Be silent, all flesh, before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38003001"/>
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+ <chapter num="3">
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+ <heading>A Vision of Joshua the High Priest</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">Then he showed me <crossref let="j" cid="c38003001.1"/>Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and <crossref let="k" cid="c38003001.2"/>Satan<note nid="n38003001.1"/> standing at his right hand to accuse him.</verse>
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+ <verse num="2">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Satan, <crossref let="l" cid="c38003002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38003002.1" from="38003002.1" to="38003002.2"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> rebuke you, O Satan! The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> who has <crossref let="m" cid="c38003002.2"/>chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this <crossref let="n" cid="c38003002.3"/>a brand<note nid="n38003002.1"/> plucked from the fire?<q class="end-double" qid="38003002.2" from="38003002.1" to="38003002.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="3">Now <crossref let="j" cid="c38003003.1"/>Joshua was standing before the angel, <crossref let="o" cid="c38003003.2"/>clothed with filthy garments.</verse>
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+ <verse num="4">And the angel said to <crossref let="p" cid="c38003004.1"/>those who were standing before him, <crossref let="q" cid="c38003004.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38003004.1" from="38003004.1" to="38003004.2"/>Remove the filthy garments from him.<q class="end-double" qid="38003004.2" from="38003004.1" to="38003004.2"/> And to him he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38003004.3" from="38003004.3" to="38003004.4"/>Behold, <crossref let="r" cid="c38003004.3"/>I have taken your iniquity away from you, and <crossref let="s" cid="c38003004.4"/>I will clothe you with pure vestments.<q class="end-double" qid="38003004.4" from="38003004.3" to="38003004.4"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="5">And I said, <crossref let="t" cid="c38003005.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38003005.1" from="38003005.1" to="38003005.2"/>Let them put a clean turban on his head.<q class="end-double" qid="38003005.2" from="38003005.1" to="38003005.2"/> So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was standing by.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="6">And the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> solemnly assured <crossref let="j" cid="c38003006.1"/>Joshua,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38003007"/>
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+ <verse num="7"><q class="begin-double" qid="38003007.1" from="38003007.1" to="38003010.1"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and <crossref let="u" cid="c38003007.1"/>keep my charge, then you shall <crossref let="v" cid="c38003007.2"/>rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among <crossref let="w" cid="c38003007.3"/>those who are standing here.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38003008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for <crossref let="x" cid="c38003008.1"/>they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring <crossref let="y" cid="c38003008.2"/>my servant <crossref let="z" cid="c38003008.3"/>the Branch.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38003009"/>
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+ <verse num="9">For behold, on <crossref let="a" cid="c38003009.1"/>the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with <crossref let="b" cid="c38003009.2"/>seven eyes,<note nid="n38003009.1"/> I will <crossref let="c" cid="c38003009.3"/>engrave its inscription, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, and <crossref let="d" cid="c38003009.4"/>I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.</verse>
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+ <verse num="10">In that day, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come <crossref let="e" cid="c38003010.1"/>under his vine and under his fig tree.<q class="end-double" qid="38003010.1" from="38003007.1" to="38003010.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <chapter num="4">
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+ <heading>A Vision of a Golden Lampstand</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">And <crossref let="f" cid="c38004001.1"/>the angel who talked with me came again <crossref let="g" cid="c38004001.2"/>and woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep.</verse>
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+ <verse num="2">And he said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38004002.1" from="38004002.1" to="38004002.2"/>What do you see?<q class="end-double" qid="38004002.2" from="38004002.1" to="38004002.2"/> I said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38004002.3" from="38004002.3" to="38004003.1"/>I see, and behold, <crossref let="h" cid="c38004002.1"/>a lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and <crossref let="i" cid="c38004002.2"/>seven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it.</verse>
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+ <verse num="3">And there are <crossref let="j" cid="c38004003.1"/>two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.<q class="end-double" qid="38004003.1" from="38004002.3" to="38004003.1"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="4">And I said to <crossref let="f" cid="c38004004.1"/>the angel who talked with me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38004004.1" from="38004004.1" to="38004004.2"/>What are these, my lord?<q class="end-double" qid="38004004.2" from="38004004.1" to="38004004.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38004005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, <crossref let="k" cid="c38004005.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38004005.1" from="38004005.1" to="38004005.2"/>Do you not know what these are?<q class="end-double" qid="38004005.2" from="38004005.1" to="38004005.2"/> I said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38004005.3" from="38004005.3" to="38004005.4"/>No, my lord.<q class="end-double" qid="38004005.4" from="38004005.3" to="38004005.4"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="6">Then he said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38004006.1" from="38004006.1" to="38004007.3"/>This is the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to <crossref let="l" cid="c38004006.1"/>Zerubbabel: <crossref let="m" cid="c38004006.2"/>Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <verse num="7">Who are you, <crossref let="n" cid="c38004007.1"/>O great mountain? Before <crossref let="l" cid="c38004007.2"/>Zerubbabel <crossref let="o" cid="c38004007.3"/>you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward <crossref let="p" cid="c38004007.4"/>the top stone amid shouts of <q class="begin-single" qid="38004007.1" from="38004007.1" to="38004007.2"/>Grace, grace to it!<q class="end-single" qid="38004007.2" from="38004007.1" to="38004007.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="38004007.3" from="38004006.1" to="38004007.3"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38004008"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="8">Then the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to me, saying,</verse>
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+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="q" cid="c38004009.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38004009.1" from="38004009.1" to="38004010.2"/>The hands of <crossref let="l" cid="c38004009.2"/>Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also <crossref let="r" cid="c38004009.3"/>complete it. <crossref let="s" cid="c38004009.4"/>Then you will know that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts has sent me to you.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38004010"/>
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+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="t" cid="c38004010.1"/>For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see <crossref let="u" cid="c38004010.2"/>the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/><crossref let="v" cid="c38004010.3"/><q class="continue-double" qid="38004010.1" from="38004009.1" to="38004010.2"/>These seven <crossref let="v" cid="c38004010.4"/>are the eyes of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="w" cid="c38004010.5"/>which range through the whole earth.<q class="end-double" qid="38004010.2" from="38004009.1" to="38004010.2"/>
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+ <verse num="11">Then I said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="38004011.1" from="38004011.1" to="38004011.2"/>What are these <crossref let="j" cid="c38004011.1"/>two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?<q class="end-double" qid="38004011.2" from="38004011.1" to="38004011.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="12">And a second time I answered and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="38004012.1" from="38004012.1" to="38004012.2"/>What are these <crossref let="j" cid="c38004012.1"/>two branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil<note nid="n38004012.1"/> is poured out?<q class="end-double" qid="38004012.2" from="38004012.1" to="38004012.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="13">He said to me, <crossref let="x" cid="c38004013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38004013.1" from="38004013.1" to="38004013.2"/>Do you not know what these are?<q class="end-double" qid="38004013.2" from="38004013.1" to="38004013.2"/> I said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38004013.3" from="38004013.3" to="38004013.4"/>No, my lord.<q class="end-double" qid="38004013.4" from="38004013.3" to="38004013.4"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="14">Then he said, <crossref let="y" cid="c38004014.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38004014.1" from="38004014.1" to="38004014.2"/>These are the two anointed ones<note nid="n38004014.1"/> who stand by <crossref let="z" cid="c38004014.2"/>the Lord of the whole earth.<q class="end-double" qid="38004014.2" from="38004014.1" to="38004014.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <chapter num="5">
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+ <heading>A Vision of a Flying Scroll</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying <crossref let="a" cid="c38005001.1"/>scroll!</verse>
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+ <verse num="2">And he said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38005002.1" from="38005002.1" to="38005002.2"/>What do you see?<q class="end-double" qid="38005002.2" from="38005002.1" to="38005002.2"/> I answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="38005002.3" from="38005002.3" to="38005002.4"/>I see a flying <crossref let="a" cid="c38005002.1"/>scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.<q class="end-double" qid="38005002.4" from="38005002.3" to="38005002.4"/><note nid="n38005002.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38005003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">Then he said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38005003.1" from="38005003.1" to="38005004.1"/>This is <crossref let="b" cid="c38005003.1"/>the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who <crossref let="c" cid="c38005003.2"/>steals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who <crossref let="d" cid="c38005003.3"/>swears falsely<note nid="n38005003.1"/> shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38005004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">I will send it out, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of <crossref let="e" cid="c38005004.1"/>him who swears falsely by my name. And <crossref let="f" cid="c38005004.2"/>it shall remain in his house and <crossref let="g" cid="c38005004.3"/>consume it, both timber and stones.<q class="end-double" qid="38005004.1" from="38005003.1" to="38005004.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <heading>A Vision of a Woman in a Basket</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="5"><crossref let="h" cid="c38005005.1"/>Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, <crossref let="i" cid="c38005005.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38005005.1" from="38005005.1" to="38005005.2"/>Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.<q class="end-double" qid="38005005.2" from="38005005.1" to="38005005.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="6">And I said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38005006.1" from="38005006.1" to="38005006.2"/>What is it?<q class="end-double" qid="38005006.2" from="38005006.1" to="38005006.2"/> He said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38005006.3" from="38005006.3" to="38005006.4"/>This is <crossref let="j" cid="c38005006.1"/>the basket<note nid="n38005006.1"/> that is going out.<q class="end-double" qid="38005006.4" from="38005006.3" to="38005006.4"/> And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38005006.5" from="38005006.5" to="38005006.6"/>This is their iniquity<note nid="n38005006.2"/> in all the land.<q class="end-double" qid="38005006.6" from="38005006.5" to="38005006.6"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38005007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38005008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38005008.1" from="38005008.1" to="38005008.2"/>This is Wickedness.<q class="end-double" qid="38005008.2" from="38005008.1" to="38005008.2"/> And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down <crossref let="j" cid="c38005008.1"/>the leaden weight on its opening.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="9">Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! <crossref let="k" cid="c38005009.1"/>The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38005010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">Then I said to the angel who talked with me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38005010.1" from="38005010.1" to="38005010.2"/>Where are they taking the basket?<q class="end-double" qid="38005010.2" from="38005010.1" to="38005010.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38005011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">He said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38005011.1" from="38005011.1" to="38005011.2"/>To the <crossref let="l" cid="c38005011.1"/>land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.<q class="end-double" qid="38005011.2" from="38005011.1" to="38005011.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006001"/>
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+ <chapter num="6">
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+ <heading>A Vision of Four Chariots</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of <crossref let="m" cid="c38006001.1"/>bronze.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">The first chariot had <crossref let="n" cid="c38006002.1"/>red horses, the second <crossref let="o" cid="c38006002.2"/>black horses,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">the third <crossref let="p" cid="c38006003.1"/>white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses&emdash;all of them strong.<note nid="n38006003.1"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="4">Then I answered and said to <crossref let="q" cid="c38006004.1"/>the angel who talked with me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38006004.1" from="38006004.1" to="38006004.2"/>What are these, my lord?<q class="end-double" qid="38006004.2" from="38006004.1" to="38006004.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">And the angel answered and said to me, <crossref let="r" cid="c38006005.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38006005.1" from="38006005.1" to="38006006.1"/>These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after <crossref let="s" cid="c38006005.2"/>presenting themselves before <crossref let="t" cid="c38006005.3"/>the Lord of all the earth.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">The chariot with the black horses goes toward <crossref let="u" cid="c38006006.1"/>the north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward <crossref let="v" cid="c38006006.2"/>the south country.<q class="end-double" qid="38006006.1" from="38006005.1" to="38006006.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and <crossref let="w" cid="c38006007.1"/>patrol the earth. And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38006007.1" from="38006007.1" to="38006007.2"/>Go, <crossref let="w" cid="c38006007.2"/>patrol the earth.<q class="end-double" qid="38006007.2" from="38006007.1" to="38006007.2"/> <crossref let="w" cid="c38006007.3"/>So they patrolled the earth.</verse>
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+ <verse num="8">Then he cried to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38006008.1" from="38006008.1" to="38006008.2"/>Behold, those who go toward <crossref let="u" cid="c38006008.1"/>the north country have set my Spirit at rest in <crossref let="u" cid="c38006008.2"/>the north country.<q class="end-double" qid="38006008.2" from="38006008.1" to="38006008.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006009"/>
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+ <heading>The Crown and the Temple</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="9">And the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to me:</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006010"/>
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+ <verse num="10"><q class="begin-double" qid="38006010.1" from="38006010.1" to="38006015.2"/>Take from the exiles <crossref let="x" cid="c38006010.1"/>Heldai, Tobijah, and <crossref let="y" cid="c38006010.2"/>Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of <crossref let="z" cid="c38006010.3"/>Zephaniah.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, <crossref let="a" cid="c38006011.1"/>and set it on the head of <crossref let="b" cid="c38006011.2"/>Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">And say to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="38006012.1" from="38006012.1" to="38006013.2"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="38006012.2" from="38006012.2" to="38006013.1"/>Behold, the man whose name is <crossref let="c" cid="c38006012.1"/>the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and <crossref let="d" cid="c38006012.2"/>he shall build the temple of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
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+ <verse num="13"><crossref let="d" cid="c38006013.1"/>It is he who shall build the temple of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="e" cid="c38006013.2"/>and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there<note nid="n38006013.1"/> shall be a <crossref let="f" cid="c38006013.3"/>priest on his throne, <crossref let="g" cid="c38006013.4"/>and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="38006013.1" from="38006012.2" to="38006013.1"/><q class="end-single" qid="38006013.2" from="38006012.1" to="38006013.2"/></verse>
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+ <verse num="14">And the crown shall be in the temple of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> as <crossref let="h" cid="c38006014.1"/>a reminder to <crossref let="i" cid="c38006014.2"/>Helem,<note nid="n38006014.1"/> <crossref let="j" cid="c38006014.3"/>Tobijah, <crossref let="j" cid="c38006014.4"/>Jedaiah, and Hen <crossref let="j" cid="c38006014.5"/>the son of Zephaniah.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38006015"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="15"><crossref let="k" cid="c38006015.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="38006015.1" from="38006010.1" to="38006015.2"/>And those who are far off shall come and <crossref let="l" cid="c38006015.2"/>help to build the temple of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <crossref let="m" cid="c38006015.3"/>And you shall know that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts has sent me to you. <crossref let="n" cid="c38006015.4"/>And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God.<q class="end-double" qid="38006015.2" from="38006010.1" to="38006015.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <chapter num="7">
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+ <heading>A Call for Justice and Mercy</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="o" cid="c38007001.1"/>In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is <crossref let="p" cid="c38007001.2"/>Chislev.</verse>
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+ <verse num="2">Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men <crossref let="q" cid="c38007002.1"/>to entreat the favor of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</verse>
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+ <verse num="3"><crossref let="r" cid="c38007003.1"/>saying to the priests of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts and <crossref let="s" cid="c38007003.2"/>the prophets, <q class="begin-double" qid="38007003.1" from="38007003.1" to="38007003.2"/>Should I weep and <crossref let="t" cid="c38007003.3"/>abstain in <crossref let="u" cid="c38007003.4"/>the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?<q class="end-double" qid="38007003.2" from="38007003.1" to="38007003.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38007004"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="4">Then the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts came to me:</verse>
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+ <verse num="5"><q class="begin-double" qid="38007005.1" from="38007005.1" to="38007007.2"/>Say to all the people of the land and the priests, <q class="begin-single" qid="38007005.2" from="38007005.2" to="38007007.1"/>When you fasted and mourned in <crossref let="u" cid="c38007005.1"/>the fifth month and in <crossref let="v" cid="c38007005.2"/>the seventh, for these <crossref let="w" cid="c38007005.3"/>seventy years, <crossref let="x" cid="c38007005.4"/>was it <crossref let="x" cid="c38007005.5"/>for me that you fasted?</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38007006"/>
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+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="y" cid="c38007006.1"/>And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38007007"/>
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+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="z" cid="c38007007.1"/>Were not these the words that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> proclaimed <crossref let="a" cid="c38007007.2"/>by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, <crossref let="b" cid="c38007007.3"/>with her cities around her, and the <crossref let="b" cid="c38007007.4"/>South and the <crossref let="b" cid="c38007007.5"/>lowland were inhabited?<q class="end-single" qid="38007007.1" from="38007005.2" to="38007007.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="38007007.2" from="38007005.1" to="38007007.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="8">And the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to Zechariah, saying,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38007009"/>
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+ <verse num="9"><q class="begin-double" qid="38007009.1" from="38007009.1" to="38007010.1"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, <crossref let="c" cid="c38007009.1"/>Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38007010"/>
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+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="d" cid="c38007010.1"/>do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, <crossref let="e" cid="c38007010.2"/>or the poor, and <crossref let="f" cid="c38007010.3"/>let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.<q class="end-double" qid="38007010.1" from="38007009.1" to="38007010.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38007011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">But <crossref let="g" cid="c38007011.1"/>they refused to pay attention <crossref let="h" cid="c38007011.2"/>and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.<note nid="n38007011.1"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38007012"/>
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+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="i" cid="c38007012.1"/>They made their hearts diamond-hard <crossref let="j" cid="c38007012.2"/>lest they should hear the law and the words that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts had sent <crossref let="j" cid="c38007012.3"/>by his Spirit through <crossref let="k" cid="c38007012.4"/>the former prophets. <crossref let="l" cid="c38007012.5"/>Therefore great anger came from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <verse num="13"><crossref let="m" cid="c38007013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38007013.1" from="38007013.1" to="38007013.2"/>As I<note nid="n38007013.1"/> called, and they would not hear, <crossref let="m" cid="c38007013.2"/>so they called, and I would not hear,<q class="end-double" qid="38007013.2" from="38007013.1" to="38007013.2"/> says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts,</verse>
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+ <verse num="14"><crossref let="n" cid="c38007014.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38007014.1" from="38007014.1" to="38007014.2"/>and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all <crossref let="o" cid="c38007014.2"/>the nations that they had not known. <crossref let="p" cid="c38007014.3"/>Thus the land they left was desolate, <crossref let="q" cid="c38007014.4"/>so that no one went to and fro, <crossref let="r" cid="c38007014.5"/>and the pleasant land was made desolate.<q class="end-double" qid="38007014.2" from="38007014.1" to="38007014.2"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008001"/>
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+ <chapter num="8">
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+ <heading>The Coming Peace and Prosperity of Zion</heading>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="1">And the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts came, saying,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008002"/>
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+ <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="38008002.1" from="38008002.1" to="38008008.1"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: <crossref let="s" cid="c38008002.1"/>I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: <crossref let="t" cid="c38008003.1"/>I have returned to Zion and <crossref let="u" cid="c38008003.2"/>will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, <crossref let="v" cid="c38008003.3"/>and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, <crossref let="w" cid="c38008003.4"/>and the mountain of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, the holy mountain.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: <crossref let="x" cid="c38008004.1"/>Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008005"/>
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+ <verse num="5">And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: <crossref let="y" cid="c38008006.1"/>If it is marvelous in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, <crossref let="z" cid="c38008006.2"/>should it also be marvelous in my sight, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts?</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: Behold, <crossref let="a" cid="c38008007.1"/>I will save my people <crossref let="b" cid="c38008007.2"/>from the east country and from the west country,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. <crossref let="c" cid="c38008008.1"/>And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, <crossref let="d" cid="c38008008.2"/>in faithfulness and in righteousness.<q class="end-double" qid="38008008.1" from="38008002.1" to="38008008.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008009"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="9">Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: <crossref let="e" cid="c38008009.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38008009.1" from="38008009.1" to="38008013.1"/>Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of <crossref let="f" cid="c38008009.2"/>the prophets who were present on <crossref let="g" cid="c38008009.3"/>the day that the foundation of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">For before those days <crossref let="h" cid="c38008010.1"/>there was no wage for man or any wage for beast, neither was there any safety from the foe for him who went out or came in, for I set every man against his neighbor.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008012"/>
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+ <verse num="12"><crossref let="i" cid="c38008012.1"/>For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, <crossref let="j" cid="c38008012.2"/>and the heavens shall give their dew. <crossref let="k" cid="c38008012.3"/>And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">And as <crossref let="l" cid="c38008013.1"/>you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, <crossref let="m" cid="c38008013.2"/>so will I save you, and <crossref let="n" cid="c38008013.3"/>you shall be a blessing. <crossref let="o" cid="c38008013.4"/>Fear not, but <crossref let="e" cid="c38008013.5"/>let your hands be strong.<q class="end-double" qid="38008013.1" from="38008009.1" to="38008013.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008014"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="14">For thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: <crossref let="p" cid="c38008014.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38008014.1" from="38008014.1" to="38008017.1"/>As I purposed to bring disaster to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008015"/>
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+ <verse num="15">so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; <crossref let="o" cid="c38008015.1"/>fear not.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008016"/>
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+ <verse num="16">These are the things that you shall do: <crossref let="q" cid="c38008016.1"/>Speak the truth to one another; <crossref let="r" cid="c38008016.2"/>render in your gates judgments <crossref let="s" cid="c38008016.3"/>that are true and make for peace;</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008017"/>
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+ <verse num="17"><crossref let="t" cid="c38008017.1"/>do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and <crossref let="u" cid="c38008017.2"/>love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="38008017.1" from="38008014.1" to="38008017.1"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008018"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="18">And the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts came to me, saying,</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008019"/>
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+ <verse num="19"><q class="begin-double" qid="38008019.1" from="38008019.1" to="38008023.3"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: The fast of the <crossref let="v" cid="c38008019.1"/>fourth month and the fast of the <crossref let="w" cid="c38008019.2"/>fifth and the fast of the <crossref let="x" cid="c38008019.3"/>seventh and the fast of the <crossref let="y" cid="c38008019.4"/>tenth shall be to the house of Judah <crossref let="z" cid="c38008019.5"/>seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love <crossref let="a" cid="c38008019.6"/>truth and peace.</verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008020"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph/>
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+ <verse num="20"><q class="continue-double" qid="38008020.1" from="38008019.1" to="38008023.3"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008021"/>
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+ <verse num="21">The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, <crossref let="b" cid="c38008021.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="38008021.1" from="38008021.1" to="38008021.2"/>Let us go at once <crossref let="c" cid="c38008021.2"/>to entreat the favor of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and to seek the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts; I myself am going.<q class="end-single" qid="38008021.2" from="38008021.1" to="38008021.2"/></verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008022"/>
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+ <verse num="22"><crossref let="b" cid="c38008022.1"/>Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts in Jerusalem and <crossref let="c" cid="c38008022.2"/>to entreat the favor of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38008023"/>
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+ <verse num="23">Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts: In those days <crossref let="d" cid="c38008023.1"/>ten men <crossref let="e" cid="c38008023.2"/>from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="38008023.1" from="38008023.1" to="38008023.2"/>Let us go with you, for <crossref let="f" cid="c38008023.3"/>we have heard that God is with you.<q class="end-single" qid="38008023.2" from="38008023.1" to="38008023.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="38008023.3" from="38008019.1" to="38008023.3"/></verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ </chapter>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009001"/>
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+ <chapter num="9">
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+ <heading>Judgment on Israel&apos;s Enemies</heading>
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+ <begin-block-indent/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <verse num="1">
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+ <begin-line/>The oracle of the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is against the land of Hadrach<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="g" cid="c38009001.1"/>Damascus is its resting place.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has an eye on mankind<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and on all the tribes of Israel,<note nid="n38009001.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009002"/>
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+ <verse num="2">
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="h" cid="c38009002.1"/>and on Hamath also, which borders on it,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="i" cid="c38009002.2"/>Tyre and <crossref let="i" cid="c38009002.3"/>Sidon, though <crossref let="j" cid="c38009002.4"/>they are very wise.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009003"/>
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+ <verse num="3">
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+ <begin-line/>Tyre has built herself <crossref let="k" cid="c38009003.1"/>a rampart<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="l" cid="c38009003.2"/>heaped up silver like dust,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and fine gold like the mud of the streets.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009004"/>
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+ <verse num="4">
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+ <begin-line/>But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and strike down <crossref let="m" cid="c38009004.1"/>her power on the sea,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="n" cid="c38009004.2"/>she shall be devoured by fire.<end-line/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009005"/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <verse num="5">
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="o" cid="c38009005.1"/>Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>The king shall perish from Gaza;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009006"/>
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+ <verse num="6">
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="p" cid="c38009006.1"/>a mixed people<note nid="n38009006.1"/> shall dwell in Ashdod,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009007"/>
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+ <verse num="7">
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+ <begin-line/>I will take away <crossref let="q" cid="c38009007.1"/>its blood from its mouth,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="r" cid="c38009007.2"/>its abominations from between its teeth;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="s" cid="c38009007.3"/>it too shall be a remnant for our God;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>it shall be like <crossref let="t" cid="c38009007.4"/>a clan in Judah,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009008"/>
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+ <verse num="8">
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+ <begin-line/>Then <crossref let="u" cid="c38009008.1"/>I will encamp at my house as a guard,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="v" cid="c38009008.2"/>so that none shall march to and fro;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="w" cid="c38009008.3"/>no oppressor shall again march over them,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="x" cid="c38009008.4"/>for now I see with my own eyes.<end-line/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <end-block-indent/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009009"/>
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+ <heading>The Coming King of Zion</heading>
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+ <begin-block-indent/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <verse num="9">
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="y" cid="c38009009.1"/>Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="z" cid="c38009009.2"/>Behold, <crossref let="a" cid="c38009009.3"/>your king is coming to you;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>righteous and having salvation is he,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="b" cid="c38009009.4"/>humble and mounted on a donkey,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>on a colt, the foal of a donkey.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009010"/>
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+ <verse num="10">
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="c" cid="c38009010.1"/>I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="d" cid="c38009010.2"/>the war horse from Jerusalem;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>and the battle bow shall be cut off,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="e" cid="c38009010.3"/>he shall speak peace to the nations;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="f" cid="c38009010.4"/>his rule shall be from sea to sea,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and from <crossref let="g" cid="c38009010.5"/>the River<note nid="n38009010.1"/> to the ends of the earth.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009011"/>
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+ <verse num="11">
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+ <begin-line/>As for you also, because of <crossref let="h" cid="c38009011.1"/>the blood of my covenant with you,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="i" cid="c38009011.2"/>I will set your prisoners free from <crossref let="j" cid="c38009011.3"/>the waterless pit.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009012"/>
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+ <verse num="12">
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+ <begin-line/>Return to your stronghold, O <crossref let="k" cid="c38009012.1"/>prisoners of hope;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>today I declare that <crossref let="l" cid="c38009012.2"/>I will restore to you double.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009013"/>
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+ <verse num="13">
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+ <begin-line/>For <crossref let="m" cid="c38009013.1"/>I have bent Judah as my bow;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>I have made Ephraim its arrow.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>I will stir up your sons, O Zion,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>against your sons, <crossref let="n" cid="c38009013.2"/>O Greece,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and wield you like a warrior&apos;s sword.<end-line/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <end-paragraph/>
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+ <end-block-indent/>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009014"/>
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+ <heading>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Will Save His People</heading>
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+ <begin-block-indent/>
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+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
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+ <verse num="14">
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+ <begin-line/>Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will appear over them,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="o" cid="c38009014.1"/>his arrow will go forth like lightning;<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/><crossref let="p" cid="c38009014.2"/>the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span> will sound the trumpet<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and will march forth in <crossref let="q" cid="c38009014.3"/>the whirlwinds <crossref let="r" cid="c38009014.4"/>of the south.<end-line class="br"/>
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+ </verse>
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+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009015"/>
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+ <verse num="15">
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+ <begin-line/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts <crossref let="s" cid="c38009015.1"/>will protect them,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="t" cid="c38009015.2"/>they shall devour, <crossref let="u" cid="c38009015.3"/>and tread down the sling stones,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line/>and <crossref let="v" cid="c38009015.4"/>they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and be full like a bowl,<end-line class="br"/>
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+ <begin-line class="indent"/>drenched <crossref let="w" cid="c38009015.5"/>like the corners of the altar.<end-line/>
444
+ </verse>
445
+ <end-paragraph/>
446
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009016"/>
447
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
448
+ <verse num="16">
449
+ <begin-line/>On that day the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> their God will save them,<end-line class="br"/>
450
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>as <crossref let="x" cid="c38009016.1"/>the flock of his people;<end-line class="br"/>
451
+ <begin-line/>for <crossref let="y" cid="c38009016.2"/>like the jewels of a crown<end-line class="br"/>
452
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>they shall shine on his land.<end-line class="br"/>
453
+ </verse>
454
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38009017"/>
455
+ <verse num="17">
456
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="z" cid="c38009017.1"/>For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!<end-line class="br"/>
457
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="a" cid="c38009017.2"/>Grain shall make the young men flourish,<end-line class="br"/>
458
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and new wine the young women.<end-line/>
459
+ </verse>
460
+ <end-paragraph/>
461
+ <end-block-indent/>
462
+ </chapter>
463
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010001"/>
464
+ <chapter num="10">
465
+ <heading>The Restoration for Judah and Israel</heading>
466
+ <begin-block-indent/>
467
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
468
+ <verse num="1">
469
+ <begin-line/>Ask rain <crossref let="b" cid="c38010001.1"/>from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span><end-line class="br"/>
470
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>in the season of <crossref let="c" cid="c38010001.2"/>the spring rain,<end-line class="br"/>
471
+ <begin-line/>from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="d" cid="c38010001.3"/>who makes the storm clouds,<end-line class="br"/>
472
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="e" cid="c38010001.4"/>he will give them showers of rain,<end-line class="br"/>
473
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>to everyone the vegetation in the field.<end-line class="br"/>
474
+ </verse>
475
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010002"/>
476
+ <verse num="2">
477
+ <begin-line/>For <crossref let="f" cid="c38010002.1"/>the household gods <crossref let="g" cid="c38010002.2"/>utter nonsense,<end-line class="br"/>
478
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and the diviners see lies;<end-line class="br"/>
479
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="h" cid="c38010002.3"/>they tell false dreams<end-line class="br"/>
480
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and give empty consolation.<end-line class="br"/>
481
+ <begin-line/>Therefore <crossref let="i" cid="c38010002.4"/>the people wander like sheep;<end-line class="br"/>
482
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.<end-line/>
483
+ </verse>
484
+ <end-paragraph/>
485
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010003"/>
486
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
487
+ <verse num="3">
488
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="j" cid="c38010003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38010003.1" from="38010003.1" to="38010012.1"/>My anger is hot against the shepherds,<end-line class="br"/>
489
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="k" cid="c38010003.2"/>I will punish the leaders;<note nid="n38010003.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
490
+ <begin-line/>for <crossref let="l" cid="c38010003.3"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,<end-line class="br"/>
491
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.<end-line class="br"/>
492
+ </verse>
493
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010004"/>
494
+ <verse num="4">
495
+ <begin-line/>From him shall come <crossref let="m" cid="c38010004.1"/>the cornerstone,<end-line class="br"/>
496
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>from him <crossref let="n" cid="c38010004.2"/>the tent peg,<end-line class="br"/>
497
+ <begin-line/>from him the battle bow,<end-line class="br"/>
498
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>from him every ruler&emdash;<crossref let="o" cid="c38010004.3"/>all of them together.<end-line class="br"/>
499
+ </verse>
500
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010005"/>
501
+ <verse num="5">
502
+ <begin-line/>They shall be like mighty men in battle,<end-line class="br"/>
503
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="p" cid="c38010005.1"/>trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;<end-line class="br"/>
504
+ <begin-line/>they shall fight because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is with them,<end-line class="br"/>
505
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and they shall put to shame <crossref let="q" cid="c38010005.2"/>the riders on horses.<end-line/>
506
+ </verse>
507
+ <end-paragraph/>
508
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010006"/>
509
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
510
+ <verse num="6">
511
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="r" cid="c38010006.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="38010006.1" from="38010003.1" to="38010012.1"/>I will strengthen the house of Judah,<end-line class="br"/>
512
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="s" cid="c38010006.2"/>I will save the house of Joseph.<end-line class="br"/>
513
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="t" cid="c38010006.3"/>I will bring them back <crossref let="u" cid="c38010006.4"/>because I have compassion on them,<end-line class="br"/>
514
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,<end-line class="br"/>
515
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>for <crossref let="v" cid="c38010006.5"/>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> their God and I will answer them.<end-line class="br"/>
516
+ </verse>
517
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010007"/>
518
+ <verse num="7">
519
+ <begin-line/>Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,<end-line class="br"/>
520
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="w" cid="c38010007.1"/>their hearts shall be glad as with wine.<end-line class="br"/>
521
+ <begin-line/>Their children shall see it and be glad;<end-line class="br"/>
522
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>their hearts shall rejoice in the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<end-line/>
523
+ </verse>
524
+ <end-paragraph/>
525
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010008"/>
526
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
527
+ <verse num="8">
528
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="x" cid="c38010008.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="38010008.1" from="38010003.1" to="38010012.1"/>I will whistle for them and <crossref let="y" cid="c38010008.2"/>gather them in,<end-line class="br"/>
529
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>for I have redeemed them,<end-line class="br"/>
530
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="z" cid="c38010008.3"/>they shall be as many as they were before.<end-line class="br"/>
531
+ </verse>
532
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010009"/>
533
+ <verse num="9">
534
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="a" cid="c38010009.1"/>Though I scattered them among the nations,<end-line class="br"/>
535
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>yet in far countries <crossref let="b" cid="c38010009.2"/>they shall remember me,<end-line class="br"/>
536
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and with their children they shall live and return.<end-line class="br"/>
537
+ </verse>
538
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010010"/>
539
+ <verse num="10">
540
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="c" cid="c38010010.1"/>I will bring them home from the land of Egypt,<end-line class="br"/>
541
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and gather them from Assyria,<end-line class="br"/>
542
+ <begin-line/>and <crossref let="d" cid="c38010010.2"/>I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon,<end-line class="br"/>
543
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="e" cid="c38010010.3"/>till there is no room for them.<end-line class="br"/>
544
+ </verse>
545
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010011"/>
546
+ <verse num="11">
547
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="f" cid="c38010011.1"/>He shall pass through the sea of troubles<end-line class="br"/>
548
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and strike down the waves of the sea,<end-line class="br"/>
549
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="g" cid="c38010011.2"/>and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up.<end-line class="br"/>
550
+ <begin-line/>The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,<end-line class="br"/>
551
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="h" cid="c38010011.3"/>the scepter of Egypt shall depart.<end-line class="br"/>
552
+ </verse>
553
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38010012"/>
554
+ <verse num="12">
555
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="i" cid="c38010012.1"/>I will make them strong in the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,<end-line class="br"/>
556
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="j" cid="c38010012.2"/>they shall walk in his name,<q class="end-double" qid="38010012.1" from="38010003.1" to="38010012.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
557
+ <begin-line class="declares"/>declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<end-line/>
558
+ </verse>
559
+ <end-paragraph/>
560
+ <end-block-indent/>
561
+ </chapter>
562
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011001"/>
563
+ <chapter num="11">
564
+ <heading>The Flock Doomed to Slaughter</heading>
565
+ <begin-block-indent/>
566
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
567
+ <verse num="1">
568
+ <begin-line/>Open your doors, <crossref let="k" cid="c38011001.1"/>O Lebanon,<end-line class="br"/>
569
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>that the fire may devour your cedars!<end-line class="br"/>
570
+ </verse>
571
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011002"/>
572
+ <verse num="2">
573
+ <begin-line/>Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,<end-line class="br"/>
574
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>for the glorious trees are ruined!<end-line class="br"/>
575
+ <begin-line/>Wail, <crossref let="k" cid="c38011002.1"/>oaks of Bashan,<end-line class="br"/>
576
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>for the thick forest has been felled!<end-line class="br"/>
577
+ </verse>
578
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011003"/>
579
+ <verse num="3">
580
+ <begin-line/>The sound of <crossref let="l" cid="c38011003.1"/>the wail of <crossref let="l" cid="c38011003.2"/>the shepherds,<end-line class="br"/>
581
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>for their glory is ruined!<end-line class="br"/>
582
+ <begin-line/>The sound of the roar of <crossref let="m" cid="c38011003.3"/>the lions,<end-line class="br"/>
583
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="n" cid="c38011003.4"/>for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!<end-line/>
584
+ </verse>
585
+ <end-paragraph/>
586
+ <end-block-indent/>
587
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011004"/>
588
+ <begin-paragraph/>
589
+ <verse num="4">Thus said the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God: <crossref let="o" cid="c38011004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38011004.1" from="38011004.1" to="38011006.1"/>Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter.</verse>
590
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011005"/>
591
+ <verse num="5"><crossref let="p" cid="c38011005.1"/>Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, <q class="begin-single" qid="38011005.1" from="38011005.1" to="38011005.2"/>Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="q" cid="c38011005.2"/>I have become rich,<q class="end-single" qid="38011005.2" from="38011005.1" to="38011005.2"/> and their own shepherds have no pity on them.</verse>
592
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011006"/>
593
+ <verse num="6">For <crossref let="r" cid="c38011006.1"/>I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. Behold, I will cause each of them to fall into the hand of his neighbor, and each into the hand of his king, and they shall crush the land, and I will deliver none from their hand.<q class="end-double" qid="38011006.1" from="38011004.1" to="38011006.1"/></verse>
594
+ <end-paragraph/>
595
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011007"/>
596
+ <begin-paragraph/>
597
+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="s" cid="c38011007.1"/>So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named <crossref let="u" cid="c38011007.2"/>Favor, the other I named <crossref let="v" cid="c38011007.3"/>Union. <crossref let="s" cid="c38011007.4"/>And I tended the sheep.</verse>
598
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011008"/>
599
+ <verse num="8">In one month <crossref let="w" cid="c38011008.1"/>I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.</verse>
600
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011009"/>
601
+ <verse num="9">So I said, <q class="begin-double" qid="38011009.1" from="38011009.1" to="38011009.2"/>I will not be your shepherd. <crossref let="x" cid="c38011009.1"/>What is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who are left devour the flesh of one another.<q class="end-double" qid="38011009.2" from="38011009.1" to="38011009.2"/></verse>
602
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011010"/>
603
+ <verse num="10">And I took <crossref let="y" cid="c38011010.1"/>my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.</verse>
604
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011011"/>
605
+ <verse num="11">So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
606
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011012"/>
607
+ <verse num="12">Then I said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="38011012.1" from="38011012.1" to="38011012.2"/>If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.<q class="end-double" qid="38011012.2" from="38011012.1" to="38011012.2"/> And they weighed out as my wages <crossref let="z" cid="c38011012.1"/>thirty pieces of silver.</verse>
608
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011013"/>
609
+ <verse num="13">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38011013.1" from="38011013.1" to="38011013.2"/>Throw it to the potter<q class="end-double" qid="38011013.2" from="38011013.1" to="38011013.2"/>&emdash;<crossref let="a" cid="c38011013.1"/>the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the <crossref let="z" cid="c38011013.2"/>thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to the potter.</verse>
610
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011014"/>
611
+ <verse num="14">Then I broke <crossref let="b" cid="c38011014.1"/>my second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.</verse>
612
+ <end-paragraph/>
613
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011015"/>
614
+ <begin-paragraph/>
615
+ <verse num="15">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to me, <q class="begin-double" qid="38011015.1" from="38011015.1" to="38011017.2"/>Take once more the equipment of <crossref let="c" cid="c38011015.1"/>a foolish shepherd.</verse>
616
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011016"/>
617
+ <verse num="16">For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd <crossref let="d" cid="c38011016.1"/>who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but <crossref let="e" cid="c38011016.2"/>devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.</verse>
618
+ <end-paragraph/>
619
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38011017"/>
620
+ <begin-block-indent/>
621
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
622
+ <verse num="17">
623
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="f" cid="c38011017.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="38011017.1" from="38011015.1" to="38011017.2"/>Woe to my worthless shepherd,<end-line class="br"/>
624
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="g" cid="c38011017.2"/>who deserts the flock!<end-line class="br"/>
625
+ <begin-line/>May the sword strike his arm<end-line class="br"/>
626
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="h" cid="c38011017.3"/>his right eye!<end-line class="br"/>
627
+ <begin-line/>Let his arm be wholly withered,<end-line class="br"/>
628
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>his right eye utterly blinded!<q class="end-double" qid="38011017.2" from="38011015.1" to="38011017.2"/><end-line/>
629
+ </verse>
630
+ <end-paragraph/>
631
+ <end-block-indent/>
632
+ </chapter>
633
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012001"/>
634
+ <chapter num="12">
635
+ <heading>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Will Give Salvation</heading>
636
+ <begin-paragraph/>
637
+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="i" cid="c38012001.1"/>The oracle of the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> concerning Israel: Thus declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="j" cid="c38012001.2"/>who stretched out the heavens and <crossref let="k" cid="c38012001.3"/>founded the earth and <crossref let="j" cid="c38012001.4"/>formed the spirit of man within him:</verse>
638
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012002"/>
639
+ <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="38012002.1" from="38012002.1" to="38013007.2"/>Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem <crossref let="l" cid="c38012002.1"/>a cup of staggering to <crossref let="m" cid="c38012002.2"/>all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem <crossref let="n" cid="c38012002.3"/>will also be against Judah.</verse>
640
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012003"/>
641
+ <verse num="3"><crossref let="o" cid="c38012003.1"/>On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. <crossref let="p" cid="c38012003.2"/>All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And <crossref let="m" cid="c38012003.3"/>all the nations of the earth will gather against it.</verse>
642
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012004"/>
643
+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="o" cid="c38012004.1"/>On that day, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="q" cid="c38012004.2"/>I will strike every horse <crossref let="r" cid="c38012004.3"/>with panic, and its rider <crossref let="r" cid="c38012004.4"/>with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples <crossref let="r" cid="c38012004.5"/>with blindness.</verse>
644
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012005"/>
645
+ <verse num="5">Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, <q class="begin-single" qid="38012005.1" from="38012005.1" to="38012005.2"/>The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, their God.<q class="end-single" qid="38012005.2" from="38012005.1" to="38012005.2"/></verse>
646
+ <end-paragraph/>
647
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012006"/>
648
+ <begin-paragraph/>
649
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="o" cid="c38012006.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="38012006.1" from="38012002.1" to="38013007.2"/>On that day I will make the clans of Judah <crossref let="s" cid="c38012006.2"/>like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And <crossref let="t" cid="c38012006.3"/>they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while <crossref let="u" cid="c38012006.4"/>Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.</verse>
650
+ <end-paragraph/>
651
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012007"/>
652
+ <begin-paragraph/>
653
+ <verse num="7"><q class="continue-double" qid="38012007.1" from="38012002.1" to="38013007.2"/>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah.</verse>
654
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012008"/>
655
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="o" cid="c38012008.1"/>On that day <crossref let="v" cid="c38012008.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that <crossref let="w" cid="c38012008.3"/>the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, <crossref let="x" cid="c38012008.4"/>like the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, going before them.</verse>
656
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012009"/>
657
+ <verse num="9"><crossref let="o" cid="c38012009.1"/>And on that day <crossref let="y" cid="c38012009.2"/>I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.</verse>
658
+ <end-paragraph/>
659
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012010"/>
660
+ <heading>Him Whom They Have Pierced</heading>
661
+ <begin-paragraph/>
662
+ <verse num="10"><q class="continue-double" qid="38012010.1" from="38012002.1" to="38013007.2"/>And <crossref let="z" cid="c38012010.1"/>I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and <crossref let="z" cid="c38012010.2"/>pleas for mercy, so that, <crossref let="a" cid="c38012010.3"/>when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, <crossref let="b" cid="c38012010.4"/>they shall mourn for him, <crossref let="c" cid="c38012010.5"/>as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.</verse>
663
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012011"/>
664
+ <verse num="11"><crossref let="o" cid="c38012011.1"/>On that day <crossref let="d" cid="c38012011.2"/>the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great <crossref let="e" cid="c38012011.3"/>as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.</verse>
665
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012012"/>
666
+ <verse num="12">The land shall mourn, <crossref let="f" cid="c38012012.1"/>each family<note nid="n38012012.1"/> by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of <crossref let="g" cid="c38012012.2"/>Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;</verse>
667
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012013"/>
668
+ <verse num="13">the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of <crossref let="h" cid="c38012013.1"/>the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves;</verse>
669
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38012014"/>
670
+ <verse num="14">and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.</verse>
671
+ <end-paragraph/>
672
+ </chapter>
673
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38013001"/>
674
+ <chapter num="13">
675
+ <begin-paragraph/>
676
+ <verse num="1"><crossref let="i" cid="c38013001.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="38013001.1" from="38012002.1" to="38013007.2"/>On that day there shall be <crossref let="j" cid="c38013001.2"/>a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.</verse>
677
+ <end-paragraph/>
678
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38013002"/>
679
+ <heading>Idolatry Cut Off</heading>
680
+ <begin-paragraph/>
681
+ <verse num="2"><q class="continue-double" qid="38013002.1" from="38012002.1" to="38013007.2"/>And <crossref let="i" cid="c38013002.1"/>on that day, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, <crossref let="k" cid="c38013002.2"/>I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that <crossref let="l" cid="c38013002.3"/>they shall be remembered no more. And also <crossref let="m" cid="c38013002.4"/>I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.</verse>
682
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38013003"/>
683
+ <verse num="3">And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, <crossref let="n" cid="c38013003.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="38013003.1" from="38013003.1" to="38013003.2"/>You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-single" qid="38013003.2" from="38013003.1" to="38013003.2"/> And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.</verse>
684
+ <end-paragraph/>
685
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38013004"/>
686
+ <begin-paragraph/>
687
+ <verse num="4"><q class="continue-double" qid="38013004.1" from="38012002.1" to="38013007.2"/>On that day <crossref let="o" cid="c38013004.1"/>every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,</verse>
688
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38013005"/>
689
+ <verse num="5">but he will say, <crossref let="p" cid="c38013005.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="38013005.1" from="38013005.1" to="38013005.2"/>I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.<q class="end-single" qid="38013005.2" from="38013005.1" to="38013005.2"/><note nid="n38013005.1"/></verse>
690
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38013006"/>
691
+ <verse num="6">And if one asks him, <q class="begin-single" qid="38013006.1" from="38013006.1" to="38013006.2"/>What are these wounds on your back?<q class="end-single" qid="38013006.2" from="38013006.1" to="38013006.2"/><note nid="n38013006.1"/> he will say, <q class="begin-single" qid="38013006.3" from="38013006.3" to="38013006.4"/>The wounds I received in the house of my friends.<q class="end-single" qid="38013006.4" from="38013006.3" to="38013006.4"/></verse>
692
+ <end-paragraph/>
693
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38013007"/>
694
+ <heading>The Shepherd Struck</heading>
695
+ <begin-block-indent/>
696
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
697
+ <verse num="7">
698
+ <begin-line/><q class="continue-double" qid="38013007.1" from="38012002.1" to="38013007.2"/>Awake, O sword, against <crossref let="q" cid="c38013007.1"/>my shepherd,<end-line class="br"/>
699
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>against the man who stands next to me,<q class="end-double" qid="38013007.2" from="38012002.1" to="38013007.2"/><end-line class="br"/>
700
+ <begin-line class="declares"/>declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts.<end-line/>
701
+ <end-paragraph/>
702
+ <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
703
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="r" cid="c38013007.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38013007.3" from="38013007.3" to="38013009.5"/>Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;<end-line class="br"/>
704
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>I will turn my hand against the little ones.<end-line class="br"/>
705
+ </verse>
706
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38013008"/>
707
+ <verse num="8">
708
+ <begin-line/>In the whole land, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,<end-line class="br"/>
709
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>two thirds shall be cut off and perish,<end-line class="br"/>
710
+ <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="s" cid="c38013008.1"/>and one third shall be left alive.<end-line class="br"/>
711
+ </verse>
712
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38013009"/>
713
+ <verse num="9">
714
+ <begin-line/>And <crossref let="t" cid="c38013009.1"/>I will put this third into the fire,<end-line class="br"/>
715
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and refine them as one refines silver,<end-line class="br"/>
716
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and test them as gold is tested.<end-line class="br"/>
717
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="u" cid="c38013009.2"/>They will call upon my name,<end-line class="br"/>
718
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="v" cid="c38013009.3"/>I will answer them.<end-line class="br"/>
719
+ <begin-line/><crossref let="w" cid="c38013009.4"/>I will say, <q class="begin-single" qid="38013009.1" from="38013009.1" to="38013009.2"/>They are my people<q class="end-single" qid="38013009.2" from="38013009.1" to="38013009.2"/>;<end-line class="br"/>
720
+ <begin-line class="indent"/>and they will say, <q class="begin-single" qid="38013009.3" from="38013009.3" to="38013009.4"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is my God.<q class="end-single" qid="38013009.4" from="38013009.3" to="38013009.4"/><q class="end-double" qid="38013009.5" from="38013007.3" to="38013009.5"/><end-line/>
721
+ </verse>
722
+ <end-paragraph/>
723
+ <end-block-indent/>
724
+ </chapter>
725
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014001"/>
726
+ <chapter num="14">
727
+ <heading>The Coming Day of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></heading>
728
+ <begin-paragraph/>
729
+ <verse num="1">Behold, <crossref let="x" cid="c38014001.1"/>a day is coming for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst.</verse>
730
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014002"/>
731
+ <verse num="2">For <crossref let="y" cid="c38014002.1"/>I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and <crossref let="z" cid="c38014002.2"/>the city shall be taken <crossref let="a" cid="c38014002.3"/>and the houses plundered <crossref let="b" cid="c38014002.4"/>and the women raped. <crossref let="c" cid="c38014002.5"/>Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.</verse>
732
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014003"/>
733
+ <verse num="3"><crossref let="d" cid="c38014003.1"/>Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.</verse>
734
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014004"/>
735
+ <verse num="4"><crossref let="e" cid="c38014004.1"/>On that day his feet shall stand <crossref let="f" cid="c38014004.2"/>on <crossref let="g" cid="c38014004.3"/>the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and <crossref let="g" cid="c38014004.4"/>the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by <crossref let="h" cid="c38014004.5"/>a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward.</verse>
736
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014005"/>
737
+ <verse num="5">And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from <crossref let="i" cid="c38014005.1"/>the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.<note nid="n38014005.1"/></verse>
738
+ <end-paragraph/>
739
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014006"/>
740
+ <begin-paragraph/>
741
+ <verse num="6"><crossref let="e" cid="c38014006.1"/>On that day <crossref let="j" cid="c38014006.2"/>there shall be <crossref let="j" cid="c38014006.3"/>no light, cold, or frost.<note nid="n38014006.1"/></verse>
742
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014007"/>
743
+ <verse num="7"><crossref let="k" cid="c38014007.1"/>And there shall be a unique<note nid="n38014007.1"/> day, <crossref let="l" cid="c38014007.2"/>which is known to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, neither day nor night, but <crossref let="m" cid="c38014007.3"/>at evening time there shall be light.</verse>
744
+ <end-paragraph/>
745
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014008"/>
746
+ <begin-paragraph/>
747
+ <verse num="8"><crossref let="e" cid="c38014008.1"/>On that day <crossref let="n" cid="c38014008.2"/>living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to <crossref let="o" cid="c38014008.3"/>the eastern sea<note nid="n38014008.1"/> and half of them to <crossref let="o" cid="c38014008.4"/>the western sea.<note nid="n38014008.2"/> <crossref let="p" cid="c38014008.5"/>It shall continue in summer as in winter.</verse>
748
+ <end-paragraph/>
749
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014009"/>
750
+ <begin-paragraph/>
751
+ <verse num="9">And <crossref let="q" cid="c38014009.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will be king over all the earth. <crossref let="r" cid="c38014009.2"/>On that day the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will be <crossref let="s" cid="c38014009.3"/>one and <crossref let="t" cid="c38014009.4"/>his name one.</verse>
752
+ <end-paragraph/>
753
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014010"/>
754
+ <begin-paragraph/>
755
+ <verse num="10"><crossref let="u" cid="c38014010.1"/>The whole land shall be turned into a plain from <crossref let="v" cid="c38014010.2"/>Geba to <crossref let="w" cid="c38014010.3"/>Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But <crossref let="x" cid="c38014010.4"/>Jerusalem shall remain aloft <crossref let="y" cid="c38014010.5"/>on its site from <crossref let="z" cid="c38014010.6"/>the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to <crossref let="a" cid="c38014010.7"/>the Corner Gate, and from <crossref let="b" cid="c38014010.8"/>the Tower of Hananel to the king&apos;s winepresses.</verse>
756
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014011"/>
757
+ <verse num="11">And it shall be inhabited, for <crossref let="c" cid="c38014011.1"/>there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction.<note nid="n38014011.1"/> <crossref let="d" cid="c38014011.2"/>Jerusalem shall dwell in security.</verse>
758
+ <end-paragraph/>
759
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014012"/>
760
+ <begin-paragraph/>
761
+ <verse num="12">And this shall be <crossref let="e" cid="c38014012.1"/>the plague with which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.</verse>
762
+ <end-paragraph/>
763
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014013"/>
764
+ <begin-paragraph/>
765
+ <verse num="13">And <crossref let="f" cid="c38014013.1"/>on that day a great panic from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> shall fall on them, so that <crossref let="g" cid="c38014013.2"/>each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other.</verse>
766
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014014"/>
767
+ <verse num="14">Even <crossref let="h" cid="c38014014.1"/>Judah will fight at Jerusalem.<note nid="n38014014.1"/> And <crossref let="i" cid="c38014014.2"/>the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance.</verse>
768
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014015"/>
769
+ <verse num="15">And <crossref let="j" cid="c38014015.1"/>a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.</verse>
770
+ <end-paragraph/>
771
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014016"/>
772
+ <begin-paragraph/>
773
+ <verse num="16">Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem <crossref let="k" cid="c38014016.1"/>shall go up year after year to worship <crossref let="l" cid="c38014016.2"/>the King, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, and <crossref let="m" cid="c38014016.3"/>to keep <crossref let="n" cid="c38014016.4"/>the Feast of Booths.</verse>
774
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014017"/>
775
+ <verse num="17">And if <crossref let="o" cid="c38014017.1"/>any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship <crossref let="l" cid="c38014017.2"/>the King, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, <crossref let="p" cid="c38014017.3"/>there will be no rain on them.</verse>
776
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014018"/>
777
+ <verse num="18">And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;<note nid="n38014018.1"/> there shall be <crossref let="j" cid="c38014018.1"/>the plague with which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> afflicts the nations that do not go up <crossref let="m" cid="c38014018.2"/>to keep the Feast of Booths.</verse>
778
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014019"/>
779
+ <verse num="19">This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up <crossref let="m" cid="c38014019.1"/>to keep the Feast of Booths.</verse>
780
+ <end-paragraph/>
781
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014020"/>
782
+ <begin-paragraph/>
783
+ <verse num="20">And <crossref let="q" cid="c38014020.1"/>on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, <crossref let="r" cid="c38014020.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="38014020.1" from="38014020.1" to="38014020.2"/>Holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="38014020.2" from="38014020.1" to="38014020.2"/> And the pots in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> shall be as the bowls before the altar.</verse>
784
+ <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v38014021"/>
785
+ <verse num="21">And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be <crossref let="r" cid="c38014021.1"/>holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And <crossref let="s" cid="c38014021.2"/>there shall no longer be <crossref let="t" cid="c38014021.3"/>a trader<note nid="n38014021.1"/> in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts <crossref let="q" cid="c38014021.4"/>on that day.</verse>
786
+ <end-paragraph/>
787
+ </chapter>
788
+ </book>
789
+ </crossway-bible>