Zechariah 1:1; Zechariah 1:2; Zechariah 1:3; Zechariah 1:4; Zechariah 1:6; Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 1:10; Zechariah 1:11; Zechariah 1:12; Zechariah 1:13; Zechariah 1:14; Zechariah 1:16; Zechariah 1:17; Zechariah 1:20; Zechariah 2:5; Zechariah 2:6; Zechariah 2:8; Zechariah 2:9; Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 2:12; Zechariah 2:13; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 3:2; Zechariah 3:5; Zechariah 3:6; Zechariah 3:7; Zechariah 3:9; Zechariah 3:10; Zechariah 4:6; Zechariah 4:8; Zechariah 4:9; Zechariah 4:10; Zechariah 5:4; Zechariah 6:9; Zechariah 6:12; Zechariah 6:13; Zechariah 6:15; Zechariah 7:1; Zechariah 7:3; Zechariah 7:4; Zechariah 7:7; Zechariah 7:8; Zechariah 7:9; Zechariah 7:12; Zechariah 7:13; Zechariah 8:1; Zechariah 8:2; Zechariah 8:3; Zechariah 8:4; Zechariah 8:6; Zechariah 8:7; Zechariah 8:9; Zechariah 8:11; Zechariah 8:14; Zechariah 8:18; Zechariah 8:19; Zechariah 8:20; Zechariah 8:21; Zechariah 8:22; Zechariah 8:23; Zechariah 9:1; Zechariah 9:14; Zechariah 9:15; Zechariah 9:16; Zechariah 10:1; Zechariah 10:3; Zechariah 10:5; Zechariah 10:6; Zechariah 10:12; Zechariah 11:4; Zechariah 11:5; Zechariah 11:6; Zechariah 11:13; Zechariah 11:15; Zechariah 12:1; Zechariah 12:4; Zechariah 12:5; Zechariah 12:7; Zechariah 12:8; Zechariah 13:2; Zechariah 13:3; Zechariah 13:7; Zechariah 13:8; Zechariah 13:9; Zechariah 14:1; Zechariah 14:3; Zechariah 14:5; Zechariah 14:7; Zechariah 14:9; Zechariah 14:12; Zechariah 14:13; Zechariah 14:16; Zechariah 14:17; Zechariah 14:18; Zechariah 14:20; Zechariah 14:21

Zechariah 1:1

1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo:

Zechariah 1:2

2 “The LORD was very angry with your ancestors.

Zechariah 1:3

3 Therefore tell the people: This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares the LORD Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the LORD Almighty.

Zechariah 1:4

4 Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.’ But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the LORD.

Zechariah 1:6

6 But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors? “Then they repented and said, ‘The LORD Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do.’ ”

Zechariah 1:7

7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo.

Zechariah 1:10

10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to go throughout the earth.”

Zechariah 1:11

11 And they reported to the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace.”

Zechariah 1:12

12 Then the angel of the LORD said, “LORD Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?”

Zechariah 1:13

13 So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.

Zechariah 1:14

14 Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,

Zechariah 1:16

16 “Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the LORD Almighty.

Zechariah 1:17

17 “Proclaim further: This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’ ”

Zechariah 1:20

20 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.

Zechariah 2:5

5 And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will be its glory within.’

Zechariah 2:6

6 “Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

Zechariah 2:8

8 For this is what the LORD Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—

Zechariah 2:9

9 I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me.

Zechariah 2:11

11 “Many nations will be joined with the LORD in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you.

Zechariah 2:12

12 The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.

Zechariah 2:13

13 Be still before the LORD, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”

Zechariah 3:1

1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.

Zechariah 3:2

2 The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

Zechariah 3:5

5 Then I said, “Put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the LORD stood by.

Zechariah 3:6

6 The angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:

Zechariah 3:7

7 “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.

Zechariah 3:9

9 See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the LORD Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.

Zechariah 3:10

10 “ ‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit under your vine and fig tree,’ declares the LORD Almighty.”

Zechariah 4:6

6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.

Zechariah 4:8

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Zechariah 4:9

9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you.

Zechariah 4:10

10 “Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the LORD that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?”

Zechariah 5:4

4 The LORD Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.’ ”

Zechariah 6:9

9 The word of the LORD came to me:

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12 Tell him this is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the LORD.

Zechariah 6:13

13 It is he who will build the temple of the LORD, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.’

Zechariah 6:15

15 Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the LORD your God.”

Zechariah 7:1

1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev.

Zechariah 7:3

3 by asking the priests of the house of the LORD Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

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4 Then the word of the LORD Almighty came to me:

Zechariah 7:7

7 Are these not the words the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills were settled?’ ”

Zechariah 7:8

8 And the word of the LORD came again to Zechariah:

Zechariah 7:9

9 “This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.

Zechariah 7:12

12 They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the LORD Almighty was very angry.

Zechariah 7:13

13 “ ‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the LORD Almighty.

Zechariah 8:1

1 The word of the LORD Almighty came to me.

Zechariah 8:2

2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.”

Zechariah 8:3

3 This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, and the mountain of the LORD Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.”

Zechariah 8:4

4 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each of them with cane in hand because of their age.

Zechariah 8:6

6 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “It may seem marvelous to the remnant of this people at that time, but will it seem marvelous to me?” declares the LORD Almighty.

Zechariah 8:7

7 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west.

Zechariah 8:9

9 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Now hear these words, ‘Let your hands be strong so that the temple may be built.’ This is also what the prophets said who were present when the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD Almighty.

Zechariah 8:11

11 But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD Almighty.

Zechariah 8:14

14 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Just as I had determined to bring disaster on you and showed no pity when your ancestors angered me,” says the LORD Almighty,

Zechariah 8:18

18 The word of the LORD Almighty came to me.

Zechariah 8:19

19 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.”

Zechariah 8:20

20 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come,

Zechariah 8:21

21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the LORD and seek the LORD Almighty. I myself am going.’

Zechariah 8:22

22 And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and to entreat him.”

Zechariah 8:23

23 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’ ”

Zechariah 9:1

1 The word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrak and will come to rest on Damascus— for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel are on the LORD—

Zechariah 9:14

14 Then the LORD will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south,

Zechariah 9:15

15 and the LORD Almighty will shield them. They will destroy and overcome with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be full like a bowl used for sprinkling the corners of the altar.

Zechariah 9:16

16 The LORD their God will save his people on that day as a shepherd saves his flock. They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown.

Zechariah 10:1

1 Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.

Zechariah 10:3

3 “My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the LORD Almighty will care for his flock, the people of Judah, and make them like a proud horse in battle.

Zechariah 10:5

5 Together they will be like warriors in battle trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.

Zechariah 10:6

6 “I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.

Zechariah 10:12

12 I will strengthen them in the LORDand in his name they will live securely,” declares the LORD.

Zechariah 11:4

4 This is what the LORD my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.

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5 Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the LORD, I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them.

Zechariah 11:6

6 For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the LORD. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”

Zechariah 11:13

13 And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the LORD.

Zechariah 11:15

15 Then the LORD said to me, “Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Zechariah 12:1

1 The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares:

Zechariah 12:4

4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the LORD. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.

Zechariah 12:5

5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the LORD Almighty is their God.’

Zechariah 12:7

7 “The LORD will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.

Zechariah 12:8

8 On that day the LORD will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

Zechariah 13:2

2 “On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more,” declares the LORD Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

Zechariah 13:3

3 And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies in the LORD’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.

Zechariah 13:7

7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the LORD Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Zechariah 13:8

8 In the whole land,” declares the LORD, “two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it.

Zechariah 13:9

9 This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’ ”

Zechariah 14:1

1 A day of the LORD is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

Zechariah 14:3

3 Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.

Zechariah 14:5

5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

Zechariah 14:7

7 It will be a unique day—a day known only to the LORD—with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.

Zechariah 14:9

9 The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

Zechariah 14:12

12 This is the plague with which the LORD will strike all the nations that fought 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.

Zechariah 14:13

13 On that day people will be stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will seize each other by the hand and attack one another.

Zechariah 14:16

16 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:17

17 If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, they will have no rain.

Zechariah 14:18

18 If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The LORD will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.

Zechariah 14:20

20 On that day HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the LORD’s house will be like the sacred bowls in front of the altar.

Zechariah 14:21

21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD Almighty.