Zechariah 2 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Zechariah 3

¹He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before Yahweh’s angel, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

KJVAnd he shewed^H7200^(H8686) me Joshua^H3091 the high^H1419 priest^H3548 standing^H5975^(H8802) before^H6440 the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068, and Satan^H7854 standing^H5975^(H8802) at his right hand^H3225 to resist^H7853^(H8800) him.

² Yahweh said to Satan, “Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! Yes, Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn’t this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto Satan^H7854, The LORD^H3068 rebuke^H1605^(H8799) thee, O Satan^H7854; even the LORD^H3068 that hath chosen^H977^(H8802) Jerusalem^H3389 rebuke^H1605^(H8799) thee: is not this a brand^H181 plucked^H5337^(H8716) out of the fire^H784?

³ Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.

KJVNow Joshua^H3091 was clothed^H3847^(H8803) with filthy^H6674 garments^H899, and stood^H5975^(H8802) before^H6440 the angel^H4397.

⁴ He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, “Take the filthy garments off him.” To him he said, “Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing.”

KJVAnd he answered^H6030^(H8799) and spake^H559^(H8799) unto those that stood^H5975^(H8802) before^H6440 him, saying^H559^(H8800), Take away^H5493^(H8685) the filthy^H6674 garments^H899 from him. And unto him he said^H559^(H8799), Behold^H7200^(H8798), I have caused thine iniquity^H5771 to pass^H5674^(H8689) from thee, and I will clothe^H3847^(H8687) thee with change of raiment^H4254.

⁵ I said, “Let them set a clean turban on his head.” So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and Yahweh’s angel was standing by.

KJVAnd I said^H559^(H8799), Let them set^H7760^(H8799) a fair^H2889 mitre^H6797 upon his head^H7218. So they set^H7760^(H8799) a fair^H2889 mitre^H6797 upon his head^H7218, and clothed^H3847^(H8686) him with garments^H899. And the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 stood by^H5975^(H8802).

⁶ Yahweh’s angel solemnly assured Joshua, saying,

KJVAnd the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 protested^H5749^(H8686) unto Joshua^H3091, saying^H559^(H8800),

⁷ “Yahweh of Armies says: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by.

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635; If thou wilt walk^H3212^(H8799) in my ways^H1870, and if thou wilt keep^H8104^(H8799) my charge^H4931, then thou shalt also judge^H1777^(H8799) my house^H1004, and shalt also keep^H8104^(H8799) my courts^H2691, and I will give^H5414^(H8804) thee places to walk^H4108^(H8688) among these that stand by^H5975^(H8802).

⁸ Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign; for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) now, O Joshua^H3091 the high^H1419 priest^H3548, thou, and thy fellows^H7453 that sit^H3427^(H8802) before^H6440 thee: for they are men^H582 wondered at^H4159: for, behold, I will bring forth^H935^(H8688) my servant^H5650 the BRANCH^H6780.

⁹ For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua: on one stone are seven eyes; behold, I will engrave its inscription,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

KJVFor behold the stone^H68 that I have laid^H5414^(H8804) before^H6440 Joshua^H3091; upon one^H259 stone^H68 shall be seven^H7651 eyes^H5869: behold, I will engrave^H6605^(H8764) the graving^H6603 thereof, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, and I will remove^H4185^(H8804) the iniquity^H5771 of that land^H776 in one^H259 day^H3117.

¹⁰ In that day,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.’”

KJVIn that day^H3117, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, shall ye call^H7121^(H8799) every man^H376 his neighbour^H7453 under the vine^H1612 and under the fig tree^H8384.

WEB·Zechariah 2

¹I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

KJVI lifted up^H5375^(H8799) mine eyes^H5869 again, and looked^H7200^(H8799), and behold a man^H376 with a measuring^H4060 line^H2256 in his hand^H3027.

² Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) I, Whither goest^H1980^(H8802) thou? And he said^H559^(H8799) unto me, To measure^H4058^(H8800) Jerusalem^H3389, to see^H7200^(H8800) what^H4100 is the breadth^H7341 thereof, and what is the length^H753 thereof.

³ Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,

KJVAnd, behold, the angel^H4397 that talked^H1696^(H8802) with me went forth^H3318^(H8802), and another^H312 angel^H4397 went out^H3318^(H8802) to meet^H7125^(H8800) him,

⁴ and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

KJVAnd said^H559^(H8799) unto him, Run^H7323^(H8798), speak^H1696^(H8761) to this^H1975 young man^H5288, saying^H559^(H8800), Jerusalem^H3389 shall be inhabited^H3427^(H8799) as towns without walls^H6519 for the multitude^H7230 of men^H120 and cattle^H929 therein^H8432:

⁵ For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.

KJVFor I, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, will be unto her a wall^H2346 of fire^H784 round about^H5439, and will be the glory^H3519 in the midst^H8432 of her.

⁶ Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says Yahweh; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says Yahweh.

KJVHo^H1945, ho^H1945, come forth, and flee^H5127^(H8798) from the land^H776 of the north^H6828, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068: for I have spread you abroad^H6566^(H8765) as the four^H702 winds^H7307 of the heaven^H8064, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

⁷ ‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’

KJVDeliver^H4422^(H8734) thyself, O^H1945 Zion^H6726, that dwellest^H3427^(H8802) with the daughter^H1323 of Babylon^H894.

⁸ For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

KJVFor thus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635; After^H310 the glory^H3519 hath he sent^H7971^(H8804) me unto the nations^H1471 which spoiled^H7997^(H8802) you: for he that toucheth^H5060^(H8802) you toucheth^H5060^(H8802) the apple^H892 of his eye^H5869.

⁹ For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a plunder to those who served them; and you will know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me.

KJVFor, behold, I will shake^H5130^(H8688) mine hand^H3027 upon them, and they shall be a spoil^H7998 to their servants^H5647^(H8802): and ye shall know^H3045^(H8804) that the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 hath sent^H7971^(H8804) me.

¹⁰ Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! For behold, I come and I will dwell within you,’ says Yahweh.

KJVSing^H7442^(H8798) and rejoice^H8055^(H8798), O daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726: for, lo, I come^H935^(H8802), and I will dwell^H7931^(H8804) in the midst^H8432 of thee, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068.

¹¹ Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

KJVAnd many^H7227 nations^H1471 shall be joined^H3867^(H8738) to the LORD^H3068 in that day^H3117, and shall be my people^H5971: and I will dwell^H7931^(H8804) in the midst^H8432 of thee, and thou shalt know^H3045^(H8804) that the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 hath sent^H7971^(H8804) me unto thee.

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

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 shall inherit^H5157^(H8804) Judah^H3063 his portion^H2506 in the holy^H6944 land^H127, and shall choose^H977^(H8804) Jerusalem^H3389 again.

¹³ Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”

KJVBe silent^H2013^(H8761), O all flesh^H1320, before^H6440 the LORD^H3068: for he is raised up^H5782^(H8738) out of his holy^H6944 habitation^H4583.

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