Zechariah 6 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Zechariah 7

¹In the fourth year of King Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

KJVAnd it came to pass in the fourth^H702 year^H8141 of king^H4428 Darius^H1867, that the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto Zechariah^H2148 in the fourth^H702 day of the ninth^H8671 month^H2320, even in Chisleu^H3691;

² The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat Yahweh’s favor,

KJVWhen they had sent^H7971^(H8799) unto the house^H1004 of God^H410 Sherezer^H8272 and Regemmelech^H7278, and their men^H582, to pray^H2470^(H8763) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068,

³ and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”

KJVAnd to speak^H559^(H8800) unto the priests^H3548 which were in the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, and to the prophets^H5030, saying^H559^(H8800), Should I weep^H1058^(H8799) in the fifth^H2549 month^H2320, separating^H5144^(H8736) myself, as I have done^H6213^(H8804) these so many years^H8141?

⁴ Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came to me, saying,

KJVThen came the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 unto me, saying^H559^(H8800),

⁵ “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?

KJVSpeak^H559^(H8798) unto all the people^H5971 of the land^H776, and to the priests^H3548, saying^H559^(H8800), When ye fasted^H6684^(H8804) and mourned^H5594^(H8800) in the fifth^H2549 and seventh^H7637 month, even those seventy^H7657 years^H8141, did ye at all^H6684^(H8800) fast^H6684^(H8804) unto me, even to me?

⁶ When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?

KJVAnd when ye did eat^H398^(H8799), and when ye did drink^H8354^(H8799), did not ye eat^H398^(H8802) for yourselves, and drink^H8354^(H8802) for yourselves?

⁷ Aren’t these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?’”

KJVShould ye not hear the words^H1697 which the LORD^H3068 hath cried^H7121^(H8804) by^H3027 the former^H7223 prophets^H5030, when Jerusalem^H3389 was inhabited^H3427^(H8802) and in prosperity^H7961, and the cities^H5892 thereof round about her^H5439, when men inhabited^H3427^(H8802) the south^H5045 and the plain^H8219?

⁸ Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah, saying,

KJVAnd the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto Zechariah^H2148, saying^H559^(H8800),

⁹ “Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

KJVThus speaketh^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, saying^H559^(H8800), Execute^H8199^(H8798) true^H571 judgment^H4941, and shew^H6213^(H8798) mercy^H2617 and compassions^H7356 every man^H376 to his brother^H251:

¹⁰ Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’

KJVAnd oppress^H6231^(H8799) not the widow^H490, nor the fatherless^H3490, the stranger^H1616, nor the poor^H6041; and let none of you imagine^H2803^(H8799) evil^H7451 against^H376 his brother^H251 in your heart^H3824.

¹¹ But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

KJVBut they refused^H3985^(H8762) to hearken^H7181^(H8687), and pulled away^H5414^(H8799)^H5637^(H8802) the shoulder^H3802, and stopped^H3513^(H8689) their ears^H241, that they should not hear^H8085^(H8800).

¹² Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Armies.

KJVYea, they made^H7760^(H8804) their hearts^H3820 as an adamant stone^H8068, lest they should hear^H8085^(H8800) the law^H8451, and the words^H1697 which the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 hath sent^H7971^(H8804) in his spirit^H7307 by^H3027 the former^H7223 prophets^H5030: therefore came a great^H1419 wrath^H7110 from the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635.

¹³ It has come to pass that, as he called and they refused to listen, so they will call and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies;

KJVTherefore it is come to pass, that as he cried^H7121^(H8804), and they would not hear^H8085^(H8804); so they cried^H7121^(H8799), and I would not hear^H8085^(H8799), saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635:

¹⁴ “but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

KJVBut I scattered them with a whirlwind^H5590^(H8762) among all the nations^H1471 whom they knew^H3045^(H8804) not. Thus the land^H776 was desolate^H8074^(H8738) after^H310 them, that no man passed through^H5674^(H8802) nor returned^H7725^(H8802): for they laid^H7760^(H8799) the pleasant^H2532 land^H776 desolate^H8047.

WEB·Zechariah 6

¹Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of bronze.

KJVAnd I turned^H7725^(H8799), and lifted up^H5375^(H8799) mine eyes^H5869, and looked^H7200^(H8799), and, behold, there came^H3318 four^H702 chariots^H4818 out^H3318^(H8802) from between two^H8147 mountains^H2022; and the mountains^H2022 were mountains^H2022 of brass^H5178.

² In the first chariot were red horses. In the second chariot were black horses.

KJVIn the first^H7223 chariot^H4818 were red^H122 horses^H5483; and in the second^H8145 chariot^H4818 black^H7838 horses^H5483;

³ In the third chariot were white horses. In the fourth chariot were dappled horses, all of them powerful.

KJVAnd in the third^H7992 chariot^H4818 white^H3836 horses^H5483; and in the fourth^H7243 chariot^H4818 grisled^H1261 and bay^H554 horses^H5483.

⁴ Then I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

KJVThen I answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799) unto the angel^H4397 that talked^H1696^(H8802) with me, What are these, my lord^H113?

⁵ The angel answered me, “These are the four winds of the sky, which go out from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

KJVAnd the angel^H4397 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799) unto me, These are the four^H702 spirits^H7307 of the heavens^H8064, which go forth^H3318^(H8802) from standing^H3320^(H8692) before the Lord^H113 of all the earth^H776.

⁶ The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went out toward the south country.”

KJVThe black^H7838 horses^H5483 which are therein go forth^H3318^(H8802) into the north^H6828 country^H776; and the white^H3836 go forth^H3318^(H8804) after^H310 them; and the grisled^H1261 go forth^H3318^(H8804) toward the south^H8486 country^H776.

⁷ The strong went out, and sought to go that they might walk back and forth through the earth. He said, “Go around and through the earth!” So they walked back and forth through the earth.

KJVAnd the bay^H554 went forth^H3318^(H8804), and sought^H1245^(H8762) to go^H3212^(H8800) that they might walk to and fro^H1980^(H8692) through the earth^H776: and he said^H559^(H8799), Get you hence^H3212^(H8798), walk to and fro^H1980^(H8690) through the earth^H776. So they walked to and fro^H1980^(H8691) through the earth^H776.

⁸ Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.”

KJVThen cried^H2199^(H8686) he upon^H853 me, and spake^H1696^(H8762) unto me, saying^H559^(H8800), Behold^H7200^(H8798), these that go^H3318^(H8802) toward the north^H6828 country^H776 have quieted^H5117^(H8689) my spirit^H7307 in the north^H6828 country^H776.

⁹ Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

KJVAnd the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came unto me, saying^H559^(H8800),

¹⁰ “Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have come from Babylon.

KJVTake^H3947^(H8800) of them of the captivity^H1473, even of Heldai^H2469, of Tobijah^H2900, and of Jedaiah^H3048, which are come^H935^(H8804) from Babylon^H894, and come^H935^(H8804) thou the same day^H3117, and go^H935^(H8804) into the house^H1004 of Josiah^H2977 the son^H1121 of Zephaniah^H6846;

¹¹ Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;

KJVThen take^H3947^(H8804) silver^H3701 and gold^H2091, and make^H6213^(H8804) crowns^H5850, and set^H7760^(H8804) them upon the head^H7218 of Joshua^H3091 the son^H1121 of Josedech^H3087, the high^H1419 priest^H3548;

¹² and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch! He will grow up out of his place; and he will build Yahweh’s temple.

KJVAnd speak^H559^(H8804) unto him, saying^H559^(H8800), Thus speaketh^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, saying^H559^(H8800), Behold the man^H376 whose name^H8034 is The BRANCH^H6780; and he shall grow up^H6779^(H8799) out of his place, and he shall build^H1129^(H8804) the temple^H1964 of the LORD^H3068:

¹³ He will build Yahweh’s temple. He will bear the glory, and will sit and rule on his throne. He will be a priest on his throne. The counsel of peace will be between them both.

KJVEven he shall build^H1129^(H8799) the temple^H1964 of the LORD^H3068; and he shall bear^H5375^(H8799) the glory^H1935, and shall sit^H3427^(H8804) and rule^H4910^(H8804) upon his throne^H3678; and he shall be a priest^H3548 upon his throne^H3678: and the counsel^H6098 of peace^H7965 shall be between them both^H8147.

¹⁴ The crowns shall be to Helem, to Tobijah, to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in Yahweh’s temple.

KJVAnd the crowns^H5850 shall be to Helem^H2494, and to Tobijah^H2900, and to Jedaiah^H3048, and to Hen^H2581 the son^H1121 of Zephaniah^H6846, for a memorial^H2146 in the temple^H1964 of the LORD^H3068.

¹⁵ Those who are far off shall come and build in Yahweh’s temple; and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you. This will happen, if you will diligently obey Yahweh your God’s voice.”’”

KJVAnd they that are far off^H7350 shall come^H935^(H8799) and build^H1129^(H8804) in the temple^H1964 of the LORD^H3068, and ye shall know^H3045^(H8804) that the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 hath sent^H7971^(H8804) me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently^H8085^(H8800) obey^H8085^(H8799) the voice^H6963 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430.

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