Zechariah 2:1-3:10 1 I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He replied, “To measure Jerusalem
in order to determine its width and its length.”
3 At this point the angelic messenger
who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him
4 and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man
as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls
because of the multitude of people and animals there.
5 But I (the
Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem
and the source of glory in her midst.’”
6 “You there!
Flee from the northland!” says the
Lord, “for like the four winds of heaven
I have scattered you,” says the
Lord.
7 “Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!”
8 For the
Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory
he has sent me to the nations that plundered you – for anyone who touches you touches the pupil
of his
eye.
9 “I am about to punish them
in such a way,” he says, “that they will be looted by their own slaves.” Then you will know that the
Lord who rules over all has sent me.
10 “Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter!
For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst,” says the
Lord.
11 “Many nations will join themselves to the
Lord on the day of salvation,
and they will also be my
people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the
Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.
12 The
Lord will take possession of
Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.
13 Be silent in the
Lord’s presence, all people everywhere,
for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place.
1 Next I saw Joshua the high priest
standing before the angel of the
Lord, with Satan
standing at his right hand to accuse him.
2 The
Lord said to Satan, “May the
Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the
Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem,
rebuke you! Isn’t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes
as he stood there before the angel.
4 The angel
spoke up to those standing all around, “Remove his filthy clothes.” Then he said to Joshua, “I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you
in fine clothing.”
5 Then I spoke up, “Let a clean turban be put on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the
Lord stood nearby.
6 Then the angel of the
Lord exhorted Joshua solemnly:
7 “The
Lord who rules over all says, ‘If you live
and work according to my requirements, you will be able to preside over my temple
and attend to my courtyards, and I will allow you to come and go among these others who are standing by you.
8 Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you
are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch.
9 As for the stone
I have set before Joshua – on the one stone there are seven eyes.
I am about to engrave an inscription on it,’ says the
Lord who rules over all, ‘to the effect that I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
10 In that day,’ says the
Lord who rules over all, ‘everyone will invite his friend to fellowship under his vine and under his fig tree.’”
Context (NET) Revelation 13:1-18 1 Then
I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It
had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns,
and on its heads a blasphemous name.
2 Now
the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The
dragon gave the beast
his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.
3 One of the beast’s
heads appeared to have been killed,
but the lethal wound had been healed.
And the whole world followed
the beast in amazement;
4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority
to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to make war against him?”
5 The beast
was given a mouth speaking proud words
and blasphemies, and he was permitted
to exercise ruling authority
for forty-two months.
6 So
the beast
opened his mouth to blaspheme against God – to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place,
that is, those who dwell in heaven.
7 The beast
was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them.
He was given ruling authority
over every tribe, people,
language, and nation,
8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast,
everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world
in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.
9 If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!
10 If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword,
then by the sword he must be killed. This
requires steadfast endurance
and faith from the saints.
11 Then
I saw another beast
coming up from the earth. He
had two horns like a lamb,
but
was speaking like a dragon.
12 He
exercised all the ruling authority
of the first beast on his behalf,
and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed.
13 He
performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people
14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told
those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.
15 The second beast
was empowered
to give life
to the image of the first beast
so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
16 He also caused
everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave
) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.
17 Thus no one was allowed to buy
or sell things
unless he bore
the mark of the beast – that is, his name or his number.
18 This calls for wisdom:
Let the one who has insight calculate the beast’s number, for it is man’s number,
and his number is 666.
Context (NET) Psalm 141:1-10 1 A psalm of David. O
Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!
2 May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
3 O
Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening
of my lips!
4 Do not let me have evil desires,
or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly.
I will not eat their delicacies.
5 May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse
choice oil!
Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
6 They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges.
They
will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
8 Surely I am looking to you,
O sovereign
Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!
9 Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.
10 Let the wicked fall
into their
own nets, while I escape.
Context (NET) Proverbs 30:18-20 18 There are three things that are too wonderful for me,
four that I do not understand:
19 the way
of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman.
20 This is the way
of an adulterous
woman: she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I have not done wrong.”
Context (NET)
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