Zechariah 1:1-21 1 In the eighth month of Darius’
second year,
the word of the
Lord came to the prophet Zechariah,
son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:
2 The
Lord was very angry with your ancestors.
3 Therefore say to the people:
The
Lord who rules over all
says, “Turn
to me,” says the
Lord who rules over all, “and I will turn to you,” says the
Lord who rules over all.
4 “Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, ‘The
Lord who rules over all says, “Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the
Lord.
5 “As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?
6 But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers?
Then they paid attention
and confessed, ‘The
Lord who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month
Shebat, in Darius’ second year,
the word of the
Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:
8 I was attentive that night and saw a man seated
on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees
in the ravine. Behind him were red, sorrel,
and white horses.
9 Then I asked one nearby, “What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger
who replied to me said, “I will show you what these are.”
10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the
Lord has sent to walk about
on the earth.”
11 The riders then agreed with the angel of the
Lord,
who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.”
12 The angel of the
Lord then asked, “
Lord who rules over all,
how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem
and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?”
13 The
Lord then addressed good, comforting words to the angelic messenger who was speaking to me.
14 Turning to me, the messenger then said, “Cry out that the
Lord who rules over all says, ‘I am very much moved
for Jerusalem and for Zion.
15 But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted.
I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.
16 “‘Therefore,’ says the
Lord, ‘I have become compassionate
toward Jerusalem
and will rebuild my temple
in it,’ says the
Lord who rules over all. ‘Once more a surveyor’s measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
17 Speak up again with the message of the
Lord who rules over all: ‘My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the
Lord will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.’”
18 Once again I looked and this time I saw four horns.
19 So I asked the angelic messenger
who spoke with me, “What are these?” He replied, “These are the horns
that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
20 Next the
Lord showed me four blacksmiths.
21 I asked, “What are these going to do?” He answered, “These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen.
But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah’s enemies
and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.”
Context (NET) Revelation 12:1-17 1 Then
a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.
2 She
was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling
to give birth.
3 Then
another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns.
4 Now
the dragon’s
tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then
the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 So
the woman gave birth to a son, a male child,
who is going
to rule over all the nations with an iron rod.
Her
child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,
6 and she
fled into the wilderness
where a place had been prepared for her
by God, so she could be taken care of
for 1,260 days.
7 Then
war broke out in heaven: Michael
and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
8 But
the dragon was not strong enough to prevail,
so there was no longer any place left
in heaven for him and his angels.
9 So
that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
10 Then
I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, “The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority
of his Christ,
have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters,
the one who accuses them day and night
before our God, has been thrown down.
11 But
they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives
so much that they were afraid to die.
12 Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them! But
woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you! He
is filled with terrible anger, for he knows that he only has a little time!”
13 Now
when the dragon realized
that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14 But
the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness,
to the place God
prepared for her, where she is taken care of – away from the presence of the serpent – for a time, times, and half a time.
15 Then
the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to
sweep her away by a flood,
16 but
the earth came to her rescue;
the ground opened up
and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.
17 So
the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children,
those who keep
God’s commandments and hold to
the testimony about Jesus.
And the dragon
stood
on the sand
of the seashore.
Context (NET) Psalm 140:1-13 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. O
Lord, rescue me from wicked men!
Protect me from violent men,
2 who plan ways to harm me.
All day long they stir up conflict.
3 Their tongues wound like a serpent;
a viper’s
venom is behind
their lips. (Selah)
4 O
Lord, shelter me from the power
of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.
5 Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men
spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)
6 I say to the
Lord, “You are my God.” O
Lord, pay attention to my plea for mercy!
7 O sovereign
Lord, my strong deliverer,
you shield
my head in the day of battle.
8 O
Lord, do not let the wicked have their way!
Do not allow their
plan to succeed when they attack!
(Selah)
9 As for the heads of those who surround me – may the harm done by
their lips overwhelm them!
10 May he rain down
fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.
11 A slanderer
will not endure on
the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.
12 I know
that the
Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.
13 Certainly the godly will give thanks to your name; the morally upright will live in your presence.
Context (NET) Proverbs 30:17 17 The eye
that mocks at a father and despises obeying
a mother – the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.
Context (NET)
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