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\h ZECHARIAH 
\toc1 Zechariah 
\toc2 Zechariah 
\toc3 Zec 
\mt2 This book contains the account of Zechariah foretelling about God restoring the Israeli people and establishing his eternal rule. We call this book  
\mt1 Zechariah  
\c 1  
\s1 Yahweh summons his people to return to him  
\p
\v 1  \add I am\add* \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Berekiah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1867"\w* \add had been the emperor of Persia\add* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* almost \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w during|strong="H1961"\w* November \add of that year\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7107"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* tell \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* people: \add I,\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w Return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add if you do that\add*, \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add help\add* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w*. \add Other \add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w* died, \add continually\add* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H7223"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7223"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w continually|strong="H3068"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pay|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Your|strong="H5769"\w* ancestors \add have died and are now in their graves\add* [RHQ]. \w And|strong="H5769"\w* \w the|strong="H2421"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w did|strong="H5030"\w* not [RHQ] \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*, \add either\add*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* punished [IDM] \add the people for disobeying\add* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w decrees|strong="H2706"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \add to tell to the people\add*.  
\p \w Then|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* ◄\w repented|strong="H7725"\w*/\w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w*► \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H6213"\w* \w Commander|strong="H6680"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* deserved \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* \w behavior|strong="H1870"\w*, \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.’ ”   
\s1 The vision of the horses  
\p
\v 7  \add Three months later\add*, \w on|strong="H3117"\w* February 15, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \add another\add* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 During \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \add I had a vision. In the vision\add* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \add angel\add* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* red \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* narrow valley \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w myrtle|strong="H1918"\w* \w trees|strong="H1918"\w*. \w Behind|strong="H5975"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H5483"\w* \add angels on\add* red, brown, \w and|strong="H3915"\w* \w white|strong="H3836"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H4100"\w* been \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, “Sir, \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \add angels on the horses\add*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H4397"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add angel\add* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* under \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w myrtle|strong="H1918"\w* \w trees|strong="H1918"\w* explained. \add He said,\add* “\w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add angels\add* whom \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add to ◄patrol/see what is happening in►\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add entire\add* world.”   
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w angels|strong="H4397"\w* reported \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \add there\add* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w myrtle|strong="H1918"\w* \w trees|strong="H1918"\w*, “\w We|strong="H1980"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w traveled|strong="H1980"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w found|strong="H3068"\w* \w out|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add the army of the emperor of Persia has conquered nations\add* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* world, \add and that\add* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* nations \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H2009"\w* ◄helpless/unable \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w resist|strong="H5975"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H3427"\w*►.”   
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* asked, “Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w angels|strong="H4397"\w*, \w how|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* continue \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w merciful|strong="H7355"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \add other\add* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? \w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w angry|strong="H2194"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* 70 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*!”  
\v 13  \add So\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w talked|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* comforted/encouraged \w him|strong="H6030"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H7065"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \add to the people of Jerusalem\add*: \w The|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w angels|strong="H4397"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7065"\w* concerned \w about|strong="H3541"\w* \add the people who live on\add* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \add Hill\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add in the other parts of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H7451"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \add proud and feel\add* safe. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H7451"\w* only \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* bit \w angry|strong="H7107"\w* \add with the people of Judah\add*, \w but|strong="H1992"\w* \add he is very angry with the surrounding nations because\add* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* caused \add the people of Judah to experience\add* complete \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w he|strong="H3651"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* merciful \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebuild|strong="H1129"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Men|strong="H6635"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* measure \add all the land in\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* city \add before they start rebuilding the houses\add*.’   
\p
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \add also\add* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘Tell \w the|strong="H3541"\w* people \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add the people in\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \add in Judah\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* prosperous \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* encourage \add the people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \add city\add*.’”   
\s1 The vision of the four horns  
\p
\v 18 Then I looked up, and I saw in front of me four \add animal\add* horns.  
\v 19 I asked the angel who had been speaking to me, “What are those \add horns\add*?”  
\p He replied, “Those horns \add represent the armies that\add* forced \add the people of\add* Jerusalem and \add other places in\add* Judah and Israel to go \add to other countries\add*.”   
\p
\v 20 Then \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* showed me four ◄craftsmen/men who make things from metal►.  
\v 21 I asked, “What are those men coming to do?”  
\p He replied, “\add The armies represented by\add* those horns caused \add the people of\add* Judah to be scattered, with the result that they suffered greatly. But the craftsmen have come to cause those who attacked [IDM] Judah to be terrified and crushed.”   
\c 2  
\s1 The man with a measuring line  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H5375"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* measuring line/tape.  
\v 2 \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w him|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* going?”  
\p \w He|strong="H3389"\w* \w replied|strong="H1696"\w*, “\add I am going\add* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* measure \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w to|strong="H1696"\w* determine \w how|strong="H4100"\w* wide \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w long|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* angel \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* talking \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* started \w to|strong="H3068"\w* leave, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H7200"\w* angel walked \w toward|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H7200"\w*.  
\v 4 \w That|strong="H1471"\w* \w other|strong="H6310"\w* angel \w said|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w him|strong="H6213"\w*, “Run \w and|strong="H3063"\w* tell \w that|strong="H1471"\w* young \w man|strong="H7218"\w* \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \add some day\add* there \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* livestock \w in|strong="H6213"\w* Jerusalem, \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* result \w that|strong="H1471"\w* there \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w too|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* live inside \w the|strong="H5375"\w* city walls; \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \add live outside\add* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* walls.  
\v 5 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \add himself\add* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \add like\add* [\w MET|strong="H5375"\w*] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wall \w of|strong="H3027"\w* fire \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \add the city\add*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* glory.”   
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\v 6 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* declares \add to the people who were exiled to Babylonia\add*, “\w Run|strong="H1980"\w*! Flee \w from|strong="H1980"\w* Babylonia [MTY], \w the|strong="H7200"\w* country east \add of Israel\add*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* flee \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H7200"\w* directions \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* places \w where|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* caused \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H3389"\w* scattered!   
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\v 7 \w You|strong="H1696"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \add who previously lived in\add* Jerusalem \w and|strong="H3318"\w* \w who|strong="H4397"\w* \add now\add* live \w in|strong="H1696"\w* Babylon, \w flee|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w*!  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H8432"\w* \add armies of the\add* nations \w that|strong="H5288"\w* \add attacked you and\add* took \w away|strong="H7323"\w* \w your|strong="H1696"\w* valuable possessions \w have|strong="H5288"\w* attacked \w those|strong="H1696"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H5288"\w* \w very|strong="H7323"\w* precious \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* armies \w of|strong="H3427"\w* angels [IDM]. \w So|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H3389"\w* \w says|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* \w about|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*: ‘After \w I|strong="H5288"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* honored \w him|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* sent \w him|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \add rebuke\add* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* nations,  
\v 9  \add it is as though\add* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* strike \w them|strong="H5439"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* fist, \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* result \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* slaves \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add now\add* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* back \w their|strong="H3068"\w* possessions \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5439"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* slaves.’ \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w you|strong="H8432"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* know \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* armies \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “\add You people of\add* Jerusalem [APO], shout \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* happy, \add because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* coming \add to you\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* live among \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!”   
\p
\v 11 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H4422"\w* time, \add people of\add* many nations \w will|strong="H1323"\w* \w be|strong="H6726"\w* united \w to|strong="H1323"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H1323"\w* become \w his|strong="H4422"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*. \w He|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H1323"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H3427"\w* \add all of\add* \w you|strong="H6726"\w*; \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H6726"\w* \w will|strong="H1323"\w* know \w that|strong="H4422"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H3427"\w* armies \w of|strong="H1323"\w* angels \add is the one who\add* sent me \w to|strong="H1323"\w* \w you|strong="H6726"\w*.  
\v 12  \add The people of\add* Judah \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very special part \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* sacred country, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3519"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H7971"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* city \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen.  
\v 13 Everyone, \add everywhere,\add* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* silent \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w presence|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \add again\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \add down\add* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sacred \w place|strong="H3027"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w lives|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* heaven \add to do great things for us\add*.   
\c 3  
\s1 The vision of the Supreme Priest  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \add Yahweh\add* \w showed|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \add who was\add* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*’s \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w*, \add ready\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w accuse|strong="H7853"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* rebuking \w you|strong="H3808"\w*! \w I|strong="H2088"\w* \add am the one\add* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* chosen \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \add to be my special city, and I\add* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* rebuking \w you|strong="H3808"\w*! \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \add man, Joshua\add*, \add has been brought back from Babylonia\add*; \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H5337"\w* \add like\add* [MET, RHQ] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* burning stick \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w snatched|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire.”   
\p
\v 3 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* wearing \w filthy|strong="H6674"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3847"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w*.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* angel \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \add other angels\add* \w who|strong="H5975"\w* \w were|strong="H6440"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w filthy|strong="H6674"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w*!”  
\p \add After they did that,\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* angel \w said|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Joshua, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*! \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \add the guilt of\add* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w*, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5771"\w* \w put|strong="H3847"\w* beautiful \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H5975"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w clean|strong="H2889"\w* \w turban|strong="H6797"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*!” \w So|strong="H7760"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w clean|strong="H2889"\w* \w turban|strong="H6797"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \add new \add*\w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w while|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w sent|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* said \add this\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*:  
\v 7 “\w The|strong="H5414"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* if \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* want \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* [IDM], \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w obey|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w instructions|strong="H8104"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w charge|strong="H4931"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w*/\w have|strong="H3068"\w* authority \w over|strong="H5414"\w*► \add what is done in\add* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* speak \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H1571"\w* \w time|strong="H6635"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* angels \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w near|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \add you are\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* ◄associates/\w fellow|strong="H7453"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*► \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* symbolize/represent \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* happen \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* future. \add Some day\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w going|strong="H2005"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* bring someone \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* work \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, someone \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w be|strong="H4994"\w* \w called|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Branch|strong="H6780"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Look|strong="H2009"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* stone \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*. \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* sides \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* stone. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w engrave|strong="H6605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* stone, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remove|strong="H4185"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add all the people of\add* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* country.   
\p
\v 10 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w each|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w invite|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \add to come and sit\add* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* grapevine \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w tree|strong="H8384"\w*. \add That is what \add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w declares|strong="H5002"\w*.”   
\c 4  
\s1 The vision of the lampstand  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H4397"\w* had been \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H4397"\w* called \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w as|strong="H1696"\w* though \w I|strong="H5782"\w* had been \w asleep|strong="H8142"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H3605"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?”  
\p \w I|strong="H2009"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lampstand|strong="H4501"\w* \add made\add* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*. \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* small \w bowl|strong="H1543"\w* \add for olive oil\add* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H2091"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \add small\add* \w lamps|strong="H5216"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bowl|strong="H1543"\w*, \w and|strong="H2091"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wick \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w*.  
\v 3 Furthermore, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* see \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w*, \w one|strong="H8147"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* lampstand \w and|strong="H8147"\w* \w one|strong="H8147"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w*.”   
\p
\v 4 \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H4397"\w* \w was|strong="H4397"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*, “Sir, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w*?”   
\p
\v 5 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w Surely|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* [RHQ] \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w*?”  
\p \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add says that you should give\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Zerubbabel|strong="H2216"\w* \add the governor of Judah: ‘You will do what I want you to do, but it will\add* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* own \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*. \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add done\add* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \add the power of\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w*, \w says|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels.   
\p
\v 7 \w Zerubbabel|strong="H2216"\w*, \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \add have many difficult matters to handle. They are like\add* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* [MET]. But \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \add become easy to handle, as though\add* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w become|strong="H3318"\w* flat \w land|strong="H6440"\w*. \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \add to the temple\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* final stone \add to complete the rebuilding of the temple\add*. \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H2022"\w*, \add all the people\add* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* shout repeatedly, “\w It|strong="H6440"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* beautiful! \w May|strong="H4310"\w* \w God|strong="H4310"\w* bless \w it|strong="H6440"\w*!”’”   
\p
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \add another\add* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 9 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said \add to me\add*, “\w Zerubbabel|strong="H2216"\w* [SYN] \w laid|strong="H3245"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w first|strong="H2088"\w* stone \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w last|strong="H3588"\w* stone \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w its|strong="H3045"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* happens, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add it is I, the Commander of the armies of angels, who\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.” \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H3588"\w* seven bowls represent \w the|strong="H3588"\w* eyes \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* looks \w back|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* everything \add that happens\add* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* earth.”   
\p
\v 10 \w No|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w done|strong="H3027"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* beginning \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big project \w are|strong="H3117"\w* unimportant. \add When the temple is almost finished being rebuilt,\add* \w Zerubbabel|strong="H2216"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* use \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄plumb line/string \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stone fastened \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*► \add to see if the walls they are building are straight\add*; \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*.”   
\p
\v 11 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* angel, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \add the meaning of\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w trees|strong="H2132"\w*, \w one|strong="H8147"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w lampstand|strong="H4501"\w*?  
\v 12 \w And|strong="H6030"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w*\add the meaning of\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w branches|strong="H7641"\w*, \w one|strong="H8145"\w* \w alongside|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w pipes|strong="H6804"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H4100"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H7324"\w* flows \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* lamps?”   
\p
\v 13 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* replied, “\w Surely|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w*?”  
\p \w I|strong="H3045"\w* replied, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, sir, \add I do not know.\add*”   
\p
\v 14 \w So|strong="H5975"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* said, “\w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w represent|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \add men who have been\add* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* [MTY] \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w serve|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Lord \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add rules\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* earth.”   
\c 5  
\s1 The vision of the flying scroll  
\p
\v 1 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w was|strong="H4039"\w* \w flying|strong="H5774"\w* \add through the air\add*.   
\p
\v 2 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w angel|strong="H5774"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*?”  
\p \w I|strong="H7200"\w* replied, “\w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flying|strong="H5774"\w* \w scroll|strong="H4039"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \add huge\add*, ◄10 yards/9 meters► \w long|strong="H4100"\w* \w and|strong="H6242"\w* ◄5 yards/4.5 meters► \w wide|strong="H7341"\w*.”   
\p
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* scroll \w is|strong="H2088"\w* written \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add words that Yahweh is speaking to\add* \w curse|strong="H7650"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* country. \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \add one side of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* scroll \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* written \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* thief \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* banished. \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \add the other side\add* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* written \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* tells \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lie \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* promising \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* truth \w will|strong="H2088"\w* \w also|strong="H2088"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* banished \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* country.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H3318"\w* \add copies of\add* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* scroll \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w places|strong="H1004"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* \w live|strong="H8034"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w use|strong="H3615"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemnly|strong="H7650"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* tell \w the|strong="H5002"\w* truth. \add The copies of\add* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* scroll \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stay|strong="H3885"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w until|strong="H3885"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3885"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* stones \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3615"\w*.’ ”   
\s1 The vision of the woman in a basket  
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H4397"\w* \w had|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H5375"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* closer \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w appearing|strong="H7200"\w*!”   
\p
\v 6 \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w him|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*?”  
\p \w He|strong="H1931"\w* replied, “\w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big basket \add for measuring grain\add*. \w But|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* represents \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sins \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5869"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* nation \w has|strong="H4100"\w* committed.”   
\p
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \add the angel\add* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* basket’s \w cover|strong="H3603"\w*, \add which was made\add* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w lead|strong="H5777"\w*. \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w inside|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* basket!  
\v 8 \w The|strong="H8432"\w* angel \w said|strong="H6310"\w*, “\w She|strong="H2063"\w* represents \w the|strong="H8432"\w* wicked things \add that people do\add*.” Then \w the|strong="H8432"\w* angel pushed \w her|strong="H7993"\w* back \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H8432"\w* basket \w and|strong="H6310"\w* closed \w the|strong="H8432"\w* very heavy lid \add again\add*.   
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* women \w in|strong="H5869"\w* front \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*. \w They|strong="H2007"\w* \add were flying toward us\add*, \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w spread|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*. \w Their|strong="H5375"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w were|strong="H8064"\w* \add large\add*, \w like|strong="H3318"\w* [SIM] storks’ \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*. \w They|strong="H2007"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* big basket \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w into|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 \w I|strong="H3212"\w* \w asked|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H1992"\w* had been \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* taking \w that|strong="H4397"\w* basket?”   
\p
\v 11 \w He|strong="H8033"\w* replied, “\add They are taking it\add* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Babylonia \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* finished, \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w set|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* basket \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pedestal \add for people to worship it\add*.”   
\c 6  
\s1 The vision of four chariots  
\p
\v 1 \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \add in the vision\add* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* four \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w toward|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*. \add They were coming\add* between \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \add that were made\add* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="H7223"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \add was pulled by\add* red \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w the|strong="H7223"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \add was pulled by\add* \w black|strong="H7838"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*,  
\v 3 \w the|strong="H7992"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \add was pulled by\add* \w white|strong="H3836"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H5483"\w* \w the|strong="H7992"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \add was pulled by\add* \w spotted|strong="H1261"\w* gray \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*. \w They|strong="H7243"\w* \w were|strong="H5483"\w* all very strong \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.  
\v 4 \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H4397"\w* \w had|strong="H4100"\w* been \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*, “Sir, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w those|strong="H1696"\w* chariots mean?”   
\p
\v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w standing|strong="H3320"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Lord \w who|strong="H3605"\w* controls/rules \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* four directions.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* chariot \add pulled by\add* \w black|strong="H7838"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w will|strong="H6828"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w*, \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \add one pulled by\add* \w white|strong="H3836"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w will|strong="H6828"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* west, \w the|strong="H3318"\w* one \add pulled by\add* \w spotted|strong="H1261"\w* gray \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w will|strong="H6828"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w south|strong="H8486"\w*.”   
\p
\v 7 \w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w those|strong="H3318"\w* powerful horses \w left|strong="H3318"\w*, \w their|strong="H1245"\w* \add chariot-drivers\add* \w were|strong="H3318"\w* \w eager|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w throughout|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* world. \add As they were leaving,\add* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* angel \w said|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w throughout|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* world \add and see what is happening\add*!” \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H3318"\w* is what \w they|strong="H3318"\w* \w did|strong="H1980"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* angel \w called|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \add and said\add*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*/Listen, \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \add drivers of the\add* chariots \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H7200"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \add of Yahweh wants them to do\add* \w there|strong="H7200"\w*.”   
\s1 A crown was given to Joshua  
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \add another\add* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 10 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* said, “\w Heldai|strong="H2469"\w*, \w Tobijah|strong="H2900"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* bringing \w some|strong="H3117"\w* silver \w and|strong="H1121"\w* gold \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* ◄exiled \w in|strong="H1004"\w*/forced \w to|strong="H3117"\w* go \w to|strong="H3117"\w*► Babylon. \w As|strong="H3117"\w* soon \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* arrive, go \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Josiah|strong="H2977"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zephaniah|strong="H6846"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \add some of that\add* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w on|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehozadak|strong="H3087"\w*’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joshua|strong="H3091"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="H3548"\w*.  
\v 12 Tell \w him|strong="H8478"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, say \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* man \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w Branch|strong="H6780"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H6635"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* leave \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H2009"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add supervise those who\add* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \add will tell those who\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \add what to do\add*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w wear|strong="H5375"\w* royal clothing \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w rule|strong="H4910"\w*. \w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \add sitting\add* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* work \w together|strong="H5921"\w* harmoniously.  
\v 14 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add kept\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* remind \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* what Heldai, \w Tobijah|strong="H2900"\w*, \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Josiah \add did for them\add*.  
\v 15 \w People|strong="H8085"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \add living\add* \w far|strong="H7350"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add help to\add* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*. \add That will happen\add* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* faithfully \w obey|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w*/\w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
\c 7  
\s1 The people must act justly and mercifully, not only habitually abstain from eating food  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w Darius|strong="H1867"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* emperor \w for|strong="H3068"\w* almost four \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w on|strong="H3068"\w* December 7, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \add another\add* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \add city\add* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* two men, \w Sharezer|strong="H8272"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Regem-Melech|strong="H7278"\w*, \w along|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* some other men, \add to the temple of Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels,\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w request|strong="H6440"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* bless \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 3 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \add this question\add*: “\w For|strong="H6213"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, during \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \add and during the seventh month of each year\add*, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w mourned|strong="H1058"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ◄fasted/abstained \w from|strong="H3068"\w* eating \w food|strong="H1004"\w*►. \w Should|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \add continue to do that\add*?”   
\p
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 5  \add He said\add*, “\w Tell|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H8141"\w* Judah \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* past 70 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w months|strong="H7637"\w* \add of each year\add*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* [RHQ] \w me|strong="H3605"\w*, \add Yahweh\add*, \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \add honoring\add*.  
\v 6 \w And|strong="H8354"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ate \w and|strong="H8354"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* really [RHQ] \w to|strong="H3808"\w* \add benefit\add* themselves.  
\v 7 \w That|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w continually|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \add to the people\add*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* nearby \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w prosperous|strong="H7961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* filled \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \add also\add* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* desert \w area|strong="H5439"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w foothills|strong="H8219"\w* \add to the west\add*.”   
\p
\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* another \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*  
\v 9 “\add Tell the people that\add* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H3541"\w*: ‘\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w just|strong="H4941"\w*/\w right|strong="H4941"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w act|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* mercifully \w toward|strong="H3068"\w* \w each|strong="H3541"\w* \w other|strong="H3541"\w*.  
\v 10 Do \w not|strong="H7451"\w* ◄\w oppress|strong="H6231"\w*/treat cruelly► widows \w or|strong="H1616"\w* \w orphans|strong="H3490"\w* \w or|strong="H1616"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H1616"\w* \w or|strong="H1616"\w* \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* people. Do \w not|strong="H7451"\w* even \w think|strong="H2803"\w* \w about|strong="H3824"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3824"\w* anyone else.’ ”   
\p
\v 11 \w But|strong="H3513"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w pay|strong="H5414"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w* \add to what Yahweh said\add*. \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w turned|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w backs|strong="H3802"\w* \add to him\add*, \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w hands|strong="H3802"\w* \w over|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* ears \w in|strong="H8085"\w* order \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \add what he said\add*.  
\v 12 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* stubborn [IDM], \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \add that God gave to Moses\add* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* dead. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w angry|strong="H7110"\w*.   
\p
\v 13 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels says, “\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w*/spoke \add to the people\add*, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w*/\w prayed|strong="H7121"\w* \add to me\add*, \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w did|strong="H3651"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 14 \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w caused|strong="H5674"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w scattered|strong="H5590"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1471"\w* strangers. \add It was as though\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5590"\w* \add picked them up and carried them away from their country\add*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* country/land \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \add were forced to\add* \w leave|strong="H7760"\w* \w was|strong="H3605"\w* \w ruined|strong="H8047"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* result \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w could|strong="H3045"\w* \add live there or even \add* \w travel|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w*. \add It was previously\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* delightful land, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w caused|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* ◄\w desolate|strong="H8047"\w*/\w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desert►.”   
\c 8  
\s1 Yahweh promised to bless Jerusalem  
\p
\v 1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \add another\add* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, say: ‘\w I|strong="H3541"\w* love \add the people of\add* Jerusalem; \w I|strong="H3541"\w* love \w them|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7065"\w* \w much|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H7065"\w* \w angry|strong="H2534"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies.’   
\p
\v 3 \w So|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*: ‘\add Some day\add* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \add Hill\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3541"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w*. \add At that time,\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add where people\add* ◄\w are|strong="H3068"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H7725"\w*/faithfully obey► \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add people will say that Zion \add* \w Hill|strong="H2022"\w* \add is\add* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w where|strong="H7931"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w dwells|strong="H7931"\w*.’”   
\p
\v 4 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: “\add Some day\add* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w men|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w women|strong="H2205"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w along|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w each|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* holding \w a|strong="H3068"\w* cane \w because|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w being|strong="H5750"\w* \w very|strong="H7230"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w*.  
\v 5 \w And|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w streets|strong="H7339"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w boys|strong="H3206"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w girls|strong="H3207"\w* \w playing|strong="H7832"\w*.”   
\p
\v 6 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \add also\add* \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*: “\add When those things happen,\add* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w seem|strong="H5869"\w* \w marvelous|strong="H6381"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* alive, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* [RHQ] \w seem|strong="H5869"\w* \w marvelous|strong="H6381"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5869"\w*!”   
\p
\v 7 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \add also\add* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* countries \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* northeast \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* southwest \add to which they were forced to go\add*.  
\v 8 \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H8432"\w* back \add to Judah\add*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add again\add* \w live|strong="H7931"\w* \w in|strong="H7931"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H8432"\w* God. \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* faithful \add to them\add* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w act|strong="H1961"\w* \w righteously|strong="H6666"\w* \add toward them\add*.”   
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\v 9 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels \add also\add* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w foundation|strong="H3245"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w laid|strong="H3245"\w*, \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w there|strong="H3117"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H8085"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \add from me\add*. \w Some|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H8085"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*. \add So\add* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* brave/\w courageous|strong="H2388"\w* [MTY] \add while you are building\add* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w order|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \add finish\add* \w building|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Before|strong="H6440"\w* \add you started to rebuild the temple\add*, \add no one could hire\add* \w men|strong="H3605"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \add to work for them, because\add* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* money \w to|strong="H3318"\w* pay \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w And|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* afraid \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w anywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* oppose \w each|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \add they thought that\add* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w* \add everywhere\add*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* act differently \w toward|strong="H3068"\w* \add you\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* alive, \add differently\add* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H5971"\w* \w previously|strong="H7223"\w*. \add That is what I\add*, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels, say.   
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\v 12  \add From now on,\add* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H8064"\w* \w peaceful|strong="H7965"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w plant|strong="H5414"\w* \add your seeds\add*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* grapevines \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w produce|strong="H6529"\w* \w grapes|strong="H2981"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* good \w crops|strong="H2981"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* grow \w in|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* fields. \w There|strong="H2088"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H8064"\w* rain. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \add you\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5971"\w* alive.  
\v 13 \w You|strong="H3651"\w* \add people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add the people of other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* cursed \w you|strong="H3651"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* \add to the people of many nations. So\add* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*; \w work|strong="H3027"\w* \w hard|strong="H1004"\w* [MTY] \add to finish building the temple\add*.”   
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\v 14 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \add also\add* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* ancestors caused \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H7107"\w* \w very|strong="H7489"\w* \w angry|strong="H7107"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w decided|strong="H5162"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H7489"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w change|strong="H5162"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \add I will do something different\add*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am planning \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w good|strong="H3190"\w* \w things|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add other towns in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \add So\add* \w do|strong="H3190"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.  
\v 16 \w These|strong="H1696"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: \add You should always\add* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* truth \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w each|strong="H8179"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w*. \w In|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w courts|strong="H8179"\w*, \add your judges must\add* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w* \w according|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H1697"\w* correct \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w fair|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w plan|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* others, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w falsely|strong="H8267"\w* \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \add to do things that you know that you will not do\add*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w*.”   
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\v 18 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w spoke|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \add again\add*.  
\v 19 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* said: “\w The|strong="H3541"\w* \w times|strong="H4150"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1004"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* ◄\w fast|strong="H6685"\w*/abstain \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w*► \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w*, \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w*, \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w months|strong="H7637"\w* \add of each year\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* \w happy|strong="H2896"\w*/\w joyful|strong="H8342"\w* [DOU] \w festivals|strong="H4150"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H1004"\w* must want \add to speak\add* truthfully \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add be\add* \w peaceful|strong="H7965"\w*.”   
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\v 20 \w The|strong="H3541"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3541"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \add also\add* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: “\add Some day\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \add people-groups and foreign\add* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H6635"\w* \add here to Jerusalem\add*.  
\v 21 \w People|strong="H3427"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* city \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \add the people in\add* \w another|strong="H1571"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* say, ‘\w Let|strong="H1980"\w*’s \add go together to Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w ask|strong="H1245"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* bless \w us|strong="H6440"\w*; \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \add ourselves\add* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w*.’  
\v 22 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \add people from\add* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* people-groups \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add from\add* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H6635"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w ask|strong="H1245"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* bless \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 23 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \add also\add* \w says|strong="H3541"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w*: “\w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \add this is what will happen everywhere\add*: \w A|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* group \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* speak \w another|strong="H3671"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w grab|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fringe/\w edge|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* robe \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* say \add to him\add*, ‘\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add people say\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w So|strong="H3541"\w* allow \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add to Jerusalem to worship him\add*.’”   
\c 9  
\s1 Israel’s enemies will be punished  
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\v 1  \add This is another\add* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \add that I received\add* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q1 \add Yahweh said,\add* “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w watch|strong="H5869"\w* [MTY] \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w*, especially \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;  
\q2 \add so\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add punish the people in\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hadrach|strong="H2317"\w* \add region\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \add city\add*  
\q2 \add because of what they did to the people of Israel\add*.   
\q1
\v 2  \add I will also punish the people in\add* nearby \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \add city\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \add punish the people in\add* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w and|strong="H2574"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w* \add cities\add*,  
\q2 \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* \add considered to be\add* [IRO] \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wise|strong="H2449"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \add The people in\add* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w high|strong="H1129"\w* \w wall|strong="H2742"\w* \add around their city\add*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H2351"\w* \w piled|strong="H6651"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \add huge amounts of\add* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2742"\w*  
\q2 \w as|strong="H6865"\w* though \w they|strong="H2351"\w* \w were|strong="H3701"\w* \add piles of\add* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* \w in|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w But|strong="H2009"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H1931"\w* cause \w their|strong="H3423"\w* precious possessions \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w be|strong="H3220"\w* \w taken|strong="H5221"\w* away  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w all|strong="H2009"\w* \w their|strong="H3423"\w* ships \w to|strong="H3220"\w* \w be|strong="H3220"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3220"\w* \w their|strong="H3423"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1931"\w* \w be|strong="H3220"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w* by \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire.   
\q1
\v 5  \add The people in Ashkelon city\add* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add happen\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w become|strong="H7200"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.  
\q1 \add The people in\add* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \add city\add* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* shake \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* being \w terrified|strong="H3966"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add the people in Ekron city\add* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* shake \w too|strong="H3966"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* expect \add to prosper\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \add the city of \add* \w Gaza|strong="H5804"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* killed,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add the city of\add* Ashkelon \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* deserted.   
\q1
\v 6 Foreigners \w will|strong="H6430"\w* occupy Ashdod \add city\add*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3772"\w* \w will|strong="H6430"\w* cause \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \add people in all those cities of\add* Philistia \w to|strong="H3427"\w* \w no|strong="H3772"\w* longer be \w proud|strong="H1347"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H7604"\w* \w longer|strong="H5493"\w* allow \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w eat|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] meat \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w still|strong="H1571"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w in|strong="H7604"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* forbid \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w eat|strong="H6310"\w* [MTY] food \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w I|strong="H1571"\w* [MTY] \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* allowed \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w eat|strong="H6310"\w* \add because it was offered to idols\add*.  
\q1 \add At that time,\add* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \add in Philistia\add* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w survive|strong="H7604"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* worship \w me|strong="H1961"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \add my people, like\add* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H5493"\w* Philistine \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w Ekron|strong="H6138"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* Jebus \w did|strong="H3063"\w* \add when they were conquered\add*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* protect \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allow \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \add enemy soldiers\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w enter|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \add enemies\add* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* harm \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w watching|strong="H5869"\w* \add over my people\add* \w carefully|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\s1 The coming King  
\q1
\v 9 \w Rejoice|strong="H1523"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H3966"\w*, \add you people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* [APO, DOU]  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shout|strong="H7321"\w* \w joyfully|strong="H7321"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w victorious|strong="H3467"\w*;  
\q2 \add but he will be\add* gentle,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add he will be\add* \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*,  
\q2 \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w female|strong="H1323"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H7393"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Ephraim \add region that are used in battles\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\q1 \add All\add* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w bows|strong="H7198"\w* used \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w wars|strong="H4421"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1471"\w* broken.  
\q2 \add Your king\add* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* proclaim \w that|strong="H1471"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* cause things \w to|strong="H1696"\w* go \w well|strong="H7965"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w peacefully|strong="H7965"\w* \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* rule \add the area\add* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \add Dead\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \add Euphrates\add* \w River|strong="H5104"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* most distant places \w on|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* earth.   
\q1
\v 11 \w As|strong="H1571"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \add my people of Jerusalem\add*,  
\q2 because \w of|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \add of the animals that were sacrificed to make\add* \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w free|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H7971"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* who \w were|strong="H4325"\w* forced \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* other countries  
\q2 where \add it was as though they were kept\add* \w in|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* waterless pit.   
\q1
\v 12  \add You people who were\add* prisoners \add in those countries\add* who \add still\add* confidently expect \add God to help you\add*,  
\q2 \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add Judah\add*, where \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* safe.  
\q1 \w This|strong="H5046"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* two blessings  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \add each of the troubles that you have experienced\add*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* cause \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* [MET] \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* cause Israel \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w arrow|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* enable \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jerusalem \w to|strong="H5921"\w* fight \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1368"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Greece|strong="H3120"\w*;  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w warrior|strong="H1368"\w*’s \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.”   
\s1 Yahweh will protect his people  
\q1
\v 14  \add Some day\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w appear|strong="H7200"\w* \add in the sky\add* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w shoots|strong="H3318"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* [SIM] \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w*.  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add our\add* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w march|strong="H1980"\w* \add fiercely\add*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3318"\w* [MET] \w the|strong="H5921"\w* storms \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w south|strong="H8486"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w protect|strong="H1598"\w* \add his people\add*;  
\q2 \add the soldiers of Judah\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* attack \w and|strong="H3068"\w* defeat \add their enemies who attack them\add* using slingshots.  
\q1 \add Those soldiers of Judah\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* celebrate \w and|strong="H3068"\w* shout \w like|strong="H3644"\w* [SIM] people \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \add of wine\add* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bowl|strong="H4219"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* holds \add the blood of the animals that are sacrificed\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add which is then\add* sprinkled \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w corners|strong="H2106"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*  
\q2 \add like a shepherd saves\add* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \add of sheep from danger\add*.  
\q1 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* land, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H5971"\w* [SIM] jewels \w that|strong="H3588"\w* sparkle \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w crown|strong="H5145"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H1330"\w* delightful \w and|strong="H1715"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3308"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* young men \w will|strong="H4100"\w* become strong \w from|strong="H1715"\w* \add eating\add* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1715"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* young \w women|strong="H1330"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \add become strong\add* \w from|strong="H1715"\w* \add drinking\add* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*.   
\c 10  
\s1 Yahweh’s promises for Judah and Israel  
\q1
\v 1 \w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fall ◄\w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* springtime/before \w the|strong="H5414"\w* hot \w season|strong="H6256"\w* starts►,  
\q2 \add because\add* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w makes|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w clouds|strong="H2385"\w* \add from which the rain falls\add*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* \w showers|strong="H1653"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* fall \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w causes|strong="H5414"\w* crops \w to|strong="H3068"\w* grow well \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \add What people think that\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w idols|strong="H8655"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* houses suggest \add is only\add* nonsense,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \add say that they can\add* interpret \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \add only\add* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \add tell people things to\add* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \add them, what they say\add* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w useless|strong="H8267"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \add who ◄consult/trust in► them\add* \w are|strong="H2472"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* lost \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H2472"\w* attacked \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w no|strong="H1696"\w* \add one to protect them\add*  
\q2 \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \add protects his sheep\add*.   
\q1
\v 3  \add Yahweh says,\add* “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w leaders|strong="H6260"\w* [MET] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* people,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \add I,\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels, \w take|strong="H7760"\w* \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* people, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,  
\q2 \add like a shepherd takes care of his\add* [MET] \w flock|strong="H5739"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [SIM] proud/powerful \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w From|strong="H4480"\w* Judah \w will|strong="H7198"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* rulers \add who will be very important\add*,  
\q2 \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cornerstone|strong="H6438"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \add the most important stone for a house\add*,  
\q2 \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w tent|strong="H3489"\w* \w peg|strong="H3489"\w* \add is very important for a tent\add*,  
\q2 \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \add is very important for ◄an archer/a man who shoots arrows\add*►.   
\q1
\v 5 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w*  
\q2 trampling \add their enemies\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w mud|strong="H2916"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\q1 \add I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* defeat \w their|strong="H3068"\w* enemies \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H7392"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 6 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* strong,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H3467"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Israel.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \add from the countries to which they were ◄exiled/forced to go►\add*;  
\q2 \add I will do that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w pity|strong="H7355"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* abandoned \w them|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \add when they pray for help\add*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* [SIM] \w strong|strong="H1368"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1368"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \add people who have drunk a lot of\add* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add their fathers being very happy\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add has done for them\add*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* signal \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H6299"\w* \w people|strong="H6908"\w* \add to return from ◄being exiled/other countries►\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8319"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \add in their own country\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* \w rescue|strong="H6299"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8319"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3588"\w* become \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w numerous|strong="H7235"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \add they were\add* previously.   
\q1
\v 9 \w I|strong="H2142"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* caused \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w scattered|strong="H5971"\w* \w among|strong="H5971"\w* many people-groups,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w those|strong="H1121"\w* \w distant|strong="H4801"\w* \w countries|strong="H4801"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w about|strong="H5971"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w remain|strong="H2142"\w* \w alive|strong="H2421"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \add to Judah\add*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \add back\add* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* Assyria;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \add back\add* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \add regions\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H4672"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* hardly \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w enough|strong="H4672"\w* [HYP] space \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H6908"\w* \add to live in Judah\add*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w They|strong="H5221"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* endure/experience many difficulties  
\q2 \add as though they were walking\add* [MET] \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \add I\add* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* calm \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w waves|strong="H1530"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Nile|strong="H2975"\w* \add River which is usually\add* \w deep|strong="H4688"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*.  
\q1 \add I\add* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w proud|strong="H1347"\w* \add soldiers of\add* Assyria,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \add I will cause\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w longer|strong="H5493"\w* \w be|strong="H3220"\w* powerful [MTY].   
\q1
\v 12 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w my|strong="H3068"\w* people \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* strong,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w honor|strong="H8034"\w* \w me|strong="H8034"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w obey|strong="H1980"\w* [IDM] \w me|strong="H8034"\w*.  
\q1 \add That will surely happen because I,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H8034"\w*.”   
\c 11  
\q1
\v 1  \add You people of\add* [APO] \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w* \add should\add* \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w your|strong="H6605"\w* \w gates|strong="H1817"\w*,  
\q2 \add because you will not be able to stop\add* fire from burning \w your|strong="H6605"\w* cedar \add trees\add*!   
\q1
\v 2 \w Your|strong="H3588"\w* \w cypress|strong="H1265"\w*/pine \add trees\add* [APO] \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \add also\add* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* cedar \add trees\add* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* been cut \w down|strong="H3381"\w*.  
\q2 \w Those|strong="H3588"\w* glorious/great \w trees|strong="H1265"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* been \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* oak \w trees|strong="H1265"\w* \w in|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w* \add region\add* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3588"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* other \w trees|strong="H1265"\w* \w in|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* been cut \w down|strong="H3381"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w And|strong="H6963"\w* \w listen|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w crying|strong="H6963"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* fertile \w pastures|strong="H7462"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* been \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w*.  
\q1 \w Listen|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H3383"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w lions|strong="H3715"\w* \w roar|strong="H7581"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w roar|strong="H7581"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* delightful forest \add where they live\add* near \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \add River\add* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* been \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w*.   
\s1 The parable of the two shepherds  
\p
\v 4 \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* said \add to me\add*: “\add I want you to\add* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \add of sheep that are about\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* slaughtered.  
\v 5 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* going \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sheep \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sheep, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* punished. \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w selling|strong="H4376"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sheep say, ‘\add I\add* \w praise|strong="H1288"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add because\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H6238"\w* \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*!’ \w Even|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* feel sorry \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sheep.  
\v 6 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* similarly, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* feel sorry \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* country. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* allow \w many|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* [HYP] \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* captured \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* capture \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ruin \w this|strong="H3588"\w* country, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \add of the people\add*.”   
\p
\v 7 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w became|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* \add of sheep that were about\add* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w be|strong="H2256"\w* slaughtered \add for their meat to be sold\add* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* dealers. \add I took good care of the sheep, even the ones that were the weakest sheep. Then\add* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \add shepherds’ \add*◄\w staffs|strong="H4731"\w*/walking \w sticks|strong="H4731"\w*►. \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w named|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w one|strong="H8147"\w* \add staff\add* ‘Kindness’ \w and|strong="H6041"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w other|strong="H8147"\w* \add staff\add* ‘Union’. \w And|strong="H6041"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* good care \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w* \add who had been working with me\add* detested \w me|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H5315"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w became|strong="H7114"\w* \w impatient|strong="H7114"\w* \w with|strong="H5315"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w*. Within \w one|strong="H5315"\w* \w month|strong="H3391"\w* \w I|strong="H5315"\w* ◄dismissed/got rid \w of|strong="H5315"\w*► \w those|strong="H5315"\w* \w shepherds|strong="H7462"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* said \add to the dealers\add*, “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add longer\add* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H4191"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* allow \w the|strong="H4191"\w* ones \w that|strong="H1320"\w* \w are|strong="H1320"\w* \w dying|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* allow \w the|strong="H4191"\w* ones \w that|strong="H1320"\w* \w are|strong="H1320"\w* getting lost \w to|strong="H4191"\w* get lost. \w And|strong="H4191"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* prevent those \w that|strong="H1320"\w* \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* \w from|strong="H4191"\w* destroying each other.”   
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H3772"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w staff|strong="H4731"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3772"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* named ‘Kindness’ \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3772"\w* \w broke|strong="H6565"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w*. \add That showed that Yahweh\add* \w was|strong="H3605"\w* annulling/canceling \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people-groups.  
\v 11 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* ended immediately. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* men \w who|strong="H1931"\w* bought \w and|strong="H3068"\w* sold \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w watching|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H8104"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \add by seeing what I was doing\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w giving|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* told them, “If \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w it|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* should \w do|strong="H5869"\w*, \w pay|strong="H8254"\w* \w me|strong="H3051"\w* \add for taking care of the sheep\add*. If \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* should \w do|strong="H5869"\w*, \w do|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pay|strong="H8254"\w* \w me|strong="H3051"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* paid \w me|strong="H3051"\w* \add only\add* 30 pieces \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.   
\p
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, “\add That is a ridiculously small amount of money that they have paid you\add*! \add So\add* \w throw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* man \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w makes|strong="H3068"\w* clay pots!” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* chest \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3068"\w*/\w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* kept.   
\p
\v 14 \w Then|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w broke|strong="H6565"\w* \w my|strong="H6565"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w staff|strong="H4731"\w*, \add the one that I named\add* ‘Union’. \w That|strong="H3478"\w* \add indicated that\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H3478"\w* longer \w be|strong="H3478"\w* united.   
\p
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H3947"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w things|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* foolish \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* uses,  
\v 16 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H6485"\w* going \w to|strong="H1245"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* new king \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1320"\w*, \add one who will not take care of my people. He will be like a foolish shepherd\add*: [MET] \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H6485"\w* \w care|strong="H6485"\w* \w of|strong="H1320"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \w are|strong="H1320"\w* dying, \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \w are|strong="H1320"\w* very young, \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7462"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w injured|strong="H7665"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H7462"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* enough food. \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1320"\w* \add treat them very cruelly, like a shepherd who would\add* [MET] kill \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w eat|strong="H7462"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w best|strong="H5324"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6561"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w tear|strong="H6561"\w* \w off|strong="H3582"\w* \w their|strong="H1245"\w* \w hoofs|strong="H6541"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w But|strong="H5800"\w* terrible things \w will|strong="H5869"\w* happen \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w* foolish/useless \w king|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w who|strong="H1945"\w* \w abandons|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5800"\w* [MET] \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w whom|strong="H5869"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* rules.  
\q1 \add His enemies\add* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* strike \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\q2 \add The result will be that\add* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* no \w strength|strong="H2220"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w become|strong="H3001"\w* \w completely|strong="H3001"\w* \w blind|strong="H3543"\w*.”   
\c 12  
\s1 Jerusalem will be rescued  
\p
\v 1  \add This is\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w one|strong="H1697"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w stretched|strong="H5186"\w* \w out|strong="H5186"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w created|strong="H3335"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* ◄gave life \w to|strong="H3478"\w* humans/\w caused|strong="H1697"\w* humans \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* alive►. \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*:  
\v 2 “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* soon \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w cup|strong="H5592"\w* \w full|strong="H3605"\w* \add of very strong alcoholic drink\add*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* drink \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* stagger \w around|strong="H5439"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* attack \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the other towns in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 3 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \add the armies of\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* gather \w to|strong="H1961"\w* attack \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \add the leaders of\add* Judah \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very \w heavy|strong="H4614"\w* rock, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add try to\add* \w lift|strong="H6006"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* badly \w injured|strong="H8295"\w*.  
\v 4 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \add one of their enemies’\add* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* panic, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w riders|strong="H7392"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become crazy. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* [IDM] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w protect|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* enemies’ \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become \w blind|strong="H5788"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* themselves, ‘\w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* strong \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.’   
\p
\v 6 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* enable \w the|strong="H3605"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w like|strong="H8478"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pan|strong="H3595"\w* containing hot coals \add that is put\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woodpile \add to set it on fire\add*, \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H8478"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w burning|strong="H3940"\w* \w torch|strong="H3940"\w* \add that is put\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add field of\add* ripe \w grain|strong="H3605"\w* \add to set it on fire\add*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add and their army\add* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* directions. \w But|strong="H3117"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* safe.   
\p
\v 7 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* protect \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tents \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add the soldiers in other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \add I rescue the people of Jerusalem\add*, \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w order|strong="H4616"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* [DOU] \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* honored \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \add the people in other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add are honored\add*.  
\v 8 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w protect|strong="H1598"\w* [MET] \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w even|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* weakest \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add strong\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add was\add*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* descendants [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add rule the people\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \add would\add*, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w though|strong="H1931"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w sent|strong="H1732"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \add me\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* leader.  
\v 9 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* prepare \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* attack \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.”   
\s1 Mourning for the one who will be stabbed  
\p
\v 10 “\w I|strong="H5921"\w*, \add Yahweh,\add* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* cause \w the|strong="H5921"\w* descendants [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* act very kindly \w and|strong="H1004"\w* mercifully. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w look|strong="H5027"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \add the one\add* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w has|strong="H7307"\w* been \w stabbed|strong="H1856"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* cry \w bitterly|strong="H4843"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* cry \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* \w son|strong="H3173"\w* \add who has died\add* [DOU].  
\v 11 \w At|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, many \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* crying bitterly, \w like|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* cried \add when King Josiah was killed in the battle\add* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* Hadad-Rimmon \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Megiddo|strong="H4023"\w* \w Plain|strong="H1237"\w*.  
\v 12 Many \w people|strong="H4940"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* Judah \w will|strong="H1004"\w* cry, each \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w by|strong="H4940"\w* themselves: \w the|strong="H1732"\w* male \w descendants|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w by|strong="H4940"\w* themselves, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H1732"\w* wives \w by|strong="H4940"\w* themselves, \w the|strong="H1732"\w* male \w descendants|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add David’s son\add* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w by|strong="H4940"\w* themselves, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H1732"\w* wives \w by|strong="H4940"\w* themselves,  
\v 13 \w the|strong="H1004"\w* male \w descendants|strong="H4940"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w* \w by|strong="H4940"\w* themselves, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* their wives \w by|strong="H4940"\w* themselves, \w the|strong="H1004"\w* male \w descendants|strong="H4940"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add Levi’s grandson\add* \w Shimei|strong="H8097"\w* \w by|strong="H4940"\w* themselves, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* their wives \w by|strong="H4940"\w* themselves,  
\v 14 \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* members \add of the kings’ clans and the priests’ clans\add* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* themselves, \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* wives \w by|strong="H3605"\w* themselves.”   
\c 13  
\s1 Getting rid of idols and false prophets  
\p
\v 1 \w At|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \add it will be as though\add* [MET] \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* water flows \w continually|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* cleanse \w the|strong="H3117"\w* descendants [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* guilt \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w committed|strong="H1961"\w*, \add especially\add* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w becoming|strong="H1961"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \add by worshiping idols\add*.   
\p
\v 2 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “\w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* prevent \add people from even mentioning\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* country, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w them|strong="H5674"\w* \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w*. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* expel \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w all|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* falsely claim \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* [DOU].  
\v 3 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* someone continues \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w prophesy|strong="H5012"\w* \add falsely\add*, \w his|strong="H3068"\w* parents \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H8267"\w* \w saying|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY] \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w those|strong="H1961"\w* messages \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* executed.’ \add So\add* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* someone \w prophesies|strong="H5012"\w* \add like that\add*, \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w father|strong="H3205"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* mother \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w stab|strong="H1856"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \add and kill him\add*.   
\p
\v 4 \w At|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w false|strong="H3808"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* ashamed \add that they claimed to have received messages from me in\add* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w visions|strong="H2384"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w prophesies|strong="H5012"\w* \add that they told to people\add*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add longer\add* \w deceive|strong="H3584"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* wearing \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \add that prophets usually wear\add*, \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \add animals’\add* \w hair|strong="H8181"\w*.  
\v 5  \add So\add* each \w of|strong="H5030"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* say, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add really\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* farmer, \w and|strong="H5030"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w been|strong="H5647"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* farmer \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* land \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* boy!’  
\v 6 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* someone, \add seeing the wounds on one of those prophet’s bodies, will suspect that he injured himself during rituals to worship idols, and he\add* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* ask ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* those \w wounds|strong="H4347"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H5221"\w* body?’ \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H1004"\w* \add will lie, saying\add* ‘\w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* injured \add when I was\add* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* friend’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.’”   
\s1 What will happen to the shepherd and the sheep  
\p
\v 7 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* angels \w says|strong="H5002"\w*,  
\q1 “\add My\add* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* [APO] must \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \add the one who is like\add* [MET] \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w companion|strong="H5997"\w*/very <close/dear> \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*►.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w*,  
\q2 \add those who are like\add* [MET] \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w scatter|strong="H6327"\w*.  
\q2 \add And those who are like\add* [MET] \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H6819"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* [IDM].”   
\q1
\v 8 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add also\add* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*, “Two-thirds \add of the people in Judah\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H1478"\w* [DOU].  
\q2 \add Only\add* \w one-third|strong="H7992"\w* \add of the people in Judah\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remain|strong="H3498"\w* alive.   
\q1
\v 9 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w test|strong="H6884"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ones \w that|strong="H5971"\w* remain alive \add by causing them to experience great difficulties, to find out if they will continue to worship me\add*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* purify \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w like|strong="H3701"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H6030"\w* purifies \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w or|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* putting \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w into|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \add very hot\add* fire.  
\q1 \add Then\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* [MTY] \add for help\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \add to them\add*, ‘\w You|strong="H7121"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,’  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, ‘\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.’ ”   
\c 14  
\s1 When Yahweh will rule  
\p
\v 1 \w Listen|strong="H2009"\w*! \w It|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* soon \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add will judge everyone\add*. \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w possessions|strong="H7998"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* taken \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \add people of Jerusalem by your enemies will be returned to you, and\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\p
\v 2  \add Before that happens,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \add the armies of\add* \w many|strong="H3808"\w* [HYP] \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* steal \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* rape \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w take|strong="H3920"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* countries, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w remain|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
\p
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*; \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w like|strong="H3318"\w* [SIM] \add soldiers\add* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H7128"\w*.  
\v 4 \w On|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Olive|strong="H2132"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Olive|strong="H2132"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w split|strong="H1234"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H6828"\w* \add parts\add*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w parts|strong="H2677"\w*. \w Half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w will|strong="H3389"\w* \w move|strong="H4185"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w north|strong="H6828"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \add will move\add* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w*.  
\v 5 People \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* extends \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H5973"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Azel), \w like|strong="H5973"\w* [SIM] people \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w earthquake|strong="H7494"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5060"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \add angels\add*.   
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\v 6 \w At|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* light \add from the sun\add*; \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* cold \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* frost.  
\v 7 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* other \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H6153"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* daytime \w or|strong="H3808"\w* nighttime; \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add light continually\add*, \add even\add* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w At|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w running|strong="H2416"\w*/\w fresh|strong="H2416"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w flow|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w One|strong="H1931"\w* \w stream|strong="H4325"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w flow|strong="H3318"\w* \w toward|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w east|strong="H6931"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \add Dead\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w The|strong="H3117"\w* other \w stream|strong="H4325"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w flow|strong="H3318"\w* \w toward|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w flow|strong="H3318"\w* \add all the time\add*, \w during|strong="H3117"\w* ◄\w summer|strong="H7019"\w*/\w the|strong="H3117"\w* hot \w season|strong="H3117"\w*► \w as|strong="H3117"\w* well \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* ◄\w winter|strong="H2779"\w*/\w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w cold|strong="H2779"\w* \w season|strong="H3117"\w*►.   
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\v 9 \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add who rules\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w entire|strong="H3605"\w* world. \add Everyone will know that\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w only|strong="H3605"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* [MTY], \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 10  \add At that time,\add* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H4725"\w* \add in Judah\add* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* \add town at the north\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* \add town far to\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w will|strong="H4428"\w* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plain|strong="H6160"\w*. \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* raised \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w always|strong="H3605"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w*. \add It will extend\add* \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w First|strong="H7223"\w* \w Gate|strong="H8179"\w* \add northeast\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hananel|strong="H2606"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w winepresses|strong="H3342"\w* \add to the southwest\add*.  
\v 11 \w Many|strong="H3808"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* city \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2764"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* safe city.   
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\v 12 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5975"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w afflicted|strong="H5062"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w plague|strong="H4046"\w*/severe illness►. \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rot|strong="H4743"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rot|strong="H4743"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sockets|strong="H2356"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tongues|strong="H3956"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w rot|strong="H4743"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w mouths|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\v 13 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w panic|strong="H4103"\w*. \w People|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w grab|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w each|strong="H3117"\w* \w other|strong="H7453"\w*.  
\v 14  \add The people who live in other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w to|strong="H3389"\w* defend \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w They|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w collect|strong="H3063"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w surrounding|strong="H5439"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* lot \w of|strong="H7230"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* clothes.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w plague|strong="H4046"\w* \add that will afflict the people of other nations\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* afflict \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w mules|strong="H6505"\w*, \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w*, \w and|strong="H5483"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* work \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* ◄\w camps|strong="H4264"\w*/\w places|strong="H3605"\w* \w where|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* set \w up|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w tents|strong="H4264"\w*►.   
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\v 16 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \add previously\add* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \add to fight\add* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w still|strong="H1471"\w* alive, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* return \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* angels, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H2287"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Temporary|strong="H5521"\w* \w Shelters|strong="H5521"\w*.  
\v 17 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* nations \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \add to Jerusalem to worship there\add*, \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w fall|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H4940"\w*.  
\v 18 \w If|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add or any other nation\add* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Jerusalem, \add they will not have any rain\add*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w the|strong="H5921"\w* same \w plague|strong="H4046"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w afflicted|strong="H5062"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add people of other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H2287"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Living \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Temporary|strong="H5521"\w* \w Shelters|strong="H5521"\w*.  
\v 19 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* how \add Yahweh\add* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* punish \add the people of\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H4714"\w* \add the people of\add* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \add other\add* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \add to Jerusalem\add* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H2287"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Festival|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H2282"\w* \w Living|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1471"\w* \w Temporary|strong="H5521"\w* \w Shelters|strong="H5521"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \add the words\add* ‘\w Dedicated|strong="H6944"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’ \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* written \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w bells|strong="H4698"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* fastened \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \add cooking\add* \w pots|strong="H5518"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \add the courtyard of the\add* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add sacred\add*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w bowls|strong="H4219"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w near|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* \w pot|strong="H5518"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add in other places in\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6944"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w offers|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \add there in Jerusalem\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* meat \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w cook|strong="H1310"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w pots|strong="H5518"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w buy|strong="H3947"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* sell \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \add the courtyard of\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w armies|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* angels.