The Book of the Prophet Zechariah

The Book of the Prophet Zechariah

The Book of Zechariah is filled with mysterious visions and powerful prophecies that look toward the future restoration of Israel and the coming of the Messiah. It features various symbolic scenes that were intended to encourage the people as they labored to rebuild the Temple and their community. We see a vision of the high priest being cleansed and a promise of a future Branch who will remove the guilt of the land in a single day. This narrative reveals the depth of God's commitment to the spiritual renewal of His children.

The second half of the book contains vivid descriptions of the Messiah entering Jerusalem on a humble donkey and being pierced for the sake of the people. These passages are deeply significant for Catholic readers as they provide a detailed preview of the passion and triumph of Jesus Christ. We are invited to look forward to a day when the Lord will be king over all the earth and when holiness will permeate even the smallest details of life. The Book of Zechariah encourages us to live with an eternal perspective and to trust in the final victory of the kingdom.

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Chapters

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Chapter 1

1In the eighth month, in the second year of king Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying: ? 2The Lord has become angry over the resentful anger of your fathers. ? 3And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts. ? 4Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked thoughts. But they did not heed, and neither did they pay attention to me, says the Lord. ? 5Your fathers, where are they? And will the prophets live unceasingly? ? 6Yet truly my words and my lawfulness, which I entrusted to my servants the prophets, were indeed comprehended by your fathers, and so they were converted, and they said: Just as the Lord of hosts decided to do to us, according to our ways and according to our inventions, so has he done to us. ? 7On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is called Shevat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying: ? 8I saw by night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees, which were in the chasm. And behind him were horses: red, speckled, and white. ? 9And I said, �What are these, my lord?� And the angel, who was speaking with me, said to me, �I will reveal to you what these are.� ? 10And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, �These are they, whom the Lord has sent in order to walk through the earth.� ? 11And those who stood among the myrtle trees answered the angel of the Lord, and they said, �We have walked through the earth, and behold, all the earth is inhabited and is at rest.� ? 12And the angel of the Lord answered and said, �Lord of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, with which you have been angry? This is now the seventieth year.� ? 13And the Lord answered the angel, who had been speaking with me, good words, consoling words. ? 14And the angel, who was speaking with me, said to me: Cry out, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have been zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great zeal. ? 15And, with a great anger, I am angry with the wealthy nations. Though I had been angry a little, truly they advanced further in evil. ? 16Because of this, thus says the Lord: I will be turned back, towards Jerusalem, with mercies; and my house will be built upon this, says the Lord of hosts. And the building line will be extended over Jerusalem. ? 17Until then, cry out saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Until then, my cities will flow with good things, and, until then, the Lord will comfort Zion, and, until then, he will single out Jerusalem. ? 18And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw. And behold: four horns. ? 19And I said to the angel, who was speaking with me, �What are these?� And he said to me, �These are the horns that have winnowed Judah and Israel and Jerusalem.� ? 20And the Lord showed me four workmen. ? 21And I said, �What have these come to do?� He spoke, saying, �These are the horns that have winnowed Judah, through every single man, and none of them lifted up his head. And these have come to frighten them away, so as to cast down the horns of the Gentiles, which have lifted up a horn over the land of Judah, so as to scatter it.� ?

Chapter 2

1And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line. ? 2And I said, �Where are you going?� And he said to me, �To measure Jerusalem, so that I may see how great its width and how great its length may be.� ? 3And behold, the angel, who had been speaking with me, departed, and another angel went out to meet him. ? 4And he said to him: Hurry, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls, because of the multitude of men and beasts of burden in its midst. ? 5And I will be to it, says the Lord, a wall of fire all around. And in glory, I will be in its midst. ? 6O, O flee from the land of the North, says the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, says the Lord. ? 7O Zion, flee, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. ? 8For thus says the Lord of hosts: After the glory, he has sent me to the Gentiles, which have despoiled you. For he who touches you, touches the pupil of my eye. ? 9For behold, I lift up my hand over them, and they will be a prey to those who had served them. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. ? 10Sing praise and rejoice, daughter of Zion. For behold, I approach, and I will dwell in your midst, says the Lord. ? 11And many nations will be joined to the Lord in that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ? 12And the Lord will possess his portion, Judah, in the sanctified land, and still he will single out Jerusalem. ? 13Let all flesh be silent before the face of the Lord: for he has arisen from his holy dwelling place. ?

Chapter 3

1And the Lord revealed to me: Jesus the high priest, standing in the sight of the angel of the Lord. And Satan stood before his right hand, so as to be his adversary. ? 2And the Lord said to Satan, �May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! And may the Lord, who chose Jerusalem, rebuke you! Are you not a firebrand plucked from the fire?� ? 3And Jesus was clothed with filthy garments. And he stood before the face of an angel. ? 4He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, �Take away the filthy garments from him.� And he said to him, �Behold, I have taken away from you your iniquity, and I have clothed you with a change of clothing.� ? 5And he said, �Place a clean diadem on his head.� And they placed a clean diadem on his head, and they clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord remained standing. ? 6And the angel of the Lord contested with Jesus, saying: ? 7Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, you likewise will judge my house and will keep my courts, and I will give you some of those who now attend here to walk with you. ? 8Listen, Jesus the high priest, you and your friends, who dwell before you, who have been portending to men. For behold, I will lead my servant to the East. ? 9For behold, the stone that I have bestowed before Jesus. Upon one stone, there are seven eyes. Behold, I will carve its engraving, says the Lord of hosts. And I will take away the iniquity of that land in one day. ? 10On that day, says the Lord of hosts, every man will call his friend from under the vine and from under the fig tree. ?

Chapter 4

1And the angel who had been speaking with me returned, and he awakened me, like a man who is awakened from his sleep. ? 2And he said to me, �What do you see?� And I said, �I looked, and behold, a candlestick entirely in gold, and its lamp was at its top, and seven oil lamps of it were upon it, and there were seven funnels for the oil lamps that were at its top. ? 3And there were two olive trees upon it: one to the right of the lamp, and one to its left.� ? 4And I answered and spoke to the angel who was speaking with me, saying, �What are these, my lord?� ? 5And the angel who was speaking with me answered, and he said to me, �Do you not know what these are?� And I said, �No, my lord.� ? 6And he answered and spoke to me, saying: This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying: Not by an army, nor by might, but in my spirit, says the Lord of hosts. ? 7What are you, great mountain, in the sight of Zerubbabel? You are among the plains. And he will lead out the primary stone, and he will give equal grace to its grace. ? 8And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ? 9The hand of Zerubbabel has founded this house, and his hands will complete it. And you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ? 10For who has despised the little days? And they will rejoice and will see the silver and lead stone in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the seven eyes of the Lord, which roam quickly through all the earth. ? 11And I responded and said to him, �What are these two olive trees to the right of the candlestick, and to its left?� ? 12And I responded a second time and said to him, �What are the two olive branches, which are next to the two golden ridges, in which are the pouring spouts of gold?� ? 13And he spoke to me, saying, �Do you not know what these are?� And I said, �No, my lord.� ? 14And he said, �These are the two sons of oil, who attend before the Sovereign of all the earth.� ?

Chapter 5

1And I turned and lifted up my eyes. And I saw, and behold, a book flying. ? 2And he said to me, �What do you see?� And I said, �I see a book flying. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width is ten cubits.� ? 3And he said to me, �This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth. For every thief will be judged, just as it has been written there, and everyone who swears by this, will be judged in like manner.� ? 4I will bring it forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it will approach to the house of the thief, and to the house of him who swears falsely by my name, and it will remain in the midst of his house and will consume it, with its wood and its stones. ? 5And the angel had departed, who was speaking with me. And he said to me, �Lift up your eyes, and see what this is, that goes forth.� ? 6And I said, �What, then, is it?� And he said, �This is a container going forth.� And he said, �This is their eye in all the earth.� ? 7And behold, a talent of lead was being carried; and behold, one woman sitting in the middle of the container. ? 8And he said, �This is impiety.� And he cast her into the middle of the container, and he sent the weight of lead into its mouth. ? 9And I lifted up my eyes and I saw. And behold, two women were departing, and a spirit was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite, and they lifted up the container between earth and heaven. ? 10And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, �Where are they taking the container?� ? 11And he said to me, �To a house that may be built for it in the land of Shinar, and so that it may be established and set there upon its own base.� ?

Chapter 6

1And I turned, and I lifted up my eyes and I saw. And behold, four four-horse chariots went out from the middle of two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of brass. ? 2In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot were black horses, ? 3and in the third chariot were white horses, and in the fourth chariot were speckled horses, and they were strong. ? 4And I responded and said to the angel who was speaking with me, �What are these, my lord?� ? 5And the angel answered and said to me, �These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth to stand in the presence of the Sovereign of all the earth.� ? 6The one with the black horses was departing into the land of the North, and the white went forth after them, and the speckled went forth towards the land of the South. ? 7Yet those who were the most strong, went out, and sought to go and to roam quickly through all the earth. And he said, �Go, walk throughout the earth.� And they walked throughout the earth. ? 8And he called me and spoke with me, saying, �Behold, those who go forth to the land of the North, have quieted my spirit in the land of the North.� ? 9And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ? 10From those of the captivity, take from Heldai, and from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah. You will approach in that day, and you will go into the house of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah, who came from Babylon. ? 11And you will take gold and silver; and you will make crowns, and you will set them on the head of Jesus the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ? 12And you will speak to him, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Behold, a man; the Rising is his name. And under him, he will rise up, and he will build a temple to the Lord. ? 13And he will raise a temple to the Lord. And he will carry the glory, and he will sit and rule upon his throne. And he will be a priest upon his throne, and a counsel of peace will be between the two of them. ? 14And the crowns will be to Heldai, and Tobijah, and Jedaiah, as well as to Hem, the son of Zephaniah, as a memorial in the temple of the Lord. ? 15And those who are far away, will approach, and will build in the temple of the Lord. And you will know that the Lord of hosts sent me to you. Yet this shall be only if, when hearing, you will have heeded the voice of the Lord your God. ?

Chapter 7

1And it happened, in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev. ? 2And Sharezer and Regemmelech, and the men who were with them, sent to the house of God, to entreat the face of the Lord, ? 3to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying: �Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month, and must I sanctify myself, as I have now done for many years?� ? 4And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying: ? 5Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: Although you may have fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years, did you indeed keep a fast unto me? ? 6And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink only for yourselves? ? 7Are not these the words that the Lord has spoken by the hand of the former prophets, when Jerusalem was still inhabited, so that it would prosper, itself and the cities around it, and those inhabitants towards the South and in the plains? ? 8And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying: ? 9Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge with true judgment, and act with mercy and compassion, each and every one with his brother. ? 10And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother. ? 11But they were not willing to pay attention, and they turned aside their shoulder to depart, and they pressed upon their ears, so that they would not hear. ? 12And they set their heart like the hardest stone, so that they would not hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts has sent with his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets. And so a great indignation came from Lord of hosts. ? 13And it happened, just as he had spoken, and they did not pay attention. So then, they shall cry out, and I will not heed, says the Lord of hosts. ? 14And I dispersed them throughout all the kingdoms that they did not know. And the land was left desolate behind them, so that no one was passing through or returning. And they made the desirable land into a deserted place. ?

Chapter 8

1And the word of the Lord of hosts came, saying: ? 2Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with a great zeal, and with a great indignation have I been zealous for her. ? 3Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have been turned back towards Zion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem will be called: �The City of Truth,� and �The Mountain of the Lord of Hosts, the Sanctified Mountain.� ? 4Thus says the Lord of hosts: Then elderly men and elderly women will dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man will be with his walking stick in his hand, because of the multitude of days. ? 5And the streets of the city will be filled with toddlers and children, playing in its streets. ? 6Thus says the Lord of hosts: If it seems difficult in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, could it indeed be difficult in my eyes, says the Lord of hosts? ? 7Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the land of the East, and from the land of the setting of the sun. ? 8And I will lead them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in justice. ? 9Thus says the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strengthened, you who, in those days, are listening to these words by the mouth of the prophets, in the day that the house of the Lord of hosts has been founded, so that the temple may be built. ? 10Indeed, before those days, there was no pay for men, nor was there pay for beasts of burden, and neither was there peace for those entering, nor for those exiting, because of the tribulation. And I had dismissed all men, each one against his neighbor. ? 11But now, I will not act towards the remnant of this people according to the former days, says the Lord of hosts. ? 12But there will be a seed of peace: the vine will give her fruit, and the earth will give her seedlings, and the heavens will give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. ? 13And this shall be: just as you were a curse among the Gentiles, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid. Let your hands be strengthened. ? 14For thus says the Lord of hosts: Just as I intended to afflict you, when your fathers had provoked me to wrath, says the Lord, ? 15and I did not show mercy, so have I turned back, thinking in these days to do good to the house of Judah and to Jerusalem. Do not be afraid. ? 16Therefore, these are the words that you shall do: Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor. With truth and a judgment of peace, judge at your gates. ? 17And let not anyone think up evil against his friend in your hearts. And do not choose to swear falsely. For all these are things that I hate, says the Lord. ? 18And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying: ? 19Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth will be for the house of Judah in joy and gladness and with bright solemnities. So then, love truth and peace. ? 20Thus says the Lord of hosts, then the people may arrive and dwell in many cities, ? 21and the inhabitants may hurry, one saying to another: �Let us go and entreat the face of the Lord, and let us seek the Lord of hosts. I will go also.� ? 22And many peoples and strong nations will approach, seeking the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the face of the Lord. ? 23Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days, then, ten men from every language of the Gentiles will grasp and cling to the hem of one man of Judea, saying: �We will go with you. For we have heard that God is with you.� ?

Chapter 9

1The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach and its respite in Damascus. For the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is of the Lord. ? 2Hamath also is at its limits, and Tyre and Sidon. For, of course, they have assumed themselves to be exceedingly wise. ? 3And Tyre has built herself a fortress, and she has piled together silver, as if it were soil, and gold, as if it were the mud of the streets. ? 4Behold, the Lord will possess her, and he will strike her strength in the sea, and she will be devoured by fire. ? 5Ashkelon will see and be afraid. Both Gaza and he will be very sorrowful, as well as Ekron, because her hope has been confounded. And the king will pass away from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited. ? 6And the divider will sit in Ashdod, and I will scatter the arrogance of the Philistines. ? 7And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth, and yet he will be left for our God, and he will be like a governor in Judah, and Ekron will be like a Jebusite. ? 8And I will encircle my house with those who serve me in war, going and returning, and the exactor will no longer pass over them. For now I have seen with my eyes. ? 9Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your King will come to you: the Just One, the Savior. He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey. ? 10And I will scatter the four-horse chariot out of Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be destroyed. And he will speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power will be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth. ? 11You, likewise, by the blood of your testimony, have sent forth your prisoners from the pit, in which there is no water. ? 12Turn back to the fortress, prisoners of hope. Today, I also announce that I will repay you double, ? 13because I have stretched out Judah for myself, like a bow; I have filled Ephraim. And I will raise up your sons, Zion, above your sons, Greece. And I will set you as the sword of the strength. ? 14And the Lord God will be seen over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning. And the Lord God will sound the trumpet, and he will go forth into the whirlwind of the South. ? 15The Lord of hosts will protect them. And they will devour and subdue with the stones of the sling. And, when drinking, they will become inebriated, as if with wine, and they will be filled like bowls and like the horns of the altar. ? 16And in that day, the Lord their God will save them as the flock of his people. For holy stones will be lifted up over his land. ? 17For what is his goodness and what is his beauty, other than grain among the elect and wine springing forth virgins? ?

Chapter 10

1Petition before the Lord for rain in the latter time, and the Lord will produce snows and will give showers of rain to them, to each blade in the field. ? 2For the images have been speaking what is useless, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreamers have been speaking false hope: they have comforted in vain. For this reason, they have been led away like a flock; they will be afflicted, because they have no shepherd. ? 3My fury has been kindled over the shepherds, and I will visit upon the he-goats. For the Lord of hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and he has set them like the horse of his glory in the war. ? 4From him will go forth the angle, from him the wooden peg, from him the bow of battle, from him every exactor at the same time. ? 5And they will be like the strong, trampling the mud of the ways in battle. And they will fight, for the Lord is with them. And the riders of the horses will be confounded. ? 6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will convert them, because I will have mercy on them. And they will be as they were when I had not cast them away. For I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them. ? 7And they will be like the strong of Ephraim, and their heart will rejoice as if by wine, and their sons will see and will rejoice, and their heart will exult in the Lord. ? 8I will whistle for them, and I will gather them together, because I have redeemed them. And I will multiply them, as they had been multiplied before. ? 9And I will sow them among the peoples, and from far away they will remember me. And they will live with their sons, and they will return. ? 10And I will lead them back from the land of Egypt, and I will gather them from among the Assyrians, and I will lead them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon, and no place will be left that has not been found by them. ? 11And he will pass over the narrow passage of the sea, and he will strike the waves of the sea, and all the depths of the river will be confounded, and the arrogance of Assyria will be brought low, and the scepter of Egypt will withdraw. ? 12I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they will walk in his name, says the Lord. ?

Chapter 11

1Open your gates, Lebanon, and let fire consume your cedars. ? 2Howl, you fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the magnificent have been devastated. Howl, you oaks of Bashan, because the secure forest passage has been cut down. ? 3The voice of the howling of the shepherds: for their magnificence has been devastated. The voice of the roaring of the lions: because the arrogance of the Jordan has been devastated. ? 4Thus says the Lord my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter, ? 5which those who possessed them cut down, and they did not feel sorrow, and they sold them, saying: �Blessed be the Lord; we have become wealthy. Even their shepherds did not spare them.� ? 6And so, I will no longer spare the inhabitants upon the earth, says the Lord. Behold, I will deliver men, each one into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king. And they will cut down the land, and I will not rescue it from their hand. ? 7And I will pasture the flock of the slaughter, because of this, O poor of the flock. And I took to myself two staffs: the one I called Handsome, and the other I called Rope, and I pastured the flock. ? 8And I cut down three shepherds in one month. And my soul became contracted concerning them, just as their soul also varied concerning me. ? 9And I said: I will not pasture you. Whatever dies, let it die. And whatever is cut down, let it be cut down. And let the rest of them devour, each one the flesh of his neighbor. ? 10And I took my staff, which was called Handsome, and I tore it apart, so as to invalidate my pact, which I had struck with all of the people. ? 11And it became invalid in that day. And so they understood, just like the poor of the flock who stay close to me, that this is the word of the Lord. ? 12And I said to them: If it is good in your eyes, bring me my wages. And if not, remain still. And they weighed for my wages thirty silver coins. ? 13And the Lord said to me: Cast it towards the statuary, the handsome price at which I have been valued by them. And I took the thirty silver coins, and I cast them into the house of the Lord, towards the statuary. ? 14And I cut short my second staff, which was called Rope, so that I might dissolve the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. ? 15And the Lord said to me: Still they are to you the equipment of a foolish shepherd. ? 16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish what remains standing, and he will consume the flesh of the fatted ones and break their hoofs. ? 17O shepherd and idol, abandoning the flock, with a sword upon his arm and over his right eye: his arm will be withered by drought, and his right eye will be obscured by darkness. ?

Chapter 12

1The burden of the word of the Lord upon Israel. The Lord, stretching forth the heavens and founding the earth and forming the spirit of man within him, says: ? 2Behold, I will set Jerusalem as a lintel of the effects of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, yet even Judah will be in the blockade against Jerusalem. ? 3And this shall be: In that day, I will set Jerusalem as a burdensome stone to every people. All who will lift it up will be torn to pieces. And all the kingdoms of the earth will be gathered together against her. ? 4In that day, says the Lord, I will strike every horse with stupor and his rider with madness. And I will open my eyes upon the house of Judah, and I will strike every horse of the people with blindness. ? 5And the governors of Judah will say in their heart, �Let the inhabitants of Jerusalem be strengthened for me, in the Lord of hosts, their God.� ? 6In that day, I will set the governors of Judah like a flaming furnace among wood, and like a flaming torch among hay. And they will devour, to the right and to the left, all the surrounding peoples. And Jerusalem will be inhabited again, in her own place, in Jerusalem. ? 7And the Lord will save the tabernacles of Judah, just as in the beginning, so that the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not glorify themselves boastfully against Judah. ? 8In that day, the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and even he who will have offended from them, in that day, will be like David, and the house of David will be like that of God, just like an angel of the Lord in their sight. ? 9And this shall be in that day: I will seek to crush all the Gentiles that come against Jerusalem. ? 10And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they will look upon me, whom they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will feel sorrow over him, as one would be sorrowful at the death of a firstborn. ? 11In that day, there will be a great lamentation in Jerusalem, like the lamentation of Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo. ? 12And the earth will mourn: families and families separately; the families of the house of David separately, and their women separately; ? 13the families of the house of Nathan separately, and their women separately; the families of the house of Levi separately, and their women separately; the families of Shimei separately, and their women separately; ? 14all the rest of the families, families and families separately, and their women separately. ?

Chapter 13

1In that day, there will be a fountain open to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for the washing of the transgressor and of the defiled woman. ? 2And this shall be in that day, says the Lord of hosts: I will disperse the names of the idols from the earth, and they will not be remembered any longer. And I will take away the false prophets and the unclean spirit from the earth. ? 3And this shall be: when any devotee will continue to prophesy, his father and his mother, who conceived him, will say to him, �You shall not live, because you have been speaking a lie in the name of the Lord.� And his father and his mother, his own parents, will pierce him, when he will prophesy. ? 4And this shall be: In that day, the prophets will be confounded, each one by his own vision, when he will prophesy. Neither will they be covered with a garment of sackcloth in order to deceive. ? 5But he will say, �I am not a prophet; I am a man of agriculture. For Adam has been my example from my youth.� ? 6And they will say to him, �What are these wounds in the middle of your hands?� And he will say, �I was wounded with these in the house of those who love me.� ? 7Awake, O spear, against my shepherd and against the man that clings to me, says the Lord of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. And I will turn my hand to the little ones. ? 8And there will be in all the earth, says the Lord, two parts in it will be scattered and will pass away, and the third part will be left behind. ? 9And I will lead the third part through fire, and I will burn them just as silver is burned, and I will test them just as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will heed them. I will say, �You are my people.� And they will say, �The Lord is my God.� ?

Chapter 14

1Behold, the days of the Lord will arrive, and your spoils will be divided in your midst. ? 2And I will gather all the Gentiles in battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, and the houses will be ravaged, and the women will be violated. And the central part of the city will go forth into captivity, and the remainder of the people will not be taken away from the city. ? 3Then the Lord will go forth, and he will fight against those Gentiles, just as when he fought in the day of conflict. ? 4And his feet will stand firm, in that day, upon the Mount of Olives, which is opposite Jerusalem towards the East. And the mount of Olives will be divided down its center part, towards the East and towards the West, with a very great rupture, and the center of the mountain will be separated towards the North, and its center towards the Meridian. ? 5And you will flee to the valley of those mountains, because the valley of the mountains will be joined all the way to the next. And you will flee, just as you fled from the face of the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. And the Lord my God will arrive, and all the saints with him. ? 6And this shall be in that day: there will not be light, only cold and frost. ? 7And there will be one day, which is known to the Lord, not day and not night. And in the time of the evening, there will be light. ? 8And this shall be in that day: the living waters will go out from Jerusalem, half of them towards the East sea, and half of them towards the furthest sea. They will be in summer and in winter. ? 9And the Lord will be King over all the earth. In that day, there will be one Lord, and his name will be one. ? 10And all the land will return even to the desert, from the hill of Rimmon to the South of Jerusalem. And she will be exalted, and she will dwell in her own place, from the gate of Benjamin even to the place of the former gate, and even to the gate of the corners, and from the tower of Hananel even to the pressing room of the king. ? 11And they will dwell in it, and there will be no further anathema, but Jerusalem shall sit securely. ? 12And this will be the plague by which the Lord will strike all the Gentiles that have fought against Jerusalem. The flesh of each one will waste away while they are standing on their feet, and their eyes will be consumed in their sockets, and their tongue will be consumed in their mouth. ? 13In that day, there will be a great tumult from the Lord among them. And a man will take the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will be clasped upon the hand of his neighbor. ? 14And even Judah will fight against Jerusalem. And the riches of all the Gentiles will be gathered together around them: gold, and silver, and more than enough garments. ? 15And, like the ruin of the horse, and the mule, and the camel, and the donkey, and all the beasts of burden, which will have been in those encampments, so will be this ruination. ? 16And all those who will be the remnant of all the Gentiles that came against Jerusalem, will go up, from year to year, to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the feast of tabernacles. ? 17And this shall be: whoever will not go up, from the families of the earth to Jerusalem, so as to adore the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no showers upon them. ? 18But if even the family of Egypt will go not up, nor approach, neither will it be upon them, but there will be ruin, by which the Lord will strike all the Gentiles, who will not go up to celebrate the feast of tabernacles. ? 19This will be the sin of Egypt, and this will be the sin of all the Gentiles, who will not go up to celebrate the feast of tabernacles. ? 20In that day, that which is on the bridle of the horse will be holy to the Lord. And even the cooking pots in the house of the Lord will be like holy vessels before the altar. ? 21And every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be sanctified to the Lord of hosts. And all those who make sacrifices will come and take from them, and will cook with them. And the merchant will no longer be in the house of the Lord of hosts, in that day. ?