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  • Zechariah 9
    The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
    And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
    And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
    Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
    Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
    And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
    And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
    And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
    And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
    As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
    Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
    When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
    And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
    The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
    And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
    For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
    4 min
  • Job 33
    Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
    Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
    My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
    The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
    If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
    Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
    Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
    Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
    I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
    Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
    He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
    Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
    Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
    For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
    In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
    Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
    That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
    He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
    He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
    So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
    His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
    Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
    If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
    Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
    His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
    He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
    He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
    He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
    Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
    To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
    Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
    If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
    If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
    4 min
  • Revelation 5,6
    And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
    And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
    And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
    And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
    And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
    And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
    And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
    And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
    And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
    And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
    And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
    Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
    And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
    And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
    And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
    And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
    And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
    And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
    And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
    And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
    And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
    And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
    And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
    And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
    And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, t
    6 min
  • Job 31,32
    I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
    For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
    Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
    Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
    If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
    Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
    If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
    Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
    If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
    Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
    For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
    For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
    If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
    What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
    Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
    If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
    Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
    (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
    If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
    If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
    If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
    Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
    For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
    If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
    If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
    If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
    And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
    This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
    If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
    Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
    If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
    The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
    If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
    Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
    Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
    Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
    I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
    If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
    If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
    Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
    So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
    Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
    Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
    Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
    When Elihu saw that there was no answer i
    8 min
  • Zechariah 8
    Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
    Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
    And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
    And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
    For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
    But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.
    For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
    And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
    For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
    So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
    These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
    And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
    And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
    And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
    Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
    4 min
  • Job 29,30
    Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
    Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
    When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
    As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
    When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
    When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
    When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
    The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
    The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
    The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
    When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
    Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
    The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
    I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
    I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
    And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
    Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
    My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
    My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
    Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
    After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
    And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
    If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
    I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
    But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
    Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
    For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
    Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
    They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
    To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
    Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
    They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
    And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
    They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
    Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
    Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
    They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
    They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
    Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
    And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
    My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
    By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
    He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
    I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
    Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
    Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
    For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to
    6 min
  • Revelation 3,4
    And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
    Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
    Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
    Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
    He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
    And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
    I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
    Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
    Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
    Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
    Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
    And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
    I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
    So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
    Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
    I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
    As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
    Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
    To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
    After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
    And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
    And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
    And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
    And o
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  • Zechariah 6,7
    And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
    In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
    And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
    Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?
    And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth.
    The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.
    And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
    Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
    And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
    Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
    And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
    Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
    And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
    And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.
    And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
    When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
    And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
    Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
    Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
    And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
    Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
    And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
    Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
    And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
    But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
    Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
    Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of
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  • Job 28
    Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
    Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
    He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
    The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
    As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
    The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
    There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
    The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
    He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
    He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
    He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
    But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
    Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
    The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
    It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
    It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
    The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
    No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
    The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
    Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
    Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
    Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
    God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
    For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
    To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
    When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
    Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
    And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
    4 min
  • Zechariah 4,5
    And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
    And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:
    And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
    So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord?
    Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
    Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
    Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
    Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
    For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
    Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
    And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
    And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
    Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.
    Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.
    And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
    Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
    I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
    Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
    And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.
    And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
    And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
    Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven.
    Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
    And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
    5 min

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