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Zechariah 1:19

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I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.”

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Now Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had made iron horns and he declared, “This is what the Lord says: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed.’ ”

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel,

Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.

And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic language.

At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”

To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.

Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak so defiantly.’ ”

Moab’s horn is cut off; her arm is broken,” declares the Lord.

The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”

I approached one of those standing there and asked him the meaning of all this. “So he told me and gave me the interpretation of these things:

you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, “Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?”

With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.

Then I looked up, and there before me were four horns.

I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He answered, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise their head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people.”

I asked, “What are these, my lord?” The angel who was talking with me answered, “I will show you what they are.”

I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Just as I had determined to bring disaster on you and showed no pity when your ancestors angered me,” says the Lord Almighty,




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