Zechariah 13-14

English Standard Version

13 ^(A)“On that day there shall be ^(B)a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.

Idolatry Cut Off

²“And ^(C)on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, ^(D)I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that ^(E)they shall be remembered no more. And also ^(F)I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness. ³And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ^(G)‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

⁴“On that day ^(H)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive, ⁵but he will say, ^(I)‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’^[a] ⁶And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’^[b] he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

The Shepherd Struck

⁷“Awake, O sword, against ^(J)my shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.

^(K)“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
    I will turn my hand against the little ones.
⁸In the whole land, declares the Lord,
    two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
    ^(L)and one third shall be left alive.
⁹And ^(M)I will put this third into the fire,
    and refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
^(N)They will call upon my name,
    and ^(O)I will answer them.
^(P)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

The Coming Day of the Lord

14 Behold, ^(Q)a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. ²For ^(R)I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and ^(S)the city shall be taken ^(T)and the houses plundered ^(U)and the women raped. ^(V)Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. ³^(W)Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. ⁴^(X)On that day his feet shall stand ^(Y)on ^(Z)the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and ^(AA)the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by ^(AB)a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. ⁵And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from ^(AC)the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.^[c]

⁶^(AD)On that day ^(AE)there shall be ^(AF)no light, cold, or frost.^[d] ⁷^(AG)And there shall be a unique^[e] day, ^(AH)which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but ^(AI)at evening time there shall be light.

⁸^(AJ)On that day ^(AK)living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to ^(AL)the eastern sea^[f] and half of them to ^(AM)the western sea.^[g] ^(AN)It shall continue in summer as in winter.

⁹And ^(AO)the Lord will be king over all the earth. ^(AP)On that day the Lord will be ^(AQ)one and ^(AR)his name one.

¹⁰^(AS)The whole land shall be turned into a plain from ^(AT)Geba to ^(AU)Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But ^(AV)Jerusalem shall remain aloft ^(AW)on its site from ^(AX)the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to ^(AY)the Corner Gate, and from ^(AZ)the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses. ¹¹And it shall be inhabited, for ^(BA)there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction.^[h] ^(BB)Jerusalem shall dwell in security.

¹²And this shall be ^(BC)the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

¹³And ^(BD)on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that ^(BE)each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other. ¹⁴Even ^(BF)Judah will fight at Jerusalem.^[i] And ^(BG)the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance. ¹⁵And ^(BH)a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.

¹⁶Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem ^(BI)shall go up year after year to worship ^(BJ)the King, the Lord of hosts, and ^(BK)to keep ^(BL)the Feast of Booths. ¹⁷And if ^(BM)any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship ^(BN)the King, the Lord of hosts, ^(BO)there will be no rain on them. ¹⁸And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;^[j] there shall be ^(BP)the plague with which the Lord afflicts the nations that do not go up ^(BQ)to keep the Feast of Booths. ¹⁹This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up ^(BR)to keep the Feast of Booths.

²⁰And ^(BS)on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, ^(BT)“Holy to the Lord.” And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar. ²¹And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be ^(BU)holy to the Lord of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And ^(BV)there shall no longer be ^(BW)a trader^[k] in the house of the Lord of hosts ^(BX)on that day.

Footnotes

Zechariah 13:5 Or for the land has been my possession since my youth
Zechariah 13:6 Or on your chest; Hebrew wounds between your hands
Zechariah 14:5 Other Hebrew manuscripts you
Zechariah 14:6 Compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Zechariah 14:7 Hebrew one
Zechariah 14:8 That is, the Dead Sea
Zechariah 14:8 That is, the Mediterranean Sea
Zechariah 14:11 The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction
Zechariah 14:14 Or against Jerusalem
Zechariah 14:18 Hebrew lacks rain
Zechariah 14:21 Or Canaanite

Revelation 3-4

English Standard Version

To the Church in Sardis

3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him ^(A)who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation ^(B)of being alive, ^(C)but you are dead. ²Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works ^(D)complete in the sight of my God. ³^(E)Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, ^(F)I will come ^(G)like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. ⁴Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not ^(H)soiled their garments, and they will walk with me ^(I)in white, for they are ^(J)worthy. ⁵^(K)The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never ^(L)blot his name out of ^(M)the book of life. ^(N)I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. ⁶^(O)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of ^(P)the holy one, ^(Q)the true one, ^(R)who has the key of David, ^(S)who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

⁸“‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you ^(T)an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. ⁹Behold, I will make those of ^(U)the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, ^(V)I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that ^(W)I have loved you. ¹⁰^(X)Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try ^(Y)those who dwell on the earth. ¹¹^(Z)I am coming soon. ^(AA)Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize ^(AB)your crown. ¹²^(AC)The one who conquers, I will make him ^(AD)a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him ^(AE)the name of my God, and ^(AF)the name of the city of my God, ^(AG)the new Jerusalem, ^(AH)which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own ^(AI)new name. ¹³^(AJ)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Laodicea

¹⁴“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the ^(AK)Amen, ^(AL)the faithful and true witness, ^(AM)the beginning of God's creation.

¹⁵“‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. ^(AN)Would that you were either cold or hot! ¹⁶So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. ¹⁷^(AO)For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, ^(AP)blind, and naked. ¹⁸I counsel you ^(AQ)to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and ^(AR)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and ^(AS)the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, ^(AT)so that you may see. ¹⁹^(AU)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. ²⁰Behold, I stand at the door and ^(AV)knock. ^(AW)If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, ^(AX)I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. ²¹^(AY)The one who conquers, ^(AZ)I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as ^(BA)I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²²^(BB)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

The Throne in Heaven

4 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me ^(BC)like a trumpet, said, ^(BD)“Come up here, and ^(BE)I will show you what must take place after this.” ²At once ^(BF)I was in the Spirit, and behold, ^(BG)a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. ³And he who sat there had the appearance of ^(BH)jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was ^(BI)a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. ⁴Around the throne were ^(BJ)twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, ^(BK)clothed in white garments, with ^(BL)golden crowns on their heads. ⁵From the throne came ^(BM)flashes of lightning, and rumblings^[a] and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning ^(BN)seven torches of fire, ^(BO)which are the seven spirits of God, ⁶and before the throne there was ^(BP)as it were a sea of glass, like crystal.

And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are ^(BQ)four living creatures, ^(BR)full of eyes in front and behind: ⁷^(BS)the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight. ⁸And the four living creatures, ^(BT)each of them with six wings, are ^(BU)full of eyes all around and within, and ^(BV)day and night they never cease to say,

^(BW)“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
^(BX)who was and is and is to come!”

⁹And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, ^(BY)who lives forever and ever, ¹⁰the twenty-four elders ^(BZ)fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast ^(CA)their crowns before the throne, saying,

¹¹^(CB)“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for ^(CC)you created all things,
and ^(CD)by your will they existed and were created.”