Zechariah 2 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then lifted I up mine eyes and looked, and lo! a Man,––and, in his hand, a Measuring Line. ² And I said, Whither art thou going? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what [should be] the breadth thereof, and what the length thereof. ³ And lo! the messenger who was talking with me, coming forward,––and another messenger, coming forward to meet him. ⁴ So he said unto him, Run, speak unto this young man, saying: Like open villages, shall Jerusalem remain, for the multitude of men and cattle in her midst; ⁵ And, I, will become to her, declareth Yahweh, A wall of fire round about,––and, a glory, will I become in her midst.
⁶ Ho! ho! flee ye, therefore, out of the land of the North, urgeth Yahweh. For, as the four winds of the heavens, have I spread you abroad, declareth Yahweh. ⁷ Ho! Zion, deliver thyself,––thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For, ⁸ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, For his own honour, hath he sent me unto the nations that are spoiling you,––Surely, he that toucheth you, toucheth the pupil of mine eye. ⁹ For behold me! brandishing my hand over them, and they shall become a spoil unto their own slaves,––and ye shall know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me.
¹⁰ Sing out and rejoice, O daughter of Zion,––For behold me! coming in, and I will make my habitation in thy midst, declareth Yahweh. ¹¹ Then shall many nations, join themselves, unto Yahweh, in that day, and shall become my people,––and I will make my habitation in thy midst, so shalt thou know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me unto thee. ¹² Thus will Yahweh inherit Judah, his portion, on the soil of the sanctuary,––and make choice, yet again, of Jerusalem. ¹³ Hush! all flesh, before Yahweh,––For he hath roused himself up out of his holy dwelling.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale,––To the mountain, escape thou, lest thou be swept away.

⁶ And God said unto him in a dream, I also, knew, that, in the integrity of thy heart, thou didst this, so then, even I myself, withheld thee from sinning against me,––for this reason, have I not suffered thee to touch her.

⁴⁹ One law, shall there be for the native,––and for the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst.

⁵ Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine, as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth; ⁶ But, ye, shall be mine, As a kingdom of priests, And a holy nation. These, are the words, which thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel.

¹² But I will walk to and fro in your midst, And will be unto you, a God, And, ye, shall be unto me, a people.

²⁶ And he spake unto the assembly, saying––Remove, I pray you, from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them,––lest ye be carried off, in all their sins.

³⁴ And, all Israel who were round about them, fled at their cry,––for they said, Lest the earth, swallow us up.

¹⁵ Look thou down out of thy holy habitation, out of the heavens, and bless thy people Israel, and the soil which thou hast given unto us,––as thou didst swear unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁶⁴ and Yahweh will scatter thee among all the peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth,––and thou wilt serve there, other gods, whom thou hast not known––thou, nor thy fathers,––of wood and of stone.

⁹ For, Yahweh’s portion, is his people,––Jacob, his inherited possession. ¹⁰ He met him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness,––He encompassed him, watched over him, Shielded him, as the pupil of his own eye.

¹ Now, Boaz, went up to the gate, and sat him down there, and lo! the kinsman, passing by, of whom Boaz had spoken, so he said––Turn aside! and sit down here, such a one! And he turned aside, and sat down.

² And Yahweh sent against him troops of Chaldeans, and troops of Syrians, and troops of Moabites, and troops of the sons of Ammon, yea he sent them against Judah, to destroy him,––according to the word of Yahweh, which he spake through his servants the prophets.

²⁷ Then rose up the priests the Levites, and blessed the people, and there was a hearkening unto their voice,––and their prayer entered into his holy dwelling–place, even into the heavens.

³ But, thou, Yahweh, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

⁴ Yahweh, is in his holy temple As for Yahweh, in the heavens, is his throne, His eyes, behold––His eyelashes test the sons of men.

⁸ Guard me, as the pupil of the eye,––Under the shadow of thy wings, wilt thou hide me:

²⁷ All the ends of the earth, will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee, ²⁸ For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations. ²⁹ All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul! ³⁰ My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come:

¹² How happy the nation whose God is, Yahweh, The people he hath chosen as his own inheritance!

⁷ Then, said I––Lo! I am come, In the written scroll, is it prescribed for me;

⁷ Yahweh of hosts, is with us, A high tower for us, is the God of Jacob. [Selah.] ⁸ Come! view the doings of Yahweh,––Who hath set desolations in the earth; ⁹ Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth,––The bow, he shivereth, And breaketh in pieces the spear, war–chariots, burneth he up with fire. ¹⁰ Let be! and know that, I, am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

¹⁰ Let be! and know that, I, am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. ¹¹ Yahweh of hosts, is with us, A high tower for us, is the God of Jacob. [Selah.]

¹ [To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.]
All ye peoples, clap your hands, Shout unto God, with the voice of triumph; ² For, Yahweh––as Most High, is to be revered, A great king, over all the earth, ³ He will subjugate, Peoples under us, and, Tribes of men beneath our feet. ⁴ He chooseth for us our inheritance, The excellence of Jacob, which he hath loved. [Selah.]
⁵ God hath ascended with a shout, Yahweh, with the sound of a horn. ⁶ Sing praises unto God, sing praises, Sing praises to our King, sing praises; ⁷ For God is king of all the earth, Sing praises with understanding. ⁸ God, hath become king, over the nations, God, hath taken his seat upon his holy throne. ⁹ The willing–hearted of the peoples, have gathered themselves together, The people of the God of Abraham; For, to God, belong the shields of the earth, Greatly is he exalted.

³ God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.

¹² Go round Zion, and compass her about, Reckon up her towers;

⁵ The father of the fatherless, And the advocate of widows, Is God, in his holy habitation.

¹⁸ Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led in procession a body of captives, Thou hast received gifts consisting of men, Yea even the rebellious, That, Yah, Elohim, might settle down to rest.

²⁹ Because of thy temple above Jerusalem, Unto thee, shall kings bear along a gift–– ³⁰ Rebuke thou, The wild beast of the reeds, The herd of mighty oxen among the calves of the peoples––Each one bowing down with bars of silver,––Scatter thou the peoples, who in wars take delight. ³¹ Ambassadors come out of Egypt, The Ethiopian, eagerly stretcheth out his hands, unto God.

⁸ So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River[=Euphrates] unto the ends of the earth; ⁹ Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick; ¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring; ¹¹ Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;

¹⁷ May his Name be age–abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish,––And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!

⁶⁵ Then awoke, as one that had slept, Adonay, As a warrior exulting with wine!

⁸ Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For, thou, wilt inherit all the nations.

¹ [A Melody.]
Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, For, wonderful things, hath he done, His own right hand and his holy arm, have brought him salvation. ² Yahweh, hath made known, his salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, hath he revealed his righteousness; ³ He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness towards the house of Israel,––All the ends of the earth, have seen, the salvation of our God.

¹³ And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people. ¹⁴ He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved––for their sakes––[even] kings! ¹⁵ Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong.

⁴ For, Jacob, hath Yah chosen for himself, Israel, for his own treasure.

² But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, That the mountain of the house of Yahweh, Shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, And be exalted above the hills,––And all the nations, shall stream thereunto; ³ And many peoples shall go, and say––Come ye, and let us ascend, Unto the mountain of Yahweh, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, That he may teach us of his ways, And we may walk in his paths,––For, out of Zion, shall go forth a law, And the word of Yahweh out of Jerusalem; ⁴ And he will judge between the nations, And be umpire to many peoples,––And they will beat, their swords into ploughshares, and, their spears into pruning–hooks, Nation––against nation, shall not lift up sword, Neither shall they learn any more to make war. ⁵ O house of Jacob! come ye, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.

⁵ Then will Yahweh, create––Over all the home of Mount Zion and, Over her assembly, A cloud by day, and a smoke, And the shining of a fire–flame, by night,––For, over all the glory, shall be a canopy;

³² While yet today, in Nob, he tarrieth, He brandisheth his hand toward, The mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.

⁹ They shall not hurt––nor destroy, in all my holy, mountain,––For filled, is the land with the knowledge of Yahweh, As, the waters, to the sea, form a covering.
¹⁰ And there shall come to be, in that day, A root of Jesse, which shall be standing as an ensign of peoples, Unto him, shall nations seek,––And, his resting–place, shall be, glorious.

¹⁵ And Yahweh, will devote to destruction, the gulf of the Egyptian sea, And will brandish his hand against the River[=Euphrates], in the full force of his spirit,––And will smite it in the seven streams, And cause a marching through in sandals;

⁶ Make shrill thy voice and sing out, thou inhabitress of Zion,––That, great in the midst of thee, is, the Holy One of Israel.

² Upon a bare mountain, lift ye up a standard, Raise high the voice, to them, Wave the hand, That they may enter the doors of nobles.

² And peoples, shall take them, and bring them into their own place, And the house of Israel shall possess themselves of them, upon the soil of Yahweh, for servants and for handmaids,––Thus shall they be taking captive their captors, And shall tread down their oppressors.

¹⁶ In that day, shall Egypt be like unto women,––And shall start and tremble because of the brandishing of the hand of Yahweh of hosts, which he, is about to brandish over it.

²⁴ In that day, shall, Israel, be, a third, with Egypt and with Assyria,––A blessing in the midst of the earth: ²⁵ Whom Yahweh of hosts hath blessed, saying,––Blessed, be, My people––the Egyptians, And the work of my hands––the Assyrians, And mine own inheritance––Israel.

¹ In that day, shall be sung this song, in the land of Judah,––A strong city, have we! Salvation, will he set for walls and rampart. ² Open ye the gates,––That there may enter in––a righteous nation preserving fidelity.

²⁰ Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee,––Hide thee, as it were, a little moment, Till the indignation pass over. ²¹ For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earth’s inhabitant upon him,––Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed–blood, And throw a covering, no longer, over her slain.

¹ Alas! thou plunderer, when, thou, hadst not been plundered, And thou traitor, when they had not betrayed thee: When thou hast ceased plundering, thou shalt be plundered, When thou hast left off betraying, they shall betray thee.

²⁰ Look thou on Zion, the city of our appointed feast,––Thine own eyes, shall see Jerusalem––A home of comfort A tent which shall not be packed up––Whose pins, shall not be pulled out, for ever, And none of, whose cords, shall be broken. ²¹ But, there, shall Yahweh be our majestic, one, A place of rivers––streams broad on both hands, Wherein shall go no galley with oars, Neither shall majestic ship traverse it;

²³ Loosed, are thy ropes,––They cannot strengthen the socket of their mast, They have not unfurled a sail, Now, can be apportioned spoil, in abundance, The lame, have captured prey!

¹⁰ And, the ransomed of Yahweh, shall return, And shall enter Zion with shouting, With gladness age–abiding, upon their head, Joy and gladness, shall overtake [them], And sorrow, and sighing, shall flee away.

⁹ To a high mountain, get ye up, O heraldband of Zion, Lift high, with strength, your voice, O heraldband of Jerusalem,––Lift it high, do not fear, Say to the cities of Judah––Lo! your God! ¹⁰ Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, as a mighty one, doth come, And, his own arm, is about to rule for him,––Lo! his reward, is with him, And, his recompense, before him; ¹¹ Like a shepherd, his flock, will he tend, In his own arm, will he take up the lambs, And, in his own bosom, will he carry [them], ––Them which are with young, will he lead to a place of rest.

⁹ Thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, And, from the extremities thereof, have called thee,––And said to thee, My Servant, thou! I have chosen thee, and not cast thee off.

¹ Lo! my Servant, I will uphold him, My chosen, well–pleased, is my soul,––I have put my spirit upon him, Justice––to the nations, will he bring forth: ² He will not cry out, nor will he speak loud,––Nor cause to be heard, in the street, his voice: ³ Cane that is crushed, will he not break, And wick that is fading, will he not quench,––Faithfully, will he bring forth justice: ⁴ He will not fade, nor will he be crushed, Until he establish, in the earth, justice, And, for his instruction, Coastlands, wait.

¹⁰ Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, His praise, from the end of the earth,––Ye that go down to the sea, and the fulness thereof, The Coastlands, and ye who dwell therein.

¹³ Yahweh, as a hero, goeth forth, As a man of war, he stirreth up jealousy,––He giveth a cry, yea he raiseth a war–cry, Over his foes, he showeth his strength. ¹⁴ I have held my peace from age–past times, I kept still, I restrained myself,––As a travailing woman, I pant, I breathe hard and gasp, all at once! ¹⁵ I will lay waste mountains, and hills, And, all their vegetation, will I wither,––And I will make, rivers, to be, shores, And, lakes, will I dry up:

²⁶ Establishing the word of his Servant, And, the counsel of his Messengers, he maketh good,––Who saith of Jerusalem––She shall be inhabited! And of the cities of Judah––They shall be built! And, the ruins thereof, will I set up!

¹⁴ Thus, saith Yahweh––The produce of Egypt and the gain of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of great stature, Unto thee, shall come over, And, thine, shall they become, After thee, shall they journey, In chains, shall they come over,––And, unto thee, shall they bow down, Unto thee, shall they pray [saying], ––Surely, in thee, is a GOD, And there is none, else––no, God!

¹⁵ I––I, have spoken, Yea I have called him,––I have brought him in, and he shall make prosperous his way.
¹⁶ Draw ye near unto me––hear ye this, Not in advance, in secret, have I spoken, From the very time it cometh into being, there, am I,––And, now, My Lord Yahweh hath sent me, and his spirit.

²⁰ Come ye forth out of Babylon, Flee from among the Chaldeans, With triumphant voice, tell ye––let this be heard, Let it go forth as far as the end of the earth,––Say ye––Yahweh, hath redeemed, his servant Jacob!

⁶ Yea he said––It is too small a thing, for being my, Servant, That thou shouldest raise up the tribes of Jacob, And, the preserved of Israel, shouldst restore,––So I will give thee to become a light of nations, That, my salvation, may reach as far as, the end of the earth.
⁷ Thus, saith Yahweh––the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, To him that is despised of the soul, To the abhorred of the nation, To the servant of rulers, Kings, shall see and arise, Princes, lo! they have bowed themselves down,––Because of Yahweh, who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel, lo! he hath chosen thee.

²⁰ The children of whom thou wast bereaved, shall yet, say in thine ears,––Too strait for me, is the place, Make room for me, that I may settle down.

²² Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh––Lo! I will lift up, unto nations, my hand, Yea, unto peoples, will I raise high my banner,––And they shall bring in thy sons in their bosom, And, thy daughters, on the shoulder, shall be borne; ²³ And, kings, shall be, thy foster–fathers, And, their queens, thy nursing mothers, With face to the ground, shall they bow down to thee, The dust of thy feet, shall they lick,––So shalt thou know that, I, am Yahweh, In that, they shall not be put to shame, Who were waiting for me.

⁹ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Yahweh, Awake, As in days of old, The generations of bygone ages: Art not thou, that which––Hewed down Rahab, Piercing the Crocodile?

¹¹ Therefore, the ransomed of Yahweh, shall again, come unto Zion, with shouts of triumph, With gladness age–abiding on their head,––Joy and gladness, shall overtake [them], Sorrow and sighing, have fled away.

² Shake thyself from the dust, arise––sit down, O Jerusalem,––Loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive! daughter of Zion!

⁹ Break forth, shout in triumph, together, ye waste places of Jerusalem,––For Yahweh, Hath comforted, his people, Hath redeemed Jerusalem: ¹⁰ Yahweh hath bared his holy, arm, in the eyes of all the nations, So shall all the ends of the earth see, the salvation of our God.

¹⁰ Yahweh hath bared his holy, arm, in the eyes of all the nations, So shall all the ends of the earth see, the salvation of our God. ¹¹ Away! away! come forth from thence!––Nought unclean, may ye touch,––Come forth out of her midst, Purify yourselves, ye who are to carry the vessels of Yahweh;

¹¹ Away! away! come forth from thence!––Nought unclean, may ye touch,––Come forth out of her midst, Purify yourselves, ye who are to carry the vessels of Yahweh; ¹² For, not in haste, shall ye come forth, Nor, by flight, shall ye journey,––For, your van–guard, is Yahweh, And, your rear–guard, the God of Israel.

¹ Shout in triumph, O barren one, Who hadst not borne,––Break forth into shouts of triumph––and trill thy voice, Who hadst not travailed in birth, For, more, are the children of the Desolate Than the children of Her who had the husband, Saith Yahweh.

¹ Ho! every one that thirsteth! Come ye to the waters, Yea he that hath no money,––Come ye––buy corn, and eat, Yea come––buy corn, without money, And, without price, wine and milk.

⁵ Who inflame yourselves, With the terebinths, Under every green tree––Slaying the children, In the torrent–valleys, Under the clefts of the crags:

¹⁵ For, thus, saith he that is high, and lifted up––Inhabiting futurity, And, holy, is his name: A high and holy place, will I inhabit, Also with the crushed and lowly in spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, and, To revive the heart of them who are crushed; ––

³ So shall nations come, to thy light, And kings, to the brightness of thy dawning. ⁴ Lift up––round about––thine eyes, and see, They all, have gathered themselves together––have come to thee,––Thy sons, from afar, shall come, And, thy daughters, on the side, shall be carried. ⁵ Then, shalt thou see, and be radiant, And thy heart, shall throb and be enlarged,––For there shall be turned upon thee the fulness of the sea, The riches of the nations, shall come unto thee; ⁶ The multitude of camels, shall cover thee, The young camels of Midian and Ephah, All they of Sheba, shall come,––Gold and frankincense, shall they bring, And, the praises of Yahweh, shall they joyfully tell: ⁷ All the flocks of Kedar, shall be gathered unto thee, The rams of Nebaioth, shall wait upon thee,––They shall come up, with acceptance, on mine altar, And, my beautiful, house, will I adorn.

⁷ All the flocks of Kedar, shall be gathered unto thee, The rams of Nebaioth, shall wait upon thee,––They shall come up, with acceptance, on mine altar, And, my beautiful, house, will I adorn. ⁸ Who are these, that, As a cloud, do fly? and, As doves to their cotes?
⁹ Surely, for me, shall, Coastlands, wait, And the ships of Tarshish, first, To bring in thy sons, from far, Their silver and their gold with them,––Unto the name of Yahweh, thy God, And unto the Holy One of Israel, Because he hath adorned thee. ¹⁰ So shall, the sons of the foreigner, build, thy walls, And, their kings, shall wait upon thee,––For, in my vexation, I smote thee, But, in my favour, have I had compassion upon thee. ¹¹ So shall thy gates be open––continually, Neither day nor night, shall they be shut,––That they may bring unto thee the riches of the nations, And, their kings, be led. ¹² For, the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish,––Yea, the nations, shall be, utterly wasted. ¹³ The glory of Lebanon, unto thee, shall come, The fir–tree, the holm–oak, and the sherbin–cedar, together. To adorn the place of my sanctuary, And, the place of my feet, will I make glorious. ¹⁴ Then shall come unto thee, bending low, The sons of them who had humbled thee, Then shall bow down, unto the soles of thy feet, All they who had despised thee; And they shall call thee––The city of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁸ Violence, shall no more be heard, in thy land, Wasting nor destruction, within thy boundaries,––But thou shalt call Thy walls, Victory, and, Thy gates, Praise. ¹⁹ Thou shalt no, more, have, the sun, for light by day, neither, for brightness, shall the moon give light unto thee,––But, Yahweh, shall become, thine age–abiding light, And, thy God, thine adorning:

¹⁰ I will, greatly rejoice, in Yahweh, My soul shall exult, in my God, For he hath clothed me, with the garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness, hath he enwrapt me,––As, a bridegroom, adorneth himself with, a chaplet, And as, a bride, bedecketh herself with, her jewels.

¹⁵ Look thou down, out of the heavens, and see, Out of the high abode of thy holiness and of thy majesty,––Where, are thy jealousy, and thy mighty deeds? The resounding of thy yearning affection, and thy compassions towards me, are they restrained?

¹⁸ But joy ye and exult, perpetually, in what I, am about to create,––For, behold me! Creating Jerusalem an exultation, and, Her People a joy; ¹⁹ Therefore will I Exult in Jerusalem, and, Joy in my People,––And there shall be heard in her, no more, The sound of weeping, or the sound of a cry:

¹⁴ As soon as ye have seen it, your heart, shall be joyful, And, your bones, like green herbage, shall thrive,––So shall be known, The hand of Yahweh with his servants, But indignation with his foes!

¹⁹ Then will I set, among them, a sign, And will send, of them, such as have escaped, unto the nations––Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, Tubal and Javan,––The Coastlands that are afar off, Who have not heard my fame, Nor seen my glory, And they shall tell my glory throughout the nations.

⁶ Then said I––Ah! My Lord, Yahweh! Lo! I know not how to speak,––For, a child, am, I!

¹⁴ Then said Yahweh unto me,––Out of the North, shall break forth calamity, against all the inhabitants of the land.

¹⁸ In those days, shall the house of Judah go unto the house of Israel,––that they may enter together, out of the land of the North, upon the land which I gave as an inheritance unto your fathers.

¹⁶ Not like these, is the portion of Jacob, For, the fashioner of all things, is, he, And, Israel, is his inherited sceptre,––Yahweh of hosts, is his name.

⁴ And I will make them a terror, to all the kingdoms of the earth,––On account of Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, For what he did in Jerusalem.

¹⁹ O Yahweh, my strength, and my refuge, and my place to fly to, in the day of distress,––Unto thee, shall nations come in, out of the ends of the earth, that they may say––Surely! Falsehood, did our fathers inherit, Vanity, among whom is none that can profit:

³⁰ Thou, therefore, shalt prophesy against them all these words,––and shalt say unto them––Yahweh, from on high, will roar. Yea, from his holy, habitation, will utter his voice, He will, roar mightily, over his home, With a shout as of them who tread the winepress, will he answer unto all the inhabitants of the earth.

⁷ Therefore shall all the nations, serve him, and his son, and his son’s son,––until the time even of his own land, itself, arrive, when many nations and great kings, shall use him as a slave.

⁹ the prophet who prophesied of peace, when the word of the prophet was fulfilled, then was known, the prophet, whom Yahweh had sent in truth.

¹⁸ Thus, saith Yahweh––Behold me! bringing back the captivity of the tents of Jacob, And, on his habitations, will I have compassion,––So shall the city be built, upon her own mound, And, the citadel, upon its own site, shall remain: ¹⁹ So shall there proceed from them, thanksgiving, and, The sound of them who make merry,––And I will multiply them, and they shall not become few, And will make them honourable, and they shall not be despised:

¹⁹ So shall there proceed from them, thanksgiving, and, The sound of them who make merry,––And I will multiply them, and they shall not become few, And will make them honourable, and they shall not be despised:

⁸ Behold me! bringing them in out of the land of the North, And I will gather them out of the remote parts of the earth, Among them, the blind and the lame, The woman with child and she that giveth birth, together,––A great convocation, shall return hither:

¹⁰ Hear ye the word of Yahweh, O ye nations, And declare ye in the Coastlands, afar off,––And say––He that scattereth Israel, will gather him, And watch over him, as a shepherd his flock;

¹² Then shall they come in, and shall shout in triumph on the height of Zion, And shall stream unto the goodness of Yahweh, To the wheat, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flocks and of the herds,––So shall their soul become like a garden well watered, And they shall not again, languish, any more.

²⁴ Then shall there dwell throughout Judah itself and all the cities thereof, together,––Husbandmen, who shall move about with a flock;

²⁷ Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh––That I will sow, The house of Israel, and, The house of Judah, With the seed of men, and, With the seed of beasts;

³⁸ Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, That the city, shall be built for Yahweh, From the tower of Hananeel, [As far as] the gate of the corner; ³⁹ Then shall go forth again the measuring–line straight forward, Over the hill Gareb, And it shall go round to Goah;

³⁹ Then shall go forth again the measuring–line straight forward, Over the hill Gareb, And it shall go round to Goah; ⁴⁰ And, all the vale of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron torrent–bed, as far as the horse–gate corner on the east, Shall be holy unto Yahweh,––It shall not be rooted up, nor thrown down, any more, unto times age–abiding.

¹⁰ Thus, saith Yahweh––Again, shall be heard in this place, as to which ye, are saying, Deserted, it is, without man or beast, In the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, Which are desolate without man or inhabitant or beast, ¹¹ The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, The voice of them who are saying, Praise ye Yahweh of hosts, For good, is Yahweh, For age–abiding, is his lovingkindness, [The voice] of them who are bringing a thank–offering into the house of Yahweh,––For I will bring back the captives of the land, as at the first, Saith Yahweh.

¹¹ The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, The voice of them who are saying, Praise ye Yahweh of hosts, For good, is Yahweh, For age–abiding, is his lovingkindness, [The voice] of them who are bringing a thank–offering into the house of Yahweh,––For I will bring back the captives of the land, as at the first, Saith Yahweh. ¹² Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Again, shall there be in this place––Which is deserted, without man or even beast––And all the cities thereof,––The home of shepherds, causing, flocks, to lie down. ¹³ In the cities of the hill country, In the cities of the lowland, and, In the cities of the South, and, In the land of Benjamin, and, In the places round about Jerusalem, and, In the cities of Judah, Again, shall the flock pass over the hands of the numberer, Saith Yahweh.

²² As, the host of the heavens, cannot be recorded, Nor, the sand of the sea, be measured, So, will I multiply, The seed of David my servant, And the Levites who attend upon, me.

⁸ Remove ye out of the midst of Babylon, And, out of the land of the Chaldeans, come ye forth,––And become ye like he–goats before the flock;

¹⁷ A sheep all alone, is Israel, Lions, have driven him away,––At the first, the king of Assyria, devoured him, And, here, at the last, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, hath broken his bones! ¹⁸ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Behold me! bringing punishment against the king of Babylon, and against his land,––Just as I brought punishment against the king of Assyria.

⁶ Flee out of the midst of Babylon, And deliver ye every man his own life, Be not cut off in her punishment,––For it is Yahweh’s, time of avenging, A recompense, is he, repaying unto her.

¹⁹ Not like these, is the portion of Jacob, For, the fashioner of all things, is he! And the portion of his inheritance,––Yahweh of hosts, is his name.

³⁴ Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon––Hath devoured me, Hath vexed me, Hath set me down as an empty vessel, He hath swallowed me like a sea–monster, He hath filled his belly with my dainties,––He hath driven me away! ³⁵ The violence done to me and to my flesh, be upon Babylon! Shall the inhabitress of Zion say,––Yea, my blood, be upon the inhabitant of Chaldea! Shall Jerusalem say.

⁴⁵ Come ye forth out of her midst, O my people, And deliver ye every man his own life,––Because of the glow of the anger of Yahweh.

⁵⁰ Ye that have escaped the sword, depart, do not stand still,––Remember, from afar, Yahweh, Let, Jerusalem, come up on your heart:––

¹² The third part of thee, by pestilence, shall die, and, by famine, be consumed in thy midst, And, the third part, by the sword, shall fall round about thee,––And, the third part, to every wind, will I scatter, and, a sword, will I make bare after them.

¹⁶ Therefore, say, Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Although I have removed them far away among the nations, And although I have dispersed them throughout the lands, Yet have I become to them a sanctuary for a little while, in the lands which they have entered.

¹⁴ And, all who are round about him to help him, and all his troops, will I scatter to every wind,––and, a sword, will I make bare after them. ¹⁵ So shall they know, that, I, am Yahweh,––By my dispersing them among the nations, And scattering them throughout the lands.

²¹ And, all his fugitives, throughout all his bands, by the sword, shall fall, And, they who are left, to every wind, shall be scattered,––So shall ye know, that, I, Yahweh, have spoken!

⁶ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because thou didst clap thy hands, and stamp with thy foot,––and didst rejoice with all thy contempt, in thy soul, against the soil of Israel, ⁷ Therefore, behold me! I have stretched out my hand over thee, And will deliver thee for a prey to the nations, And will cut thee off from among the peoples, And will cause thee to perish from among the lands,––I will destroy thee, So shalt thou know, that, I, am Yahweh.

¹² Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because of what Edom hath done, in taking vengeance on the house of Judah, so that they have become guilty again and again, and have taken vengeance upon them,

¹⁵ Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because of what the Philistines have done, by way of vengeance,––In that they have taken vengeance, with contempt, in the soul, to destroy, with the enmity of age–past times,

² Son of man, Because Tyre hath said, concerning Jerusalem, Aha! She is broken, that was the doors of the peoples, She is turned unto me,––I shall be filled, She is laid waste,

³³ But, when it cometh, Lo! it is coming, Then shall they know, that, a prophet, hath been in their midst.

⁵ Because thou hast had an age–abiding enmity, And hast delivered up the sons of Israel unto the hands of the sword,––In the time of their misfortune, In the time of the final punishment for iniquity,

¹⁰ And I will multiply, upon you––men, All the house of Israel, All of it, Then shall the cities, be inhabited, And, the waste places, shall be built, ¹¹ And I will multiply upon you––man and beast, And they shall multiply and be fruitful,––And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former estates, And will do you more good than at your beginnings, So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh;

²⁷ And my habitation shall be over them, And I will become their, God,––And, they, shall become my, people.

¹¹ and wilt say––I will go up over a land of hamlets, I will enter among them who are at rest, dwelling securely,––All of them, dwelling without, a wall, Who, bars and doors, have none;

¹⁰ And they shall not take wood out of the field, Neither shall they cut down out of the forests,––For, of the armour, shall they make fires,––So shall they spoil those who spoiled them, And prey on those who preyed on them, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

³ And, when he brought me thither, then lo! a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a flax–cord in his hand, and measuring reed,––and he, was standing in the gate.

⁵ And lo! a wall on the outside of the house, round about on every side,––and, in the hand of the man, was the measuring reed, six cubits by the cubit, and a handbreadth, so he measured the breadth of the enclosing–wall, one reed, and the height, one reed.

⁶ And, the possession of the city, shall ye give, five thousand, in breadth, and, in length, five and twenty thousand, answering to the heave–offering of the holy portion,––for all the house of Israel, shall it be.

⁴ Then measured he a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters––waters reaching to the knees,––and again measured he a thousand, and caused me to pass through––waters reaching to the loins.

¹⁵ And, the five thousand that are left in the breadth, facing the five and twenty thousand, common, shall it, be to the city, for dwelling and for open space,––and the city shall be in the midst thereof. ¹⁶ These, moreover, shall be the measures thereof––the north side, four thousand and five hundred, and, the south side, four thousand and five hundred,––and, the east side, four thousand and five hundred, and, the west side, four thousand and five hundred. ¹⁷ And the open space of the city shall be, northward, two hundred and fifty, and, southward, two hundred and fifty,––and, eastward, two hundred and fifty, and, westward, two hundred and fifty.

³⁰ And, these, are the exits of the city,––on the north side, four thousand five hundred measures.
³¹ And, the gates of the city, shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel; three gates, northward,––the gate of Reuben, one, the gate of Judah, one, the gate of Levi, one; ³² and, on the east side, four thousand and five hundred, with three gates,––even, the gate of Joseph, one, the gate of Benjamin, one, the gate of Dan, one; ³³ and, on the south side, four thousand and five hundred in measure, with three gates,––the gate of Simeon, one, the gate of Issachar, one, the gate of Zebulun, one; ³⁴ on the west side, four thousand and five hundred, their gates, three,––the gate of Gad, one, the gate of Asher, one, the gate of Naphtali, one. ³⁵ Round about, eighteen thousand. And, the name of the city, from the day of Yahweh, shall [continue to] be the name thereof.

¹⁷ And, as for these four youths, God, gave them, knowledge and skill, in all learning and wisdom,––and, Daniel, had discernment, in all visions and dreams.

² Then will I gather all the nations, and bring them down into the Vale of Jehoshaphat,––and will enter into judgment with them there, concerning my people, and mine inheritance Israel, whom they scattered among the nations, and, my land, they apportioned; ³ And, for my people, they cast lots,––and gave a boy for a harlot, and a girl sold they for wine––and drank. ⁴ Moreover also, what have, ye, to do with me, O Tyre and Zidon, and all the circuit of Palestine? A recompense, are ye paying back unto me? But, though ye should make a recompense unto me, swiftly, speedily, would I return your recompense upon your own head. ⁵ Because, my silver and my gold, ye took away,––and, my richly beautiful things, carried ye into your temples; ⁶ And, the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem, ye sold to the sons of Greece,––that they might be far removed from their own boundary. ⁷ Behold me! rousing them up out of the place whither ye sold them,––So will I bring back your dealing upon your own head. ⁸ And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to Sabeans, unto a nation afar off,––for, Yahweh, hath spoken.

³ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Damascus, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because, with threshing instruments of iron, they have threshed Gilead. ⁴ Therefore will send a fire, into the house of Hazael,––which shall devour the palaces of Ben– hadad; ⁵ And I will break the bolt of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant out of the plain of Aven, and the holder of the sceptre out of the house of Eden,––and the people of Syria, shall be exiled, unto Kir, saith Yahweh.

⁹ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Tyre, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because of their delivering up the whole body of exiles to Edom, and they remembered not the brotherly covenant,

¹¹ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Edom, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because he pursued, with the sword, his brother, and stifled his compassions, and his anger tare in pieces evermore, and, his indignation, kept watch perpetually,

¹³ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because of their ripping up the pregnant women of Gilead, that they might enlarge their own boundary,

⁹ For lo! I am giving command, and will sift, throughout all the nations, the house of Israel,––as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall there not fall a kernel, to the earth.

¹⁰ For thy violence against thy brother Jacob, shall shame, cover thee,––so shalt thou be cut off, to times age–abiding. ¹¹ In the day when thou didst take thy stand over against him, in the day when foreigners took captive his forces,––and, aliens, entered his gates, and, over Jerusalem, cast lots, even thou, wast like one of them! ¹² Do not, then, look with satisfaction upon the day of thy brother, upon the day of his calamity, Neither rejoice over the sons of Judah––in the day of their ruin,––nor enlarge thy mouth––in the day of distress: ¹³ Do not enter into the gate of my people––in the day of their misfortune, Do not, thou also, look with satisfaction on his misery––in the day of his misfortune; neither do thou thrust [thy hands] on his substance––in the day of his misfortune; ¹⁴ Neither do thou stand at the parting of the way, to cut off his fugitives,––neither do thou deliver up his survivors––in the day of distress. ¹⁵ For, near, is the day of Yahweh, upon all the nations,––Just as thou hast done, shall it be done to thee, Thy dealing, shall come back upon thine own head. ¹⁶ For, as ye have drunk on my holy mountain, all the nations shall drink continually,––Yea they shall drink and swallow down, and shall be, as though they had not been.

¹⁰ Be in labour, and bear, O daughter of Zion, as a woman in child–birth,––for, meanwhile, shalt thou go forth out of the city, and dwell in the field, and shalt come as far as Babylon, there, shalt thou be delivered, there, will Yahweh, redeem thee, out of the grasp of thine enemies. ¹¹ Meanwhile, therefore, shall be gathered against thee many nations,––who are saying––Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.

⁶ Then shall they shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof,––So shall he deliver from Assyria, when he shall enter our land, and when he shall tread down within our bounds.

¹⁰ So shall she who had been mine enemy fear, and shame, shall cover her, who used to say unto me––Where is Yahweh thy God? Mine own eyes, shall look upon her, Now, shall she become one to he trodden down, like the mire of the lanes. ¹¹ On the day for building thy walls,––on that day, far away shall be thy boundary:

⁸ Because, thou, hast plundered many nations, all the residue of the peoples, shall plunder thee,––for shedding Human blood, and doing violence to the earth, to the city, and to all who dwell therein.

¹⁷ For, the violence [done] to Lebanon, shall cover thee, and wasting by wild beasts shall cause them terror,––for shedding Human blood, and doing violence to the earth, to the city, and to all who dwell therein.

²⁰ Howbeit, Yahweh, is in his holy temple,––Hush before him, all the earth.

⁷ Hush! at the presence of My Lord, Yahweh,––for, near, is the day of Yahweh, for Yahweh hath prepared his sacrifice, hath hallowed his guests.

⁸ I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the sons of Ammon,––who have reproached my people, and have magnified themselves up to their bounds. ⁹ Wherefore, as I live, declareth Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab, like Sodom, shall become, and, the sons of Ammon, like Gomorrah, a possession for the thorn, and a pit of salt, Yea a desolation, unto times age–abiding: The remnant of my people, shall make of them a prey, and, the residue of my nation, shall inherit them.

⁸ Wherefore, wait for me, urgeth Yahweh, until the day when I rise up as witness, for, my decision, is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out on them mine indignation, all the glow of mine anger, for, in the fire of my jealousy, shall be devoured the whole earth.

¹⁴ Sing out, O daughter of Zion, shout aloud, O Israel,––rejoice and exult with all thy heart, O daughter Jerusalem: ¹⁵ Yahweh, hath set aside, thy judgments, hath turned back thy foe,––The king of Israel, Yahweh, is in thy midst, thou shalt not fear calamity, any more.

¹⁷ Yahweh, thy God, in the midst of thee, as a mighty one, will save,––will be glad over thee with rejoicing, will be silent in his love, will exult over thee with shouts of triumph.

⁷ And I will shake all the nations, and the delight of all the nations, shall come in,––and I will fill this house with glory, saith Yahweh of hosts. ⁸ Mine is the silver and Mine the gold, Declareth Yahweh of hosts: ⁹ Greater shall be the last glory of this house than the first, saith Yahweh of hosts,––and, in this place, will I give prosperity, Declareth Yahweh of hosts.

⁸ I looked by night, And lo! a man riding upon a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtle trees, in the shade; and, after him, were horses, red, bay, and white. ⁹ Then said I, What are these, my lord? And the messenger who was speaking with me, said unto me, I, will shew thee what these, are. ¹⁰ So the man who was standing among the myrtle–trees responded, and said,––These, are they whom Yahweh, hath sent, to go to and fro through the earth. ¹¹ Then responded they to the messenger of Yahweh, who was standing among the myrtle–trees, and said, We have gone to and fro through the earth,––and lo! all the earth, resteth and is quiet.

¹³ And Yahweh answered the messenger who was speaking with me, in words that were pleasant,––words that were consoling, ¹⁴ Then the messenger who was speaking with me, said unto me, Proclaim thou, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I am jealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion, with a great jealousy; ¹⁵ And, with a great displeasure, am I displeased with the careless nations,––in that, when, I, was displeased (for) a little, then, they, helped forward the calamity, ¹⁶ Wherefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, I have returned to Jerusalem, with compassions,, My house, shall be built therein, declareth Yahweh of hosts, and, a line, shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

¹⁶ Wherefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, I have returned to Jerusalem, with compassions,, My house, shall be built therein, declareth Yahweh of hosts, and, a line, shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem. ¹⁷ Further, proclaim thou, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Yet, shall my cities overflow with blessing! So will Yahweh yet, have compassion, upon Zion, and yet make choice of Jerusalem.
¹⁸ Then lifted I up mine eyes and looked,––and lo! Four Horns. ¹⁹ And I said unto the messenger who was speaking with me, What are these? And he said unto me, These, are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

⁴ So he said unto him, Run, speak unto this young man, saying: Like open villages, shall Jerusalem remain, for the multitude of men and cattle in her midst; ⁵ And, I, will become to her, declareth Yahweh, A wall of fire round about,––and, a glory, will I become in her midst.

⁷ Ho! Zion, deliver thyself,––thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For, ⁸ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, For his own honour, hath he sent me unto the nations that are spoiling you,––Surely, he that toucheth you, toucheth the pupil of mine eye. ⁹ For behold me! brandishing my hand over them, and they shall become a spoil unto their own slaves,––and ye shall know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me.

⁹ For behold me! brandishing my hand over them, and they shall become a spoil unto their own slaves,––and ye shall know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me.
¹⁰ Sing out and rejoice, O daughter of Zion,––For behold me! coming in, and I will make my habitation in thy midst, declareth Yahweh. ¹¹ Then shall many nations, join themselves, unto Yahweh, in that day, and shall become my people,––and I will make my habitation in thy midst, so shalt thou know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me unto thee.

¹⁰ In that day, declareth Yahweh of hosts, Ye shall invite one another,––[to come] under the vine and under the fig–tree.

¹ And once more the messenger who was speaking with me, roused me up, just as a man might be roused up out of his sleep.

⁵ Then answered the messenger who was speaking with me, and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these, are? And I said, No my lord.

⁹ The hands of Zerubbabel, have founded this house, and, his hands, shall finish it,––So shalt thou know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me unto you.

⁵ Then came forward, the messenger who was talking with me,––and said unto me––Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see what this is which is coming forth.

¹⁰ Then said I unto the messenger who was speaking with me,––Whither are they carrying the ephah?

¹⁵ And, they who are afar off, shall come in and shall build at the temple of Yahweh, so shall yea know that, Yahweh of hosts, hath sent me unto you,––and it shall come to pass if ye will, indeed hearken, unto the voice of Yahweh your God.

³ Thus, saith Yahweh, I have returned unto Zion, and will make my habitation in the midst of Jerusalem,––and Jerusalem, shall be called, The city of fidelity, and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts, The mountain of holiness. ⁴ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Yet shall old men and old women sit in the broadways of Jerusalem,––Yea, each one with his staff in his hand for multitude of days: ⁵ And, the broadways of the city, shall be full of boys and girls,––playing in the broadways thereof.

²⁰ Thus, saith Yahweh of hoses,––It shall yet be that there shall come in peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities; ²¹ And the inhabitants of one city, shall go, unto them of another, saying, Let us be going on to pacify the face of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of hosts,––I also, will go! ²² So shall enter many peoples, and strong nations, to seek Yahweh of hosts in Jerusalem,––and to pacify the face of Yahweh. ²³ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, In those days, [it shall be] that ten men out of all the tongues of the nations, shall take hold,––yea take hold of the skirt of every one that is a Jew, saying––We will go with you! For we have heard [that], God, is with you.

⁸ Then will I encamp about my house––against an army, against him that passeth by, and against him that returneth, neither shall an exactor, tread them down any more,––for, now, have I seen with mine own eyes.
⁹ Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion, Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo! thy king, cometh unto thee, vindicated and victorious, is he,––lowly, and riding upon an ass, yea, upon a colt, a young ass.

⁶ In that day, will I make the chiefs of Judah like a pan of fire among sticks, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf, so shall they devour, on the right hand and on the left, all the peoples round about; so shall Jerusalem yet, be inhabited, in her own place, as Jerusalem.

⁵ Then shall ye flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains, shall reach, very near, Yea, ye shall flee, just as ye fled from before the earthquake, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah,––Then, shall arrive, Yahweh my God, All thy holy ones, with thee!

¹⁰ All the land shall turn into a plain, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem,––and shall lift herself on high and abide in her own place, from the gate of Benjamin up to the place of the first gate, up to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel up to the wine–presses of the king. ¹¹ So shall men dwell therein, and, utter destruction, shall not be any more,––but Jerusalem, shall abide, in security.

¹¹ For, from the rising of the sun, even unto the going in thereof, great is my Name among the nations, and, in every place, incense, is offered to my Name, and a pure present,––for great is my Name among the nations, saith Yahweh of hosts.

¹ Behold me! sending my messenger, who will prepare a way before me,–– and, suddenly, shall come to his temple The Lord whom ye are seeking, even the messenger of the covenant in whom ye are delighting, Lo! he cometh! saith Yahweh of hosts.

⁴⁰ And, answering, the king will say unto them: Verily, I say unto you––Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me, ye did it.

⁴⁵ Then, will he answer them, saying: Verily, I say unto you––Inasmuch as ye did it not, unto one of these least, neither unto me, did ye it.

²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I myself have commanded you, And lo! I, am, with you, all the days, until the conclusion of the age.

³² A light for the unveiling of nations, and the glory of thy people Israel.

¹⁴ And, the Word, became, flesh, and pitched his tent among us, and we gazed upon his glory,––a glory, as an Only–begotten from his Father. Full of favour and truth.

¹⁹ Henceforth, I tell you, before it cometh to pass,––that ye may believe, whensoever it doth come to pass, that, I, am he.

²³ Jesus answered, and said unto him––If any man be loving me, my word, he will keep, and, my Father, will love him,––and, unto him, will we come, and, an abode with him, will we make.

²³ Jesus answered, and said unto him––If any man be loving me, my word, he will keep, and, my Father, will love him,––and, unto him, will we come, and, an abode with him, will we make. ²⁴ He that loveth me not, doth not keep, my word; ––and, the word which ye hear, is not mine, but, the Father’s who sent me.

²⁶ But, the Advocate, The Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, He, will teach you all things, and will put you in mind, of all things which, I, told you.

²¹ But, all these things, will they do unto you, on account of my name, because they know not him that sent me. ²² Had I not come and spoken unto them, Sin, had they none; but, now, have they no, excuse, for their sin. ²³ He that hateth me, hateth, my Father also.

⁴ But, these things, have I told you,––That, whensoever their hour shall come, ye may remember, that, thereof, I told you. These things, however, I told you not, from the beginning, because I was, with you; ⁵ But, now, I go my way unto him that sent me, and, not one from among you, questioneth me––Whither goest thou?

¹⁸ Even as thou didst send me forth into the world, I also, send them forth into the world;

²¹ That they, all, may be, one,––even as, thou, Father, in me, and, I, in thee,––that, they also, in us, may be; ––that, the world, may believe that, thou, didst send me forth.

²³ I, in them and, thou, in me; That they may have been perfected into, one,––That the world may get to know, that, thou, didst send me forth, and didst love them even as thou didst love, me.

²⁵ Righteous Father! And so, the world, came not to know thee; but, I, came to know thee, and, these, came to know that, thou, didst send me forth:

⁴⁰ And, with many different words, bare he frail witness, and went on exhorting them saying––Be saved from this perverse generation!

⁴ And, falling unto the earth, he heard a voice saying unto him––Saul! Saul! why, me, art thou persecuting?

²⁸ Be it, known unto you, therefore, that, unto the nations, hath been sent forth this salvation of God: they, will also hear.

¹⁹ Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.

²⁰ O man! Who, nevertheless, art, thou, that art answering again unto God? Shall the thing formed say unto him that formed it––Why didst thou make me thus?

¹⁵ And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what agreement hath a shrine of God with idols? For, we, are [the] shrine of a God, that liveth:––even as God hath said––will dwell in them, and walk, and will be their God, and, they, shall be my people.

¹⁶ And what agreement hath a shrine of God with idols? For, we, are [the] shrine of a God, that liveth:––even as God hath said––will dwell in them, and walk, and will be their God, and, they, shall be my people. ¹⁷ Wherefore come ye forth out of their midst, and be separated,––saith [the] Lord,––and, one impure, do not touch; and, I, will give you welcome,

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I will say––rejoice!

⁶ If, at least, it is a, righteous thing with God, to recompense, affliction, unto them that afflict you,

¹² Let, no one, despise, thy youth, but, an ensample, become thou of the faithful,––in discourse, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in chastity.

⁹ But, ye, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a peculiar treasure, that, the excellences, ye may tell forth, of him who, out of darkness, hath called you into his marvelous light:–– ¹⁰ Who, at one time, were a No–people, but, now, are a people of God,––who had not been enjoying mercy, but, now, have received mercy.

⁹ Herein, hath the love of God in us, been made manifest, that, his only–begotten Son, God sent into the world, in order that we might live through him. ¹⁰ Herein, is love: not that, we, have loved God, but that, he, loved us, and sent forth his Son, as a propitiation concerning our sins.

¹⁴ And, we, for ourselves have gazed, and are bearing witness––that, the Father, sent forth the Son, as Saviour of the world.

¹ Unto the messenger of the assembly, in Ephesus, write:––These things, saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven lamps of gold:

¹ And there was given unto me a reed, like unto a staff, saying––Rise, and measure the Sanctuary of God, and the altar, and them who are doing homage therein;

¹⁵ And, the seventh messenger, sounded; and there came to be loud voices in heaven, saying––The kingdom of the world, hath become [the kingdom] of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign unto the ages of ages.

⁴ And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying––Come forth, my people, out of her,––that ye may have no fellowship with her sins, and, of her plagues, that ye may not receive;

³ And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying––Lo! the tent of God, is with men, and he will tabernacle with them, and, they, shall be, his peoples, and, he, shall be, God with them;

¹⁰ And he carried me away, in spirit, unto a mountain great and high, and pointed out to me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God; ¹¹ having the glory of God,––her lustre, like unto a stone most precious, as a jasper stone, shining as crystal;

¹⁵ And, he that was talking with me, had, for a measure, a reed of gold, that he might measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

¹⁵ And, he that was talking with me, had, for a measure, a reed of gold, that he might measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. ¹⁶ And, the city, four–square, lieth, and, the length thereof, is as great as the breadth. And he measured the city, with the reed,––twelve thousand furlongs: the length, and the breadth, and the height thereof, are, equal. ¹⁷ And he measured the wall thereof,––a hundred and forty–four cubits: the measure of a man, which is [the measure] of a messenger.

²³ And, the city, hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine therein; for, the glory of God, illumined it, and, the lamp thereof, was the Lamb.

³ And, no curse, shall there be, any more; and, the throne of God and of the Lamb, shall be, therein,––and his servants will render divine service unto him, ⁴ and they shall see his face, and, his name, [shall be] upon their foreheads. ⁵ And, night, shall be, no more; and they have no need of the light of a lamp or the light of a sun, because, the Lord, God, will give them light,––and they shall reign unto the ages of ages.