Wednesday, July 31, 2019

THE LORD WILL CHOOSE JERUSALEM


The Man Among The Myrtle Trees

Zechariah 1:7-17

7 On the twenty-fourth day
Of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat,
In the second year of Darius,
The Word of the Lord
Came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah,
The son of Iddo.

8 During the night I had a vision—
And there before me was a man riding a red horse!
He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine.
Behind him were red, brown and white horses.

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

10 Then the man standing
Among the myrtle trees explained,
'THEY ARE THE ONES THE LORD HAS SENT
TO GO THROUGHOUT THE EARTH.'

11 And they reported to The Angel of the Lord,
Who was standing among the myrtle trees,
'WE HAVE GONE THROUGHOUT THE EARTH
AND FOUND THE WHOLE WORLD
AT REST AND PEACE.'

12 Then The Angel of the Lord said,
'Lord Almighty,
How long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem
And from the towns of Judah,
Which you have been angry with these seventy years?'

13 So the Lord spoke kind and comforting words
To the angel who talked with me.

14 Then the angel who was speaking to me said,
'Proclaim this word':
THIS IS WHAT THE LORD ALMIGHTY SAYS:
'I AM VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM AND ZION,
15 BUT I AM VERY ANGRY
WITH THE NATIONS THAT FEEL SECURE.

I WAS ONLY A LITTLE ANGRY,
BUT THEY ADDED TO THE CALMAITY.'

16 Therefore, this is what the Lord says,
'I WILL RETURN TO JERUSALEM WITH MERCY,
AND THERE MY HOUSE WILL BE REBUILT.
And the Measuring Line
Will be stretched out over Jerusalem,'
Declares the Lord Almighty.

17 Proclaim further;
This is what the Lord Almighty says;
'MY TOWNS WILL AGAIN
OVERFLOW WITH PROSPERITY,
AND THE LORD WILL AGAIN COMFORT ZION
AND CHOOSE JERUSALEM.'
(Zechariah 1:7-17)

[In the End, the Nations will be Destroyed
And only Israel, Jerusalem and Zion
Will remain—Chosen by God.]

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