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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Angel and the Little Scroll</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, &#8220;Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, &#8220;There will be no more delay! </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: &#8220;Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, &#8220;Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but &#8216;in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Ezek. 3:3</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I took the little scroll from the angel&#8217;s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then I was told, &#8220;You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Two Witnesses</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, &#8220;Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They are &#8220;the two olive trees&#8221; and the two lampstands, and &#8220;they stand before the Lord of the earth.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:4 </span><span class="ft">See Zech. 4:3,11,14.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city&#8212;which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt&#8212;where also their Lord was crucified. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But after the three and a half days the breath</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Spirit </span><span class="ft">(see Ezek. 37:5,14)</span></span></span><span class="content"> of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, &#8220;Come up here.&#8221; And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Seventh Trumpet</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.11.15"><span class="content">&#8220;The kingdom of the world has become</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.11.15"><span class="content">the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.11.15"><span class="content">and he will reign for ever and ever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="content">&#8220;We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="content">the One who is and who was,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="content">because you have taken your great power</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="content">and have begun to reign.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The nations were angry,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">and your wrath has come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">The time has come for judging the dead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">and for rewarding your servants the prophets</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">and your people who revere your name,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">both great and small&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">and for destroying those who destroy the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.11.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then God&#8217;s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Woman and the Dragon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">She gave birth to a son, a male child, who &#8220;will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:5 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 2:9</span></span></span><span class="content"> And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The great dragon was hurled down&#8212;that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.12.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Now have come the salvation and the power</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.12.10"><span class="content">and the kingdom of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.12.10"><span class="content">and the authority of his Messiah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.12.10"><span class="content">For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.12.10"><span class="content">who accuses them before our God day and night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.12.10"><span class="content">has been hurled down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They triumphed over him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.12.11"><span class="content">by the blood of the Lamb</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.12.11"><span class="content">and by the word of their testimony;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.12.11"><span class="content">they did not love their lives so much</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.12.11"><span class="content">as to shrink from death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore rejoice, you heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.12.12"><span class="content">and you who dwell in them!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.12.12"><span class="content">But woe to the earth and the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.12.12"><span class="content">because the devil has gone down to you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.12.12"><span class="content">He is filled with fury,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.12.12"><span class="content">because he knows that his time is short.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent&#8217;s reach. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring&#8212;those who keep God&#8217;s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Open your doors, Lebanon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.11.1"><span class="content">so that fire may devour your cedars!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.11.2"><span class="content">the stately trees are ruined!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.11.2"><span class="content">Wail, oaks of Bashan;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.11.2"><span class="content">the dense forest has been cut down!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Listen to the wail of the shepherds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.11.3"><span class="content">their rich pastures are destroyed!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.11.3"><span class="content">Listen to the roar of the lions;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.11.3"><span class="content">the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Two Shepherds</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God says: &#8220;Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, &#8216;Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I am rich!&#8217; Their own shepherds do not spare them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.11.8"><span class="content">The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another&#8217;s flesh.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I told them, &#8220;If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.&#8221; So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.11.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Throw it to the potter&#8221;&#8212;the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.11.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For I am going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care for the lost, or seek the young, or heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the choice sheep, tearing off their hooves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.11.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Woe to the worthless shepherd,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.11.17"><span class="content">who deserts the flock!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.11.17"><span class="content">May the sword strike his arm and his right eye!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.11.17"><span class="content">May his arm be completely withered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.11.17"><span class="content">his right eye totally blinded!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jerusalem&#8217;s Enemies to Be Destroyed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy: The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> concerning Israel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.12.1"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, &#8216;The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is their God.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem&#8217;s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">On that day the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> going before them. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Mourning for the One They Pierced</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> of grace and supplication. They will look on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to</span></span></span><span class="content"> me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The land will mourn, each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and all the rest of the clans and their wives.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">148</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 148</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">148:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hallelu Yah</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 14</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">praise him in the heights above.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.148.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Praise him, all his angels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">praise him, all his heavenly hosts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.148.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Praise him, sun and moon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">praise him, all you shining stars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.148.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Praise him, you highest heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">and you waters above the skies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.148.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">for at his command they were created,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.148.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and he established them for ever and ever&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">he issued a decree that will never pass away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.148.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.148.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">lightning and hail, snow and clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">stormy winds that do his bidding,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.148.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">you mountains and all hills,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">fruit trees and all cedars,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.148.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">wild animals and all cattle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">small creatures and flying birds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.148.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">kings of the earth and all nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">you princes and all rulers on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.148.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">young men and women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">old men and children.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.148.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Let them praise the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">for his name alone is exalted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.148.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And he has raised up for his people a horn,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">148:14 </span><span class="fq">Horn </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes strength.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">the praise of all his faithful servants,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">of Israel, the people close to his heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.148.14"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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