
{1}1{/}

{I}1_{/}In the eighth 
month of the second year 
of Darius, the word of 
Yahweh came to the 
prophet Zechariah son of 
Berechiah, the son of 
Iddo:
{I}2_{/}"Yahweh was very 
angry with your 
ancestors. {I}3_{/}Then 
you will tell them these 
words of Yahweh Sabaoth: 
'Return to me and I will 
return to you.' 
{I}4_{/}Do not be like 
your ancestors whom the 
earlier prophets warned, 
reiterating to them 
Yahweh Sabaoth's words: 
'Turn from your evil ways 
and your wicked deeds.' 
But they would not listen 
or pay attention to me. 
Yahweh asks you, 
{I}5_{/}"Where are your 
ancestors now? Those 
prophets also died 
{I}6_{/}but my words and 
decrees entrusted to my 
servants, the prophets, 
overtook your ancestors. 
They repented and 
confessed: "Yahweh 
Sabaoth has treated us 
just as he had determined 
to do, according to our 
ways and deeds."
THE VISIONS{/}

{I}7_{/}On the twenty-
fourth of Shebat, the 
eleventh month, in the 
second year of Darius, 
the word of Yahweh came 
to the prophet Zechariah 
son of Berechiah, the son 
of Iddo, in the following 
manner.
{I}8_{/}In a vision at 
night, I saw a man riding 
a red horse. He was 
standing among the myrtle 
trees in a ravine, and 
behind him were red, 
brown and white horses. 
{I}9_{/}I asked, "What 
are these, my lord?" The 
angel with whom I was 
talking answered, "You 
will know." {I}10_{/}The 
man standing among the 
myrtle trees spoke, "They 
are those whom Yahweh 
sent to patrol the 
earth." {I}11_{/}These 
then reported to Yahweh's 
angel standing among the 
myrtle trees, "We have 
patrolled the whole earth 
and found it peaceful and 
tranquil."
{I}12_{/}The angel of 
Yahweh spoke, "O Yahweh 
of hosts, how long will 
you be without mercy for 
Jerusalem and the cities 
of Judah which you have 
afflicted in anger these 
seventy years?" 
{I}13_{/}Yahweh replied 
with comforting words to 
the angel who spoke to 
me. {I}14_{/}This angel 
then turned to me and 
said, "Proclaim this word 
which Yahweh Sabaoth 
speaks: 'I am very 
jealous for Jerusalem and 
Zion, {I}15_{/}but I am 
very angry with 
complacent nations. At 
first I was only a little 
angry with Jerusalem, but 
they made things worse.' 
{I}16_{/}Therefore Yahweh 
says: 'I will turn again 
with mercy to Jerusalem, 
where my house will be 
rebuilt and the measuring 
line stretched.'"
Then Yahweh Sabaoth said, 
{I}17_{/}"Proclaim this 
as well: 'My towns will 
once more overflow with 
prosperity; Yahweh will 
again comfort Zion and 
make Jerusalem his 
favorite.'"
THE SECOND VISION{/}

{1}2{/}

{I}1_{/}I raised my eyes 
and saw four horns. 
{I}2_{/}I asked the angel 
who spoke to me what 
these were, and he 
answered, "These horns 
are the nations that 
scattered Judah and 
Jerusalem." 
{I}3_{/}Yahweh then 
showed me four 
blacksmiths, and I asked, 
"What are they coming to 
do?"
{I}4_{/}He answered, 
"Here are the horns that 
scattered Judah so that 
no one dared raise his 
head. But these 
blacksmiths have come to 
strike down the power of 
the nations that 
scattered the people of 
Judah."
THE THIRD VISION{/}

{I}5_{/}Raising my eyes 
again, I saw a man with a 
measuring line in his 
hand. I asked, "Where are 
you going?" {I}6_{/}He 
answered, "I'm going to 
measure Jerusalem, to 
find its width and its 
length." {I}7_{/}As the 
angel who spoke to me 
came forward, another 
angel met him {I}8_{/}and 
said, "Run and tell this 
to that young man: 
'Jerusalem will remain 
unwalled because of its 
multitude of people and 
livestock.' {I}9_{/}For 
this is the word of 
Yahweh: I myself will be 
around her like a wall of 
fire, and also within her 
in Glory."
{I}10_{/}"Come, come! 
Flee from the land of the 
north," says Yahweh to 
all those whom he 
scattered to the four 
winds of heaven. 
{I}11_{/}"Come, escape O 
Zion, you who dwell in 
Babylon." {I}12_{/}For 
thus Yahweh Sabaoth says, 
after his Glory sent me 
to condemn the nations 
that have plundered you, 
"Whoever touches you 
touches the apple of my 
eye. {I}13_{/}Look, I 
will raise my hand 
against those nations, 
and they will be 
plundered by their 
slaves." Thus you will 
know that Yahweh Sabaoth 
has sent me.
A CALL TO THE DAUGHTER OF 
ZION{/}

{I}14_{/}"Sing and 
rejoice, O daughter of 
Zion, for I am about to 
come, I shall dwell among 
you," says Yahweh.
{I}15_{/}"On that day, 
many nations will join 
Yahweh and be my people, 
but my dwelling is among 
you." {I}16_{/}The people 
of Judah will be for 
Yahweh as his portion in 
his holy land. He will 
choose Jerusalem again. 
{I}17_{/}Keep still in 
Yahweh's presence, for he 
comes, having risen from 
his holy dwelling."
FOURTH VISION: THE 
MESSIAH COMES SOON{/}

{1}3{/}

{I}1_{/}He showed me then 
the high priest Joshua 
standing before the Angel 
of Yahweh. At Joshua's 
right side stood Satan, 
ready to accuse him. 
{I}2_{/}But the angel of 
Yahweh said to Satan, 
"May Yahweh rebuke you, 
Satan! Yahweh who has 
chosen Jerusalem - may he 
rebuke you! Is not this 
man a burning brand 
snatched from the fire?"
{I}3_{/}Clad in filthy 
garments, Joshua stood 
before the Angel, 
{I}4_{/}who said to those 
in front of him, "Take 
off his filthy garments." 
Then turning to Joshua, 
he said, "See, I have 
taken away your guilt. 
Now I will clothe you 
with rich garments." 
{I}5_{/}He added, "Put a 
clean turban on his 
head." So they put a 
clean turban on his head 
and clothed him, as the 
Angel of Yahweh looked 
on.
{I}6_{/}The Angel of 
Yahweh gave Joshua this 
assurance, 
{I}7_{/}"Listen to this 
word of Yahweh Sabaoth: 
'If you walk in my ways 
and heed my charge, you 
shall rule my house and 
keep my courts, and I 
will give you free access 
among those standing 
here. {I}8_{/}Listen 
further, O high priest 
Joshua and your 
associates who join in 
council with you: I am 
going to bring my servant 
the Branch. {I}9_{/}See, 
I am setting (before 
Joshua) a stone with 
seven eyes. I myself will 
engrave an inscription on 
it, and I will remove the 
guilt of this land in a 
single day. {I}10_{/}On 
that day, you will invite 
one another under your 
vines and fig trees.' 
This is what Yahweh 
Sabaoth says."
THE FIFTH VISION{/}

{1}4{/}

{I}1_{/}The angel who 
talked with me returned 
and shook me as one does 
to wake another from 
sleep. {I}2_{/}He asked, 
"What do you see?" I 
answered, "I see a 
lampstand all of gold, 
with a bowl on top. On 
the stand are seven lamps 
and there are seven pipes 
to feed them. 
{I}3_{/}There are also 
two olive trees, one at 
the right of the bowl and 
another at the left." 
{I}4_{/}I asked the 
angel, "What are these, 
my Lord?" {I}5_{/}He 
replied with a question, 
"Don't you know what they 
are?" I answered, "No, my 
Lord."
Ver [Zec_4,10]{/}

{I}6_{/}This is a word of 
Yahweh for Zerubbabel, 
"Not by might nor by 
power, but by my Spirit."
{I}7_{/}"What are you, O 
mighty mountains? You 
will be leveled before 
Zerubbabel. He will 
quarry from you to the 
last stone which crowns 
the Temple amid shouts 
of: blessing, blessing on 
it!"
{I}8_{/}The word of 
Yahweh then came to me, 
{I}9_{/}"The hands of 
Zerubbabel have laid the 
foundation of this House; 
his hands also shall 
finish it. (Then you will 
know that Yahweh Sabaoth 
has sent me to you.) 
{I}10_{/}Perhaps the 
beginning seems a small 
thing to you, yet you 
will rejoice on that day 
to see the crowning stone 
in the hands of 
Zerubbabel."
{I}10b_{/}He explained, 
"These seven are the eyes 
of Yahweh which range 
throughout the earth."
{I}11_{/}I asked the 
angel, "What are these 
two olive trees to the 
right and left of the 
lampstand?" 
({I}12{/}){I}13_{/}His 
reply was a question. 
"Don't you know what 
these are?" I answered, 
"No, my Lord." 
{I}14_{/}He said, "These 
are the two anointed with 
fresh oil, who serve the 
Lord of the whole earth."
THE SIXTH VISION{/}

{1}5{/}

{I}1_{/}Again I raised my 
eyes and saw a flying 
scroll. {I}2_{/}He asked 
me, "What do you see?" 
And I answered, "A flying 
scroll, thirty feet long 
and fifteen feet wide."
{I}3_{/}He said to me, 
"This is the curse going 
forth throughout the 
earth. On one side it is 
written that every thief 
shall be banished; on the 
other side, that everyone 
who swears falsely shall 
be expelled. {I}4_{/}I 
will send it out to the 
house of the thief, as 
well as to the house of 
anyone who swears 
falsely. It will lodge 
there and destroy the 
house - timber, stone and 
everything.
THE SEVENTH VISION{/}

{I}5_{/}Then the angel 
who talked with me came 
forward and said, "Look 
up and see what this is 
that is coming forth." 
{I}6_{/}I asked, "What is 
it?" He answered, "This 
is a bushel container. 
This is the guilt of the 
people throughout the 
land." {I}7_{/}The lead 
cover was lifted, and 
there sitting inside was 
a woman. {I}8_{/}"This is 
wickedness," he said and 
thrust the woman inside 
the bushel stopping the 
opening with the lead 
cover.
{I}9_{/}I looked up and 
saw two winged women 
coming; their wings were 
like that of a stork. As 
they lifted the bushel 
into the air, {I}10_{/}I 
asked the angel who was 
speaking to me, "Where 
are they taking the 
bushel?" {I}11_{/}He 
answered, "To Babylonia, 
to build a temple for it 
and set it down on a 
plinth."
THE EIGHTH VISION{/}

{1}6{/}

{I}1_{/}Once more I 
raised my eyes and saw 
four chariots coming out 
from between two 
mountains of bronze. 
{I}2_{/}The first chariot 
had red horses, the 
second black, {I}3_{/}the 
third white, and the 
fourth dapple gray. 
{I}4_{/}I asked the angel 
talking with me, "What 
are these, my Lord."
{I}5_{/}The angel 
replied, "These are the 
four winds of heaven, 
going forth after 
presenting themselves 
before the Lord of the 
whole earth. {I}6_{/}The 
chariot with black horses 
goes towards the north 
country, the one with 
white horses towards the 
west, and the one with 
dapple gray horses 
towards the land of the 
south."
{I}7_{/}As the reds asked 
to start off and to 
patrol the earth, the 
angel said to them, "Go, 
patrol the earth!" and 
they went. {I}8_{/}Then 
he cried out to me, 
"Look, those have just 
gone to the land of the 
north and they will set 
my spirit at rest in the 
land of the north."
{I}9_{/}The word of 
Yahweh came to me, 
{I}10_{/}"Take offerings 
from the returned 
captives, from the hands 
of Heldai, Tobijah and 
Jedaiah, and go this very 
day to the house of 
Josiah, Zephaniah's son, 
where they have arrived 
from Babylon. 
{I}11_{/}Take silver and 
gold and have crowns 
made, which you will set 
on the head of the high 
priest Joshua, son of 
Jehozadak. 
{I}12_{/}Repeat to him 
these words of Yahweh 
Sabaoth: 'Here is the man 
whose name is Branch. 
From where he is he will 
branch out and build the 
temple of Yahweh. 
{I}13_{/}It is he who 
will build the temple of 
Yahweh, and this will be 
his glory. He will sit 
and rule upon his throne. 
A priest will sit at his 
right, and there will be 
harmony between both.' 
{I}14_{/}As for the 
crowns, they will remain 
in the temple of Yahweh 
as a memorial of what 
Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah 
and Josiah, Zephaniah's 
son have done. 
{I}15_{/}Those from afar 
will come and help build 
the temple of Yahweh, and 
you will know that Yahweh 
Sabaoth has sent me to 
you. This will happen if 
you diligently listen to 
the voice of your God 
Yahweh."
{1}7{/}

{I}1_{/}On the fourth day 
of the ninth month in the 
fourth year of Darius, 
the king, {I}2_{/}the 
people of Bethel sent 
Sharezer and Regemmelech 
with their men to win the 
favor of Yahweh 
{I}3_{/}and to question 
the priests of the House 
of Yahweh, God of hosts, 
and the prophets, "Must 
we mourn and fast in the 
fifth month as we have 
done these many years?"
THE TRUE RELIGION{/}

{I}4_{/}And the word of 
Yahweh, God of hosts came 
to me: {I}5_{/}"Speak to 
the inhabitants of the 
land and to the priests; 
say to them: When you 
fasted and mourned in 
September and December 
for seventy years, was I 
the one who made you 
fast? {I}6_{/}Were you 
not those who decided to 
eat and to drink or not 
to do so? 
{I}7_{/}Remember the 
message that Yahweh 
proclaimed through 
earlier prophets when 
Jerusalem was peacefully 
inhabited and the 
surrounding region as 
well, when the Negeb and 
the western foothills 
were settled.
({I}8{/}) Yahweh said, 
{I}9_{/}Render true 
judgment, be kind and 
merciful to each other. 
{I}10_{/}Do not oppress 
the widow or the orphan, 
the alien or the poor, do 
not plot evil in your 
heart against one 
another.
{I}11_{/}But they refused 
to listen and stubbornly 
turned their back, 
stopping their ears. 
{I}12_{/}They made their 
hearts hard as diamonds 
so as not to hear the Law 
or the words that Yahweh, 
the God of hosts spoke by 
his spirit through the 
earlier prophets. 
{I}13_{/}Then Yahweh, God 
of hosts in his great 
anger proclaimed that 
just as they had not 
listened when he called 
to them, so when they 
cried to him he would not 
listen. {I}14_{/}Yahweh 
said he would scatter 
them as in a whirlwind 
among nations they did 
not know and the land 
behind them would be 
devastated without anyone 
passing through it. In 
that way a pleasant land 
was made desolate."
{1}8{/}

{I}1_{/}The word of 
Yahweh, the God of hosts 
was directed to me in 
this way, {I}2_{/}"I am 
intensely jealous for 
Zion, stirred by a 
burning anger for her 
sake. {I}3_{/}Yahweh 
says: I will return to 
Zion and live in her 
midst. Jerusalem shall be 
called City of 
faithfulness and the 
Mountain of Yahweh of 
hosts, the Mountain of 
holiness."
{I}4_{/}Yahweh, God of 
hosts speaks, "Old men 
and women will again sit 
in the squares, each with 
a stick in hand on 
account of their great 
age. {I}5_{/}The squares 
of the city will be 
filled with girls and 
boys playing." 
{I}6_{/}Yahweh, God of 
hosts declares, "If that 
seems impossible in the 
eyes of those who have 
returned from exile, will 
it be impossible for me 
as well?" - word of 
Yahweh.
{I}7_{/}Yahweh, God of 
hosts says, "See, I am 
going to save my people, 
{I}8_{/}bringing them 
from the east and from 
the west and they will 
live in Jerusalem. They 
will be my people and I 
shall be their God in 
truth and in justice."
{I}9_{/}Yahweh, God of 
hosts declares, "In these 
days you have just heard 
the words of the 
prophets, because on this 
day the foundation stone 
is laid for the 
reconstruction of the 
Temple. Now do not be 
discouraged. 
{I}10_{/}Before these 
days there was no salary 
for anyone nor food for 
beasts, people could not 
travel because of the 
ambushes, and I myself 
let everyone quarrel with 
his neighbor. 
{I}11_{/}But from now on 
I will deal differently 
with this people."
{I}12_{/}Yahweh says, "I 
am sowing peace. The vine 
will give its fruit, the 
earth its produce, the 
heavens its dew and to 
the remnant of this 
people I will give all 
these things.
{I}13_{/}So it will 
happen that just as you 
were a curse among the 
nations, now I will save 
you, Judah and Israel, 
and make you a blessing. 
Have no fear and let your 
hands be strong!"
{I}14_{/}This is what 
Yahweh, God of hosts, 
says: "Just as I resolved 
to do you harm because 
your fathers angered me 
and I did not relent, 
{I}15_{/}so now in these 
days am I determined to 
deal kindly with 
Jerusalem and Judah. Have 
no fear! {I}16_{/}This is 
what you must do: Speak 
the truth to one another; 
let those who judge give 
peace through honest 
sentences {I}17_{/}and do 
not plot evil in your 
heart against one 
another. Refrain from 
false oaths for it is 
what I detest" - word of 
Yahweh.
{I}18_{/}The word of 
Yahweh came to me, 
saying: {I}19_{/}"This is 
what you will say for my 
sake: From now on the 
fasts of the fourth, 
fifth, seventh and tenth 
months will be days of 
joy, happy feastdays. 
Only be peacemakers and 
sincere people."
{I}20_{/}Yahweh, the God 
of hosts speaks, "People 
will come from other 
nations, people from 
great cities. 
{I}21_{/}The inhabitants 
of one town will talk 
with those of another and 
say: 'Come, let us go and 
implore the favor of 
Yahweh, and I, too, will 
seek Yahweh.' 
{I}22_{/}Many great 
peoples and powerful 
nations will come seeking 
Yahweh, God of hosts, in 
Jerusalem and pray to 
him."
{I}23_{/}Yahweh, the God 
of hosts assures you, "In 
those days ten men of 
different languages 
spoken in various lands, 
will take hold of a Jew 
by the hem of his garment 
and say: We, too, want to 
go with you for we have 
heard that God is with 
you."
SECOND PART OF THE 
BOOK{/}

{1}9{/}

An oracle:
{I}1_{/}Word of Yahweh. 
Yahweh dwells in the land 
of Hadrach and Damascus 
for the cities of Aram 
belong to him as do all 
the tribes of Israel, 
{I}2_{/}and Hamath as 
well, on its border, and 
Tyre and Sidon, the 
people who do good 
business. {I}3_{/}Tyre 
built herself a 
stronghold and piled up 
silver like dust, gold 
like the mud in the 
street. {I}4_{/}But the 
Lord will take away her 
possessions and throw 
down her power on the sea 
and she herself will 
perish by fire.
{I}5_{/}Ashkelon will see 
and be afraid; Gaza, too, 
will tremble and Ekron as 
well for her hope will 
fade. The king will 
disappear from Gaza and 
Ashkelon will be without 
inhabitants. 
{I}6_{/}People of low 
birth will occupy Ashdod. 
I will put an end to the 
pride of the Philistines. 
{I}7_{/}I shall take the 
meat with blood from 
their mouth and their 
unclean food from between 
their teeth. Only a 
remnant of them will be 
left and they will become 
like a clan among the 
Judeans. The people of 
Ekron will be like the 
Jebusites at the present 
time. {I}8_{/}I shall 
camp as a guard near my 
House to protect it from 
all who come and go. No 
longer shall an oppressor 
crush them now for I am 
aware of their 
affliction.
YOUR KING COMES, RIDING 
ON A DONKEY{/}

{I}9_{/}Rejoice greatly, 
daughter of Zion!
Shout for joy, daughter 
of Jerusalem!
For your king is coming, 
just and victorious,
humble and riding on a 
donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a 
donkey.
{I}10_{/}No more chariots 
in Ephraim,
no more horses in 
Jerusalem,
for he will do away with 
them.
The warrior's bow shall 
be broken when he 
dictates peace to the 
nations.
He will reign from sea to 
sea,
and from the River to the 
ends of the earth.
{I}11_{/}As for you, for 
the sake of your covenant 
sealed with blood, I 
shall release your 
prisoners from the 
ancient cistern. 
{I}12_{/}The prisoners 
who wait in expectation 
will return to you, O 
Zion; today I declare 
that I will repay you 
double for your exile. 
{I}13_{/}I shall bend my 
bow - Judah - and Ephraim 
shall be my arrow. I 
shall send your sons, O 
Zion, against the Greeks! 
For me you shall be a 
warrior's sword.
{I}14_{/}Yahweh will 
appear above them, his 
arrows flashing like 
lightning. He will sound 
his horn and come in a 
storm from the south. 
{I}15_{/}Yahweh, God of 
hosts, will protect them; 
they will triumph and 
trample the wicked. They 
will drink blood like 
wine and be filled with 
it like the bowls of the 
drink offering, like the 
horns of an altar.
{I}16_{/}On that day, 
Yahweh, their God, will 
save them and pasture 
them like a flock. 
{I}17_{/}How happy! how 
beautiful it will be! 
Grain will make young men 
flourish and new wine, 
the maidens!
TRUST IN THE LORD{/}

{1}10{/}

{I}1_{/}Ask from Yahweh 
the spring rain, and 
Yahweh, who makes the 
lightnings, will send 
showers of rain and make 
grass sprout in each 
one's field.
{I}2_{/}The home idols 
utter empty words and 
diviners have false 
visions, dreams that 
foretell illusions and 
offer empty comfort. 
{I}3_{/}This is why the 
people stray like sheep 
without a shepherd. 
Against these shepherds 
my anger is aroused and I 
will punish the leaders.
When Yahweh of hosts 
visits his flock, the 
nation of Judah, he will 
make it his proud war 
horse. {I}4_{/}He will 
provide the host and the 
spear, the bow in battle 
and all the leaders. 
{I}5_{/}They will be like 
warriors trampling mud in 
battle. They will fight 
recalling that Yahweh is 
with them and rout those 
on horses.
{I}6_{/}"I will 
strengthen the nation of 
Judah and save the 
descendants of Joseph. I 
will bring them back for 
I have compassion on them 
and they will be as if I 
had never rejected them, 
for I am Yahweh, their 
God, who hears their cry.
{I}7_{/}Ephraim's men 
will be like heroes and 
feel joyful as if warmed 
by wine. Their children 
will rejoice on seeing 
it; their hearts will 
exult in Yahweh.
{I}8_{/}Yahweh says: I 
shall whistle and gather 
them together for I have 
redeemed them and they 
shall be as numerous as 
before. {I}9_{/}Then I 
shall spread them among 
the nations, but from the 
most distant lands they 
will remember me. There 
they shall raise their 
children who will return.
{I}10_{/}I shall bring 
them back from Egypt and 
gather them from Assyria. 
I shall give them again 
the land of Gilead and 
Lebanon but these will 
not suffice for them. 
{I}11_{/}They will pass 
through the sea of Egypt 
and the depths of the 
Nile will be dried up. 
Then the arrogance of 
Assyria will be cast down 
and Egypt will no longer 
have a king. {I}12_{/}I 
shall strengthen them, 
says Yahweh, and they 
shall advance confident 
in my Name."
{1}11{/}

{I}1_{/}Open your 
gateways, Lebanon, to let 
fire devour your cedars. 
{I}2_{/}Lament, 
cypresses, for the cedar 
has fallen. The majestic 
ones have been brought 
low. Wail, oaks of 
Bashan, for the 
impenetrable forest has 
been cut down. 
{I}3_{/}The sighs of the 
shepherds reecho because 
their beautiful plain has 
been ravaged. The young 
lions' roar reechoes 
because the fruitful 
valley of the Jordan is 
laid waste.
THE EXAMPLE OF THE GOOD 
SHEPHERD{/}

{I}4_{/}Yahweh, my God, 
said to me: "Pasture the 
sheep to be slaughtered, 
{I}5_{/}for their buyers 
slay them and get away 
with it, whereas those 
who sell them say: 
'Praised be Yahweh! I am 
rich!' And their 
shepherds hardly give 
them a thought. 
{I}6_{/}Yahweh says: I 
shall no longer give a 
thought to the 
inhabitants of this land, 
and I am handing over 
each one to the power of 
his shepherd; although 
their king may oppress 
the land, I shall not 
rescue this people from 
their power."
{I}7_{/}So I became the 
shepherd of the sheep to 
be slaughtered and 
provided myself with two 
staffs - one I called 
Favor and the other 
Bonds. I then pastured my 
flock, {I}8_{/}doing away 
with three leaders in one 
month. I lost patience 
with them and they, for 
their part, were 
disgusted with me. 
{I}9_{/}So I said, "No 
longer shall I shepherd 
you: whatever is to die, 
let it die and let what 
is to perish, perish, and 
let those who are left 
devour each other's 
flesh." {I}10_{/}Then I 
took and broke my staff 
Favor to break the 
covenant I had made with 
all nations. {I}11_{/}It 
was broken off that day 
and the sheep merchants 
who watched knew it was 
Yahweh who had spoken.
{I}12_{/}I then said to 
them, "If you agree, give 
me my wages, otherwise 
let it go." So they 
weighed out my wages, 
thirty pieces of silver. 
{I}13_{/}And Yahweh said 
to me, "Throw it into the 
treasury, this splendid 
sum at which they valued 
me!" So I took the thirty 
pieces of silver and 
threw them into the 
treasury in Yahweh's 
House.
{I}14_{/}I then snapped 
in two my second staff 
Bonds, doing away with 
the friendship between 
Judah and Israel.
{I}15_{/}Then Yahweh said 
to me, "Take another 
disguise, one that is 
fitting for a foolish 
shepherd {I}16_{/}for I 
am going to raise up 
another shepherd who will 
care nothing for lost 
sheep nor will he search 
for strays, or bind up 
the injured and pasture 
those that survive. No, 
but he will eat the fat 
ones and tear off their 
hoofs."
{I}17_{/}Woe to the 
worthless shepherd who 
abandons his flock! May 
the sword strike his arm 
and his right eye! Let 
his arm wither and his 
right eye be blind!
THE FINAL BATTLE{/}

{1}12{/}

{I}1_{/}An oracle. This 
is the word of Yahweh 
concerning Israel. Word 
of Yahweh, who spread out 
the heavens, laid the 
foundations of the earth 
and formed the spirit of 
man within him. 
{I}2_{/}"See, I am making 
of Jerusalem a cup that 
will send the nations 
reeling; it will happen 
when Jerusalem is 
besieged.
{I}3_{/}On that day I 
shall make Jerusalem an 
immovable rock for all 
the nations around her. 
All the nations will be 
united against her and 
all who try to lift the 
rock will be badly 
injured."
{I}4_{/}Yahweh says: "On 
that day I will make 
every horse wild with 
fright, every rider 
demented. All the horses 
of the nations will be 
blinded but I will watch 
over Judah {I}5_{/}and 
the leaders of the clans 
of Judah will say to 
themselves: 'The strength 
of the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem comes from 
Yahweh their God.'
{I}6_{/}On that day I 
will make the leaders of 
the clans of Judah like a 
fire in a woodland and a 
flaming torch among the 
sheaves. They will devour 
right and left all the 
nations around them, 
while Jerusalem will 
continue to hold its 
site.
{I}7_{/}Yahweh will first 
save the towns and 
villages of Judah so that 
David's people and the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem 
will not feel more 
important than the rest 
of Judah.
{I}8_{/}On that day 
Yahweh will strengthen 
the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem in such a way 
that the weaklings among 
them shall be like David 
and David's people who 
lead them, will be like 
God, like an angel of 
Yahweh.
{I}9_{/}On that day I 
will see to the 
destroying of all the 
nations that came against 
Jerusalem.
{I}10_{/}I will pour out 
on the family of David 
and the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem a spirit of 
love and supplication. 
They will look at the one 
who was pierced and mourn 
for him as for an only 
child, weeping bitterly 
as for a firstborn. 
{I}11_{/}The mourning in 
Jerusalem will be as 
great as the mourning of 
Haddadrimmon in the plain 
of Megiddo.
{I}12_{/}Each family will 
mourn individually: the 
family of David by 
themselves and their 
wives separately; the 
family of Nathan by 
themselves and their 
wives separately, 
{I}13_{/}the family of 
Levi by themselves and 
their wives separately, 
the family of Shimei by 
themselves and their 
wives separately 
{I}14_{/}and the same 
with the other families, 
each family by themselves 
and their wives 
separately.
{1}13{/}

{I}1_{/}On that day a 
spring will well up for 
the family of David and 
for the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem to cleanse 
themselves of sin and 
defilement. 
Yahweh, God of hosts 
says: {I}2_{/}On that day 
I will wipe out the names 
of idols from the land 
and never again will they 
be mentioned. {I}3_{/}I 
will also remove the 
prophets and their 
unclean spirits and expel 
them from the land. If a 
prophet does prophesy, 
his parents: father and 
mother, will say to him: 
"You shall live no longer 
for you uttered lies in 
the name of Yahweh." His 
own father and mother 
will stab him when he 
prophesies.
{I}4_{/}On that day the 
prophets will be ashamed 
of their prophetical 
visions and no longer 
wear a prophet's garment 
of hair in order to 
deceive. {I}5_{/}Instead, 
each of them will say: "I 
am not a prophet, I am a 
farmer, the land has 
owned me since my youth." 
{I}6_{/}And if anyone 
says to him: "What are 
these wounds on your 
hands?" He will answer: 
"With these I was wounded 
in my friend's house."
FINAL PERSECUTION{/}

{I}7_{/}"Sword, awake and 
strike my shepherd, the 
man who is near to me!" 
says Yahweh, God of 
hosts. "Strike the 
shepherd and let the 
flock be scattered!" 
Yahweh threatens, "I will 
turn against the little 
ones, {I}8_{/}and in all 
the land, two thirds 
shall be destroyed and 
one third left. 
{I}9_{/}This third shall 
be cleansed by fire; I 
shall refine them as 
silver is refined; I 
shall test them as gold 
is tested. They shall 
call upon my Name and I 
will hear them. I will 
say, "They are my peo-
ple," and they shall say, 
"Yahweh is my God."
ANOTHER DESCRIPTION OF 
THE FINAL BATTLE{/}

{1}14{/}

{I}1_{/}The day of Yahweh 
will come when people 
will divide spoils in 
your midst. {I}2_{/}I 
will let all the nations 
come against Jerusalem to 
attack it. The city will 
be taken and houses 
pillaged, women violated. 
Half of the city will be 
deported but the rest 
will not be removed. 
{I}3_{/}Then Yahweh will 
go forth and fight 
against the nations as he 
does on the day of 
battle. {I}4_{/}On that 
day his feet will rest on 
the mount of Olives, 
facing Jerusalem on the 
east and the mount of 
Olives will be split in 
two from east to west by 
a deep valley leaving 
half of the mountain to 
the north and half to the 
south. {I}5_{/}You will 
flee through my mountain 
valley for it will extend 
as far as Azel. You will 
flee as you fled from the 
earthquake in the days of 
Uzziah, king of Judah, 
and Yahweh will come and 
all his holy ones with 
him.
{I}6_{/}On that day there 
will be no cold or frost. 
{I}7_{/}It will be a 
unique day, known to 
Yahweh, without day or 
night and when evening 
comes there will still be 
light.
{I}8_{/}On that day 
living water will flow 
from Jerusalem, half to 
the sea in the east, half 
to the sea in the west; 
it will never dry up in 
summer or in winter. 
{I}9_{/}Yahweh will be 
king of all the earth. On 
that day there will be 
Yahweh alone and only his 
Name.
{I}10_{/}All the land 
will be turned into a 
plain from Geba to Rimmon 
in the Negeb, but 
Jerusalem shall be 
outstanding on its 
heights, from the 
Benjamin Gate to the 
First Gate, to the Corner 
Gate and from the tower 
of Hananel to the royal 
winepress. {I}11_{/}Its 
people shall no longer 
fear any disaster. 
Jerusalem shall be 
inhabited and secure.
{I}12_{/}And this is how 
Yahweh will punish all 
the nations that made war 
on Jerusalem: each one's 
flesh will rot even as he 
stands, and their eyes 
will rot in their 
sockets, their tongue in 
their mouth. {I}15_{/}A 
similar plague shall 
strike the horses, mules, 
camels and donkeys, and 
all the animals in their 
camps. {I}13_{/}On that 
day Yahweh will cause 
great panic among them: 
they will take hold of 
one another and attack 
one another 
{I}14_{/}while the men of 
Judah fight in Jerusalem. 
The wealth of all the 
neighboring nations will 
be left in that place, 
gold, silver and garments 
in great quantities.
{I}16_{/}The survivors of 
all the nations that 
fought against Jerusalem 
will come, year by year, 
to worship Yahweh, God of 
hosts and celebrate the 
feast of Tabernacles. 
{I}17_{/}If any peoples 
of the earth do not go up 
to Jerusalem to worship 
the King Yahweh, God of 
hosts, they will have no 
rain. {I}18_{/}If the 
Egyptian people do not go 
up and take part, they 
too will be afflicted 
with the plague destined 
for those who do not go 
up to celebrate the feast 
of Tabernacles. 
{I}19_{/}That shall be 
the punishment of Egypt 
and of all the nations 
who do not go up to 
celebrate the feast of 
Tabernacles.
{I}20_{/}On that day, 
even the bells of the 
horses shall be 
inscribed: "Consecrated 
to Yahweh." {I}21_{/}The 
cooking pots of the 
Temple will be as sacred 
as the bowls of offering 
that are used for the 
altar, and even the 
ordinary cooking pots of 
the people of Jerusalem 
and Judah will be 
consecrated to Yahweh, 
God of hosts. So everyone 
who offers sacrifice may 
use them for cooking. 
Still more: from that 
day, there will no longer 
be merchants in the House 
of Yahweh, God of hosts.

