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He will also stretch out his hand against the northand destroy Assyria;he will make Nineveh a desolate ruin,dry as the desert.

This is the jubilant citythat lives in security,that thinks to herself:I exist, and there is no one else.What a desolation she has become,a place for wild animals to lie down!Everyone who passes by herscoffs and shakes his fist.

The righteous Lord is in her;he does no wrong.He applies his justice morning by morning;he does not fail at dawn,yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.

The Lord your God is among you,a warrior who saves.He will rejoice over you with gladness.He will be quiet in his love.He will delight in you with singing.”

You have planted muchbut harvested little.You eatbut never have enough to be satisfied.You drinkbut never have enough to be happy.You put on clothesbut never have enough to get warm.The wage earner puts his wagesinto a bag with a hole in it.”

“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. “Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

If a man is carrying consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does it become holy?”

I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the Gentile kingdoms. I will overturn chariots and their riders. Horses and their riders will fall, each by his brother’s sword.

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

For the Lord of Armies says this: “In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.

The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the Holy Land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem.

Let all people be silent before the Lord, for from his holy dwelling he has roused himself.”

Then he showed me the high priest Joshua standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.

So the angel of the Lord spoke to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to him, “See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with festive robes.”

Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him in garments while the angel of the Lord was standing nearby.

On that day, each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree.” This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.

“Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.

I will send it out,”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—“and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will stay inside his house and destroy it along with its timbers and stones.”

You are to tell him: This is what the Lord of Armies says: Here is a man whose name is Branch; he will branch out from his place and build the Lord’s temple.

Yes, he will build the Lord’s temple; he will be clothed in splendor and will sit on his throne and rule. There will also be a priest on his throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them.