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Why do you make me see sins and wrong-doing? People are being destroyed in anger in front of me. There is arguing and fighting.

"Look among the nations, and see! Be surprised and full of wonder! For I am doing something in your days that you would not believe if you were told.

I will take my stand and keep watch. I will take my place on the tower. And I will keep watch to see what the Lord will say, and how I should answer when He speaks strong words to me.

It is bad for him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Wake up!' or to a stone that cannot speak, ‘Get up!' Can this teach you? See, it is covered with gold and silver. There is no breath in it.

So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To see how long and how wide Jerusalem is."

The angel said to those who were standing in front of him, "Take off his dirty clothes." And he said to him, "See, I have taken your sin away from you, and will dress you in beautiful clothes."

Now listen, Joshua the head religious leader, and your friends who are sitting in front of you are men who show a part of the good things to come in the future. See, I am going to bring My Servant the Branch.

See the stone that I have set in front of Joshua. There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will cut writings on it,' says the Lord of All. ‘And I will take away the sin of that land in one day.

He said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a gold lamp-stand with a cup at the top and seven lamps on it. And there are seven places to hold oil, one on the top of each of the lamps.

Who has hated the day of small things? Men will be glad when they see Zerubbabel building the walls of the Lord's house. These seven are the eyes of the Lord which travel over all the earth."

And the angel said to me, "What do you see?" I said, "I see a flying book, as long as ten long steps and as wide as five long steps."

Then the angel who was speaking with me came out and said to me, "Look up and see what this is that is going out."

Then he called to me, "See, those who are going to the land of the north have given My Spirit rest in the north country."

Then tell him, ‘The Lord of All says, "See, the man whose name is the Branch, for He will branch out from where He is. And He will build the house of the Lord.

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid. Gaza will suffer with much pain. So will Ekron, for her hope will be destroyed. Gaza will lose her king, and no one will live in Ashkelon.

Be full of joy, O people of Zion! Call out in a loud voice, O people of Jerusalem! See, your King is coming to you. He is fair and good and has the power to save. He is not proud and sits on a donkey, on the son of a female donkey.

Ephraim will be like a powerful man. Their hearts will be glad as with wine. And their children will see it and be glad. Their hearts will have joy in the Lord.

You will see this with your own eyes and say, "The Lord is great even outside the land of Israel!"

"See, I am going to send one with news, and he will make the way ready before Me. Then all at once the Lord you are looking for will come to His house. The one with the news of the agreement, whom you desire, is coming," says the Lord of All.

Bring the tenth part into the store-house, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this," says the Lord of All. "See if I will not then open the windows of heaven and pour out good things for you until there is no more need.