From: "FamilyNet" 

Bible Reading for October 06

Zechariah 7
[1] And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of
the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in
Chisleu;
[2] When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and
their men, to pray before the LORD, [3] And to speak unto the priests which
were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should
I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many
years? [4] Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, [5]
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye
fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy
years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? [6] And when ye did eat, and
when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
[7] Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former
prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities
thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? [8]
And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, [9] Thus speaketh the
LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and
compassions every man to his brother: [10] And oppress not the widow, nor
the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine
evil against his brother in your heart. [11] But they refused to hearken,
and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not
hear. [12] Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they
should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his
spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD
of hosts. [13] Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they
would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of
hosts: [14] But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations
whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man
passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

Zechariah 8
[1] Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, [2] Thus saith
the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was
jealous for her with great fury. [3] Thus saith the LORD; I am returned
unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be
called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy
mountain. [4] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old
women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in
his hand for very age.
[5] And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in
the streets thereof.
[6] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine
eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
[7] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the
east country, and from the west country; [8] And I will bring them, and
they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people,
and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
[9] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in
these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day
that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the
temple might be built.
[10] For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for
beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because
of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. [11]
But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former
days, saith the LORD of hosts.
[12] For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and
the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew;
and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
[13] And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen,
O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be
a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. [14] For thus saith the
LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to
wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: [15] So again have I
thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah:
fear ye not.
[16] These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to
his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: [17]
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and
love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
[18] And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, [19] Thus
saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the
fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to
the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love
the truth and peace. [20] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come
to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
[21] And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go
speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go
also.
[22] Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of
hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. [23] Thus saith the LORD
of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold
out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of
him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God
is with you.

Zechariah 9
[1] The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus
shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of
Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
[2] And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
[3] And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the
dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. [4] Behold, the Lord will
cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be
devoured with fire. [5] Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall
see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be
ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be
inhabited. [6] And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the
pride of the Philistines.
[7] And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations
from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our
God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. [8]
And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that
passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass
through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes. [9] Rejoice
greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy
King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding
upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. [10] And I will cut off
the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow
shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his
dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from river even to the ends of
the earth. [11] As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent
forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. [12] Turn you to
the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will
render double unto thee; [13] When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow
with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece,
and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
[14] And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as
the lightning: and the LORD GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with
whirlwinds of the south.
[15] The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue
with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine;
and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. [16]
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his
people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign
upon his land.
[17] For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall
make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

Zechariah 10
[1] Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD
shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass
in the field.
[2] For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and
have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way
as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. [3] Mine
anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the
LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them
as his goodly horse in the battle. [4] Out of him came forth the corner,
out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor
together. [5] And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their
enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight,
because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be
confounded. [6] And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save
the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have
mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I
am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
[7] And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall
rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad;
their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. [8] I will hiss for them, and gather
them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have
increased. [9] And I will sow them among the people: and they shall
remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and
turn again. [10] I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and
gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead
and Labanon; and place shall not be found for them. [11] And he shall pass
through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and
all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be
brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
[12] And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and
down in his name, saith the LORD.

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