Isaiah 2:10-22

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¹⁰Go into the rocks, hide^(A) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!^(B)
¹¹The eyes of the arrogant^(C) will be humbled^(D)
    and human pride^(E) brought low;^(F)
the Lord alone will be exalted^(G) in that day.^(H)

¹²The Lord Almighty has a day^(I) in store
    for all the proud^(J) and lofty,^(K)
for all that is exalted^(L)
    (and they will be humbled),^(M)
¹³for all the cedars of Lebanon,^(N) tall and lofty,^(O)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,^(P)
¹⁴for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,^(Q)
¹⁵for every lofty tower^(R)
    and every fortified wall,^(S)
¹⁶for every trading ship^[a]^(T)
    and every stately vessel.
¹⁷The arrogance of man will be brought low^(U)
    and human pride humbled;^(V)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,^(W)
¹⁸    and the idols^(X) will totally disappear.^(Y)

¹⁹People will flee to caves^(Z) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground^(AA)
from the fearful presence^(AB) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(AC)
    when he rises to shake the earth.^(AD)
²⁰In that day^(AE) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats^(AF)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,^(AG)
    which they made to worship.^(AH)
²¹They will flee to caverns in the rocks^(AI)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(AJ)
    when he rises^(AK) to shake the earth.^(AL)

²²Stop trusting in mere humans,^(AM)
who have but a breath^(AN) in their nostrils.
Why hold them in esteem?^(AO)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish

Zephaniah 3:8-20

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⁸Therefore wait^(A) for me,”
    declares the Lord,
    “for the day I will stand up to testify.^[a]
I have decided to assemble^(B) the nations,^(C)
    to gather the kingdoms
and to pour out my wrath^(D) on them—
    all my fierce anger.^(E)
The whole world will be consumed^(F)
    by the fire of my jealous anger.

Restoration of Israel’s Remnant

⁹“Then I will purify the lips of the peoples,
    that all of them may call^(G) on the name of the Lord^(H)
    and serve^(I) him shoulder to shoulder.
¹⁰From beyond the rivers of Cush^[b]^(J)
    my worshipers, my scattered people,
    will bring me offerings.^(K)
¹¹On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame^(L)
    for all the wrongs you have done to me,^(M)
because I will remove from you
    your arrogant boasters.^(N)
Never again will you be haughty
    on my holy hill.^(O)
¹²But I will leave within you
    the meek^(P) and humble.
The remnant of Israel
    will trust^(Q) in the name of the Lord.
¹³They^(R) will do no wrong;^(S)
    they will tell no lies.^(T)
A deceitful tongue
    will not be found in their mouths.^(U)
They will eat and lie down^(V)
    and no one will make them afraid.^(W)”

¹⁴Sing, Daughter Zion;^(X)
    shout aloud,^(Y) Israel!
Be glad and rejoice^(Z) with all your heart,
    Daughter Jerusalem!
¹⁵The Lord has taken away your punishment,
    he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;^(AA)
    never again will you fear^(AB) any harm.^(AC)
¹⁶On that day
    they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
    do not let your hands hang limp.^(AD)
¹⁷The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.^(AE)
He will take great delight^(AF) in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,^(AG)
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”^(AH)

¹⁸“I will remove from you
    all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
    which is a burden and reproach for you.
¹⁹At that time I will deal
    with all who oppressed^(AI) you.
I will rescue the lame;
    I will gather the exiles.^(AJ)
I will give them praise^(AK) and honor
    in every land where they have suffered shame.
²⁰At that time I will gather you;
    at that time I will bring^(AL) you home.
I will give you honor^(AM) and praise^(AN)
    among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes^[c]^(AO)
    before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.

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Footnotes

Zephaniah 3:8 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew will rise up to plunder
Zephaniah 3:10 That is, the upper Nile region
Zephaniah 3:20 Or I bring back your captives

Zechariah 12

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Jerusalem’s Enemies to Be Destroyed

12 A prophecy:^(A) The word of the Lord concerning Israel.

The Lord, who stretches out the heavens,^(B) who lays the foundation of the earth,^(C) and who forms the human spirit within a person,^(D) declares: ²“I am going to make Jerusalem a cup^(E) that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.^(F) Judah^(G) will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. ³On that day, when all the nations^(H) of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock^(I) for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure^(J) themselves. ⁴On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.^(K) ⁵Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong,^(L) because the Lord Almighty is their God.’

⁶“On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot^(M) in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume^(N) all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact^(O) in her place.

⁷“The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.^(P) ⁸On that day the Lord will shield^(Q) those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest^(R) among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God,^(S) like the angel of the Lord going before^(T) them. ⁹On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations^(U) that attack Jerusalem.^(V)

Mourning for the One They Pierced

¹⁰“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit^[a]^(W) of grace and supplication.^(X) They will look on^[b] me, the one they have pierced,^(Y) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,^(Z) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.^(AA) ¹¹On that day the weeping^(AB) in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.^(AC) ¹²The land will mourn,^(AD) 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, ¹³the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, ¹⁴and all the rest of the clans and their wives.^(AE)

Footnotes

Zechariah 12:10 Or the Spirit
Zechariah 12:10 Or to

Revelation 19:11-21

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The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast

¹¹I saw heaven standing open^(A) and there before me was a white horse, whose rider^(B) is called Faithful and True.^(C) With justice he judges and wages war.^(D) ¹²His eyes are like blazing fire,^(E) and on his head are many crowns.^(F) He has a name written on him^(G) that no one knows but he himself.^(H) ¹³He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood,^(I) and his name is the Word of God.^(J) ¹⁴The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen,^(K) white^(L) and clean. ¹⁵Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword^(M) with which to strike down^(N) the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”^[a]^(O) He treads the winepress^(P) of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. ¹⁶On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:^(Q)

king of kings and lord of lords.^(R)

¹⁷And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds^(S) flying in midair,^(T) “Come,^(U) gather together for the great supper of God,^(V) ¹⁸so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people,^(W) free and slave,^(X) great and small.”^(Y)

¹⁹Then I saw the beast^(Z) and the kings of the earth^(AA) and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse^(AB) and his army. ²⁰But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet^(AC) who had performed the signs^(AD) on its behalf.^(AE) With these signs he had deluded^(AF) those who had received the mark of the beast^(AG) and worshiped its image.^(AH) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake^(AI) of burning sulfur.^(AJ) ²¹The rest were killed with the sword^(AK) coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,^(AL) and all the birds^(AM) gorged themselves on their flesh.