Then the angel of the <sc>Lordsc> exhorted Joshua solemnly:

Moreover, the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to me as follows:

<t /><p class="bodytext">The word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to me as follows:

The word of the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all then came to me,

<p class="bodytext">Again the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to Zechariah:

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then the word of the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all<n id="1" /> came to me as follows:

<p class="bodytext">The word of the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all came to me as follows:

Then say to him, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all says, &#8220;Look &#8211; here is the man whose name is Branch,<n id="1" /> who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the <sc>Lordsc>.

Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, &#8220;What are these,<n id="1" /> sir?&#8221;

He replied, &#8220;Don&#8217;t you know what these are?&#8221; And I said, &#8220;No, sir.&#8221;

Therefore he told me, &#8220;These signify the word of the <sc>Lordsc> to Zerubbabel: &#8216;Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,&#8217;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.&#8221;p>

by asking both the priests of the temple<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lord who rules over allsc> and the prophets, &#8220;Should we weep in the fifth month,<n id="2" /> fasting as we have done over the years?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the eighth month of Darius&#8217;<n id="1" /> second year,<n id="2" /> the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to the prophet Zechariah,<n id="3" /> son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:p>

Turning to me, the messenger then said, &#8220;Cry out that the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all says, &#8216;I am very much moved<n id="1" /> for Jerusalem and for Zion.

and said to him, &#8220;Hurry, speak to this young man<n id="1" /> as follows: &#8216;Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls<n id="2" /> because of the multitude of people and animals there.

Then he cried out to me, &#8220;Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me<n id="1" /> peace about the northland.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all said, &#8216;Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

&#8220;Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all says, &#8220;Turn now from your evil wickedness,&#8221;&#8217; but they would by no means obey me,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>.

<t /><p class="bodytext">On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month <i>Shebati>, in Darius&#8217; second year,<n id="1" /> the word of the <sc>Lordsc> came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:p>

Speak up again with the message of the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all: &#8216;My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the <sc>Lordsc> will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.&#8217;&#8221;p>