1:1 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto me, Cast[07993][8685] it unto the potter[03335][8802]: a goodly[0145] price[03366] that I was prised at[03365][8804] of them. And I took[03947][8799] the thirty[07970] pieces  of silver[03701], and cast[07993][8686] them to the potter[03335][8802] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068].
1:2 Then I cut asunder[01438][8799] mine other[08145] staff[04731], even Bands[02254][8802], that I might break[06565][8687] the brotherhood[0264] between Judah[03063] and Israel[03478]. Bands: or, Binders
1:3 And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto me, Take[03947][8798] unto thee yet the instruments[03627] of a foolish[0196] shepherd[07462][8802].
1:4 For, lo, I will raise up[06965][8688] a shepherd[07462][8802] in the land[0776], which shall not visit[06485][8799] those that be cut off[03582][8737], neither shall seek[01245][8762] the young one[05289], nor heal[07495][8762] that that is broken[07665][8737], nor feed[03557][8770] that that standeth[05324][8737] still: but he shall eat[0398][8799] the flesh[01320] of the fat[01277], and tear[06561][00] their claws[06541] in pieces[06561][8762]. cut off: or, hidden feed: or, bear
1:5 Woe[01945] to the idol[0457] shepherd[07473] that leaveth[05800][8802] the flock[06629]! the sword[02719] shall be upon his arm[02220], and upon his right[03225] eye[05869]: his arm[02220] shall be clean[03001][8800] dried up[03001][8799], and his right[03225] eye[05869] shall be utterly[03543][8800] darkened[03543][8799].
1:6 The burden[04853] of the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] for Israel[03478], saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068], which stretcheth[05186][8802] forth the heavens[08064], and layeth the foundation[03245][8801] of the earth[0776], and formeth[03335][8802] the spirit[07307] of man[0120] within[07130] him.
1:7 Behold, I will make[07760][8802] Jerusalem[03389] a cup[05592] of trembling[07478] unto all the people[05971] round about[05439], when they shall be in the siege[04692] both against Judah[03063] and against Jerusalem[03389]. trembling: or, slumber, or, poison when...: or, and also against Judah shall he be which shall be in siege against Jerusalem
1:8 And in that day[03117] will I make[07760][8799] Jerusalem[03389] a burdensome[04614] stone[068] for all people[05971]: all that burden[06006][8802] themselves with it shall be cut in pieces[08295][8800][08295][8735], though all the people[01471] of the earth[0776] be gathered together[0622][8738] against it.
1:9 In that day[03117], saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068], I will smite[05221][8686] every horse[05483] with astonishment[08541], and his rider[07392][8802] with madness[07697]: and I will open[06491][8799] mine eyes[05869] upon the house[01004] of Judah[03063], and will smite[05221][8686] every horse[05483] of the people[05971] with blindness[05788].
1:10 And the governors[0441] of Judah[03063] shall say[0559][8804] in their heart[03820], The inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] shall be my strength[0556] in the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635] their God[0430]. The inhabitants...: or, There is strength to me and to the inhabitants, etc
1:11 In that day[03117] will I make[07760][8799] the governors[0441] of Judah[03063] like an hearth[03595] of fire[0784] among the wood[06086], and like a torch[03940] of fire[0784] in a sheaf[05995]; and they shall devour[0398][8804] all the people[05971] round about[05439], on the right hand[03225] and on the left[08040]: and Jerusalem[03389] shall be inhabited[03427][8804] again in her own place, even in Jerusalem[03389].
1:12 The LORD[03068] also shall save[03467][8689] the tents[0168] of Judah[03063] first[07223], that the glory[08597] of the house[01004] of David[01732] and the glory[08597] of the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] do not magnify[01431][8799] themselves against Judah[03063].
1:13 In that day[03117] shall the LORD[03068] defend[01598][8686] the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389]; and he that is feeble[03782][8737] among them at that day[03117] shall be as David[01732]; and the house[01004] of David[01732] shall be as God[0430], as the angel[04397] of the LORD[03068] before[06440] them. feeble: or, abject: Heb. fallen
1:14 And it shall come to pass in that day[03117], that I will seek[01245][8762] to destroy[08045][8687] all the nations[01471] that come[0935][8802] against Jerusalem[03389].
2:1 And I will pour[08210][8804] upon the house[01004] of David[01732], and upon the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389], the spirit[07307] of grace[02580] and of supplications[08469]: and they shall look[05027][8689] upon me whom they have pierced[01856][8804], and they shall mourn[04553] for him, as one mourneth[05594][8804] for his only[03173] son , and shall be in bitterness[04843][8687] for him, as one that is in bitterness[04843][8687] for his firstborn[01060].
2:2 In that day[03117] shall there be a great[01431][8799] mourning[04553] in Jerusalem[03389], as the mourning[04553] of Hadadrimmon[01910] in the valley[01237] of Megiddon[04023].
2:3 And the land[0776] shall mourn[05594][8804], every[04940] family[04940] apart[0905]; the family[04940] of the house[01004] of David[01732] apart, and their wives[0802] apart; the family[04940] of the house[01004] of Nathan[05416] apart, and their wives[0802] apart; every...: Heb. families, families
2:4 The family[04940] of the house[01004] of Levi[03878] apart, and their wives[0802] apart; the family[04940] of Shimei[08097] apart, and their wives[0802] apart; of Shimei: or, of Simeon, as LXX
2:5 All the families[04940] that remain[07604][8737], every family[04940] apart, and their wives[0802] apart.
2:6 In that day[03117] there shall be a fountain[04726] opened[06605][8737] to the house[01004] of David[01732] and to the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jerusalem[03389] for sin[02403] and for uncleanness[05079]. uncleanness: Heb. separation for uncleanness
2:7 And it shall come to pass in that day[03117], saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635], that I will cut off[03772][8686] the names[08034] of the idols[06091] out of the land[0776], and they shall no more be remembered[02142][8735]: and also I will cause the prophets[05030] and the unclean[02932] spirit[07307] to pass[05674][8686] out of the land[0776].
2:8 And it shall come to pass, that when any[0376] shall yet prophesy[05012][8735], then his father[01] and his mother[0517] that begat[03205][8802] him shall say[0559][8804] unto him, Thou shalt not live[02421][8799]; for thou speakest[01696][8765] lies[08267] in the name[08034] of the LORD[03068]: and his father[01] and his mother[0517] that begat[03205][8802] him shall thrust[01856][8804] him through when he prophesieth[05012][8736].
2:9 And it shall come to pass in that day[03117], that the prophets[05030] shall be ashamed[0954][8799] every one[0376] of his vision[02384], when he hath prophesied[05012][8736]; neither shall they wear[03847][8799] a rough[08181] garment[0155] to deceive[03584][8763]: a rough...: Heb. a garment of hair deceive: Heb. lie
2:10 But he shall say[0559][8804], I am no prophet[05030], I am an husbandman[0376][05647][8802][0127]; for man[0120] taught me to keep cattle[07069][8689] from my youth[05271].
2:11 And one shall say[0559][8804] unto him, What are these wounds[04347] in thine hands[03027]? Then he shall answer[0559][8804], Those with which I was wounded[05221][8717] in the house[01004] of my friends[0157][8764].
2:12 Awake[05782][8798], O sword[02719], against my shepherd[07462][8802], and against the man[01397] that is my fellow[05997], saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635]: smite[05221][8685] the shepherd[07462][8802], and the sheep[06629] shall be scattered[06327][8799]: and I will turn[07725][8689] mine hand[03027] upon the little ones[06819][8802].
2:13 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land[0776], saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068], two[08147] parts[06310] therein shall be cut off[03772][8735] and die[01478][8799]; but the third[07992] shall be left[03498][8735] therein.
2:14 And I will bring[0935][8689] the third part[07992] through the fire[0784], and will refine[06884][8804] them as silver[03701] is refined[06884][8800], and will try[0974][8804] them as gold[02091] is tried[0974][8800]: they shall call[07121][8799] on my name[08034], and I will hear[06030][8799] them: I will say[0559][8804], It is my people[05971]: and they shall say[0559][8799], The LORD[03068] is my God[0430].
2:15 Behold, the day[03117] of the LORD[03068] cometh[0935][8804], and thy spoil[07998] shall be divided[02505][8795] in the midst[07130] of thee.
2:16 For I will gather[0622][8804] all nations[01471] against Jerusalem[03389] to battle[04421]; and the city[05892] shall be taken[03920][8738], and the houses[01004] rifled[08155][8738], and the women[0802] ravished[07901][8735][8675][07693][8735]; and half[02677] of the city[05892] shall go forth[03318][8804] into captivity[01473], and the residue[03499] of the people[05971] shall not be cut off[03772][8735] from the city[05892].
2:17 Then shall the LORD[03068] go forth[03318][8804], and fight[03898][8738] against those nations[01471], as when[03117] he fought[03898][8736] in the day[03117] of battle[07128].
3:1 And his feet[07272] shall stand[05975][8804] in that day[03117] upon the mount[02022] of Olives[02132], which is before[06440] Jerusalem[03389] on the east[06924], and the mount[02022] of Olives[02132] shall cleave[01234][8738] in the midst[02677] thereof toward the east[04217] and toward the west[03220], and there shall be a very[03966] great[01419] valley[01516]; and half[02677] of the mountain[02022] shall remove[04185][8804] toward the north[06828], and half[02677] of it toward the south[05045].
3:2 And ye shall flee[05127][8804] to the valley[01516] of the mountains[02022]; for the valley[01516] of the mountains[02022] shall reach[05060][8686] unto Azal[0682]: yea, ye shall flee[05127][8804], like as ye fled[05127][8804] from before[06440] the earthquake[07494] in the days[03117] of Uzziah[05818] king[04428] of Judah[03063]: and the LORD[03068] my God[0430] shall come[0935][8804], and all the saints[06918] with thee. the mountains: or, my mountains for the...: or, when he shall touch the valley of the mountains to the place he separated
3:3 And it shall come to pass in that day[03117], that the light[0216] shall not be clear[03368], nor dark[07087][8675][07087][8799]: that the...: that is, it shall not be clear in some places, and dark in other places of the world clear: Heb. precious dark: Heb. thickness
3:4 But it shall be one[0259] day[03117] which shall be known[03045][8735] to the LORD[03068], not day[03117], nor night[03915]: but it shall come to pass, that at evening[06153] time[06256] it shall be light[0216]. it shall be...: or, the day shall be one
3:5 And it shall be in that day[03117], that living[02416] waters[04325] shall go out[03318][8799] from Jerusalem[03389]; half[02677] of them toward the former[06931] sea[03220], and half[02677] of them toward the hinder[0314] sea[03220]: in summer[07019] and in winter[02779] shall it be. former: or, eastern
3:6 And the LORD[03068] shall be king[04428] over all the earth[0776]: in that day[03117] shall there be one[0259] LORD[03068], and his name[08034] one[0259].
3:7 All the land[0776] shall be turned[05437][8735] as a plain[06160] from Geba[01387] to Rimmon[07417] south[05045] of Jerusalem[03389]: and it shall be lifted up[07213][8804], and inhabited[03427][8804] in her place, from Benjamin's[01144] gate[08179] unto the place[04725] of the first[07223] gate[08179], unto the corner[06434] gate[08179], and from the tower[04026] of Hananeel[02606] unto the king's[04428] winepresses[03342]. turned: or, compassed inhabited: or, shall abide
3:8 And men shall dwell[03427][8804] in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction[02764]; but Jerusalem[03389] shall be safely[0983] inhabited[03427][8804]. shall be: or, shall abide
3:9 And this shall be the plague[04046] wherewith the LORD[03068] will smite[05062][8799] all the people[05971] that have fought[06633][8804] against Jerusalem[03389]; Their flesh[01320] shall consume away[04743][8687] while they stand[05975][8802] upon their feet[07272], and their eyes[05869] shall consume away[04743][8735] in their holes[02356], and their tongue[03956] shall consume away[04743][8735] in their mouth[06310].
3:10 And it shall come to pass in that day[03117], that a great[07227] tumult[04103] from the LORD[03068] shall be among them; and they shall lay hold[02388][8689] every one[0376] on the hand[03027] of his neighbour[07453], and his hand[03027] shall rise up[05927][8804] against the hand[03027] of his neighbour[07453].
3:11 And Judah[03063] also shall fight[03898][8735] at Jerusalem[03389]; and the wealth[02428] of all the heathen[01471] round about[05439] shall be gathered together[0622][8795], gold[02091], and silver[03701], and apparel[0899], in great[03966] abundance[07230]. Judah...: or, thou also, O Judah shalt at: or, against
3:12 And so shall be the plague[04046] of the horse[05483], of the mule[06505], of the camel[01581], and of the ass[02543], and of all the beasts[0929] that shall be in these[01992] tents[04264], as this plague[04046].
3:13 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left[03498][8737] of all the nations[01471] which came[0935][8802] against Jerusalem[03389] shall even go up[05927][8804] from[01767] year[08141] to year[08141] to worship[07812][8692] the King[04428], the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635], and to keep[02287][8800] the feast[02282] of tabernacles[05521].
3:14 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up[05927][8799] of all the families[04940] of the earth[0776] unto Jerusalem[03389] to worship[07812][8692] the King[04428], the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635], even upon them shall be no rain[01653].
3:15 And if the family[04940] of Egypt[04714] go not up[05927][8799], and come[0935][8804] not, that have no rain ; there shall be the plague[04046], wherewith the LORD[03068] will smite[05062][8799] the heathen[01471] that come not up[05927][8799] to keep[02287][8800] the feast[02282] of tabernacles[05521]. that have no: Heb. upon whom there is not
3:16 This shall be the punishment[02403] of Egypt[04714], and the punishment[02403] of all nations[01471] that come not up[05927][8799] to keep[02287][8800] the feast[02282] of tabernacles[05521]. punishment: or, sin
3:17 In that day[03117] shall there be upon the bells[04698] of the horses[05483], HOLINESS[06944] UNTO THE LORD[03068]; and the pots[05518] in the LORD'S[03068] house[01004] shall be like the bowls[04219] before[06440] the altar[04196]. bells: or, bridles
3:18 Yea, every pot[05518] in Jerusalem[03389] and in Judah[03063] shall be holiness[06944] unto the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635]: and all they that sacrifice[02076][8802] shall come[0935][8804] and take[03947][8804] of them, and seethe[01310][8765] therein: and in that day[03117] there shall be no more the Canaanite[03669] in the house[01004] of the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635].
4:1 The burden[04853] of the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] to Israel[03478] by[03027] Malachi[04401]. by...: Heb. by the hand of
4:2 I have loved[0157][8804] you, saith[05002][8803] the LORD[03068]. Yet ye say[0559][8804], Wherein hast thou loved[0157][8804] us? Was not Esau[06215] Jacob's[03290] brother[0251]? saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068]: yet I loved[0157][8799] Jacob[03290],
4:3 And I hated[08130][8804] Esau[06215], and laid[07760][8799] his mountains[02022] and his heritage[05159] waste[08077] for the dragons[08568] of the wilderness[04057].
4:4 Whereas Edom[0123] saith[0559][8799], We are impoverished[07567][8795], but we will return[07725][8799] and build[01129][8799] the desolate places[02723]; thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635], They shall build[01129][8799], but I will throw down[02040][8799]; and they shall call[07121][8804] them, The border[01366] of wickedness[07564], and, The people[05971] against whom the LORD[03068] hath indignation[02194][8804] for[05704] ever[05769].
4:5 And your eyes[05869] shall see[07200][8799], and ye shall say[0559][8799], The LORD[03068] will be magnified[01431][8799] from the border[01366] of Israel[03478]. from: or, upon: Heb. from upon
4:6 A son[01121] honoureth[03513][8762] his father[01], and a servant[05650] his master[0113]: if then I be a father[01], where is mine honour[03519]? and if I be a master[0113], where is my fear[04172]? saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635] unto you, O priests[03548], that despise[0959][8802] my name[08034]. And ye say[0559][8804], Wherein have we despised[0959][8804] thy name[08034]?
