Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000705
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00:15 Hello and welcome back to "His Words Are Life."
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today we'll be reading together 00:21 starting in the Book of Zechariah, 00:23 but let's pray before we start. 00:25 Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much 00:28 that in Your very great mercy 00:30 You sent Your son to die for us. 00:32 And then you sent us the Comforter to be with us 00:35 and You sent us Your word to guide us. 00:38 Please be with us now 00:39 as we read these words of Your life and truth. 00:43 We love You so much and thank You for loving us, amen. 00:47 Reading in the Book of Zechariah, 00:48 starting in Chapter 9 with verse 13, 00:52 and this is the King James Version. 00:55 "When I have bent Judah for me, 00:57 filled the bow with Ephraim, 00:59 and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, 01:02 O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. 01:06 And the Lord shall be seen over them, 01:08 and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning, 01:12 and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, 01:14 and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. 01:17 The Lord of hosts shall defend them, 01:19 and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones, 01:23 and they shall drink, 01:24 and make a noise as through wine, 01:26 and they shall be filled like bowls, 01:28 and as the corners of the altar. 01:30 And the Lord their God shall save them in that day 01:33 as the flock of his people, 01:35 for they shall be as the stones of a crown, 01:38 lifted up as an ensign upon his land. 01:41 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! 01:46 corn shall make the young men cheerful, 01:49 and new wine the maids." 01:52 Continuing in Zechariah, Chapter 10, 01:54 and this is the King James Version. 01:57 "Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain, 02:02 so the Lord shall make bright clouds, 02:04 and give them showers of rain, 02:06 to every one grass in the field. 02:09 For the idols have spoken vanity, 02:11 and the diviners have seen a lie, 02:13 and have told false dreams, they comfort in vain, 02:17 therefore they went their way as a flock, 02:19 they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. 02:23 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, 02:25 and I punished the goats, for the Lord of hosts 02:27 hath visited his flock the house of Judah, 02:30 and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. 02:34 Out of him came forth the corner, 02:36 out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, 02:39 out of him every oppressor together. 02:42 And they shall be as mighty men, 02:44 which tread down their enemies 02:46 in the mire of the streets in the battle, 02:49 and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, 02:52 and the riders on horses shall be confounded. 02:56 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, 02:59 and I will save the house of Joseph, 03:01 and I will bring them again to place them, 03:04 for I have mercy upon them, 03:07 and they shall be as though I had not cast them off, 03:10 for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them. 03:15 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, 03:18 and their heart shall rejoice as through wine, 03:21 yea, their children shall see it, and be glad, 03:24 their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. 03:28 I will hiss for them, and gather them, 03:29 for I have redeemed them, 03:32 and they shall increase as they have increased. 03:35 And I will sow them among the people, 03:37 and they shall remember me in far countries, 03:40 and they shall live with their children, and turn again. 03:45 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, 03:47 and gather them out of Assyria, 03:49 and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, 03:53 and place shall not be found for them. 03:56 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, 03:59 and shall smite the waves in the sea, 04:01 and all the deeps of the river shall dry up, 04:04 and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, 04:07 and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. 04:12 And I will strengthen them in the Lord, 04:15 and they shall walk up and down 04:17 in his name, saith the Lord." 04:21 Continuing in Zechariah, Chapter 11, 04:23 this is the King James Version. 04:26 "Open thy doors, O Lebanon, 04:29 that the fire may devour thy cedars. 04:31 Howl, fir tree, for the cedar is fallen, 04:35 because the mighty are spoiled, 04:37 howl, O ye oaks of Bashan, 04:39 for the forest of the vintage is come down. 04:43 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds, 04:46 for their glory is spoiled, 04:48 a voice of the roaring of young lions, 04:51 for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. 04:54 Thus saith the Lord my God, 04:57 Feed the flock of the slaughter, 04:59 Whose possessors slay them, 05:01 and hold themselves not guilty, 05:03 and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord, 05:07 for I am rich, and their own shepherds pity them not. 05:11 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, 05:14 saith the Lord, but, lo, 05:15 I will deliver the men every one 05:17 into his neighbour's hand, 05:18 and into the hand of his king, 05:19 and they shall smite the land, 05:21 and out of their hand I will not deliver them. 05:25 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, 05:27 even you, O poor of the flock. 05:30 And I took unto me two staves, 05:32 the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands, 05:36 and I fed the flock. 05:38 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month, 05:41 and my soul lothed them, 05:42 and their soul also abhorred me. 05:46 Then said I, I will not feed you, 05:49 that that dieth, let it die, 05:51 and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off, 05:54 and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. 05:58 And I took my staff, even Beauty, 06:00 and cut it asunder, 06:02 that I might break my covenant 06:04 which I had made with all the people. 06:06 And it was broken in that day, 06:08 and so the poor of the flock 06:10 that waited upon me knew 06:13 that it was the word of the Lord. 06:15 And I said unto them, If ye think good, 06:19 give me my price, and if not, forbear. 06:24 So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. 06:29 And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, 06:33 a goodly price that I was prised at of them. 06:36 And I took the thirty pieces of silver, 06:38 and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. 06:41 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, 06:45 and I might break the brotherhood 06:46 between Judah and Israel. 06:48 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee 06:51 yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 06:54 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, 06:56 which shall not visit those that be cut off, 06:59 neither shall seek the young one, 07:01 nor heal that that is broken, 07:03 nor feed that that standeth still, 07:06 but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, 07:08 and tear their claws in pieces. 07:11 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! 07:15 The sword shall be upon his arm, 07:17 and upon his right eye, 07:19 his arm shall be clean dried up, 07:21 and his right eye shall be utterly darkened." 07:26 Continuing in the Book of Zechariah, Chapter 12. 07:29 This is the King James Version. 07:32 "The burden of the word of the Lord 07:33 for Israel saith the Lord, 07:36 which stretcheth forth the heavens, 07:37 and layeth the foundation of the earth, 07:39 and formeth the spirit of man within him. 07:44 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling 07:48 unto all the people round about, 07:50 when they shall be in the siege 07:53 both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 07:56 And in that day will I make Jerusalem 07:58 a burdensome stone for all people, 08:02 all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, 08:05 though all the people of the earth 08:07 be gathered together against it. 08:09 In that day, saith the Lord, 08:11 I will smite every horse with astonishment, 08:13 and his rider with madness, 08:15 and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, 08:18 and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. 08:22 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, 08:26 The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength 08:28 in the Lord of hosts their God. 08:31 In that day will I make the governors of Judah 08:33 like an hearth of fire among the wood, 08:35 and like a torch of fire in a sheaf, 08:38 and they shall devour all the people round about, 08:41 on the right hand and on the left, 08:44 and Jerusalem shall be inhabited 08:45 again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 08:49 The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, 08:53 that the glory of the house of David 08:55 and the glory of the inhabitants 08:56 of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. 09:01 In that day shall the Lord 09:03 defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 09:06 and he that is feeble among them 09:07 at that day shall be as David, 09:10 and the house of David shall be as God, 09:13 as the angel of the Lord before them. 09:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, 09:17 that I will seek to destroy all the nations 09:19 that come against Jerusalem. 09:22 And I will pour upon the house of David, 09:24 and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 09:27 the spirit of grace and of supplications, 09:31 and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, 09:35 and they shall mourn for him, 09:36 as one mourneth for his only son, 09:39 and shall be in bitterness for him, 09:42 as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. 09:46 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, 09:50 as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 09:54 And the land shall mourn, every family apart, 09:58 the family of the house of David apart, 10:00 and their wives apart, 10:02 the family of the house of Nathan apart, 10:04 and their wives apart, 10:06 The family of the house of Levi apart, 10:08 and their wives apart, the family of Shimei apart, 10:13 and their wives apart, 10:14 All the families that remain, every family apart, 10:18 and their wives apart." 10:21 Continuing in Zechariah Chapter 13, 10:25 and this is the King James Version. 10:28 "In that day there shall be a fountain 10:30 opened to the house of David 10:32 and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem 10:34 for sin and for uncleanness. 10:37 And it shall come to pass in that day, 10:40 saith the Lord of hosts, 10:41 that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, 10:44 and they shall no more be remembered, 10:47 and also I will cause the prophets 10:49 and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. 10:52 And it shall come to pass, 10:53 that when any shall yet prophesy, 10:56 then his father and his mother 10:57 that begat him shall say unto him, 11:00 Thou shalt not live, 11:01 for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord, 11:04 and his father and his mother 11:05 that begat him shall thrust him 11:07 through when he prophesieth. 11:09 And it shall come to pass in that day, 11:11 that the prophets shall be ashamed 11:13 every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied, 11:17 neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive, 11:21 But he shall say, I am no prophet, 11:24 I am an husbandman, 11:26 for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. 11:29 And one shall say unto him, 11:31 What are these wounds in thine hands? 11:34 Then he shall answer, Those with which 11:37 I was wounded in the house of my friends. 11:41 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, 11:43 and against the man that is my fellow, 11:46 saith the Lord of hosts, smite the shepherd, 11:49 and the sheep shall be scattered, 11:51 and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. 11:53 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, 11:56 saith the Lord, 11:58 two parts therein shall be cut off and die, 12:01 but the third shall be left therein. 12:04 And I will bring the third part through the fire, 12:07 and will refine them as silver is refined, 12:10 and will try them as gold is tried, 12:14 they shall call on my name, and I will hear them, 12:18 I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, 12:23 The Lord is my God." 12:26 Continuing in Zechariah, Chapter 14, 12:28 and this is the King James Version. 12:32 "Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, 12:34 and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 12:37 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, 12:41 and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, 12:44 and the women ravished, 12:46 and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, 12:48 and the residue of the people 12:49 shall not be cut off from the city. 12:52 Then shall the Lord go forth, 12:53 and fight against those nations, 12:56 as when he fought in the day of battle. 12:58 And his feet shall stand in that day 13:01 upon the mount of Olives, 13:02 which is before Jerusalem on the east, 13:05 and the mount of Olives shall cleave 13:07 in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, 13:11 and there shall be a very great valley, 13:13 and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, 13:17 and half of it toward the south. 13:20 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains, 13:23 for the valley of the mountains 13:24 shall reach unto Azal, yea, ye shall flee, 13:28 like as ye fled from before the earthquake 13:30 in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, 13:33 and the Lord my God shall come, 13:35 and all the saints with thee. 13:38 And it shall come to pass in that day, 13:41 that the light shall not be clear, nor dark, 13:45 But it shall be one day 13:46 which shall be known to the Lord, 13:48 not day, nor night, but it shall come to pass, 13:52 that at evening time it shall be light. 13:54 And it shall be in that day, 13:56 that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, 14:00 half of them toward the former sea, 14:01 and half of them toward the hinder sea, 14:04 in summer and in winter shall it be. 14:07 And the Lord shall be king over all the earth, 14:11 in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one. 14:16 All the land shall be turned as a plain 14:19 from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem, 14:22 and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, 14:24 from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, 14:27 unto the corner gate, 14:29 and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. 14:33 And men shall dwell in it, 14:35 and there shall be no more utter destruction, 14:38 but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited." |
Revised 2014-12-17