1. The writer tells us to, “Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime.” It is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms and he who gives showers of rain to all people. This is our merciful God, who knows all(...)
Read1. This passage is about the coming judgement on the enemies of Israel. Hadrak, Damascus, Hamath, and Tyre are going to be destroyed. Although Tyre was confident in the stronghold they had made, and a(...)
Read1. God had destroyed and punished Jerusalem and the Israelites because of their sins. But God says, “Just as I had determined.” Just as God was determined to bring disaster on the unfaithful Israelite(...)
Read1. The LORD Almighty gave his people a glorious vision of the future of Jerusalem. The LORD burned with jealousy for his people. God promised that he would return to and dwell in Jerusalem. Though Jer(...)
Read1. About two years after Zechariah received his first vision from the LORD (1:1, 7:1), some people asked the priests and prophets whether they should mourn and fast as they did in the past. The people(...)
Read1. Zechariah saw a huge flying scroll. One side pronounced judgment against thieves. The other side pronounced judgment on those who swear falsely. God would cleanse his people from stealing and lying(...)
Read1. Zechariah saw a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven channels from the bowl to the lamps (2). Two olive trees, one on each side of the lampstand, supplied oil for the lamps (12). T(...)
Read1. In Zechariah’s fourth vision, he saw Joshua the high priest standing before an angel and beside Satan. Satan was there to accuse Joshua. Joshua was a sinner. Satan had many reasons to accuse Joshua(...)
Read1. In Zechariah’s third vision, a man uses a measuring line to find out how wide and long Jerusalem is. An angel meets the man and tells him that in the future, Jerusalem will not be measurable. The c(...)
Read1. Sixteen years before Zechariah received the word of the Lord, the Jews had miraculously been allowed to return to Jerusalem (Ez 1). However, neither the temple nor the city had been restored. Both(...)
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