Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Malachi+001   MALACHI INTRODUCTION The rebuilding of the temple under Zerubbabel and Joshua, inspired by the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah, was completed in 516 BC. The new temple was meant to be the centerpiece of a community in which there was true justice and genuine worship. In this way Israel […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Zechariah+014   Zechariah 14 (ESV) The Coming Day of the Lord 1 Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Zechariah+013   Zechariah 13 (ESV) 1 “On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness. Idolatry Cut Off 2 “And on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Zechariah+012   Zechariah 12 (ESV) 1 The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him: 2 “Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem will also be against Judah. 3 On […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Zechariah+011   Zechariah 11 (ESV) 4 Thus said the Lord my God: “Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. 5 Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, I have become rich,’ and their own shepherds have no pity on them. 6 For I will no longer have pity on the […]