Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Zechariah+002   Zechariah 2 (ESV) A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line 1 And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! 2 Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Zechariah+001   ZECHARIAH INTRODUCTION The prophet Zechariah brought his messages to the returned exiles of Judah beginning in the second year of King Darius of Persia (520 BC). The book has two main parts. The first contains two sequences of prophecies, primarily in the form of symbolic vision reports. The second […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Haggai+002   Haggai 2 (ESV) 1 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet: 2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Haggai+001   HAGGAI INTRODUCTION When Cyrus, king of Persia, conquered Babylon in 539 BC, he allowed the exiled Jews to return home and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. One group returned the next year, completing and dedicating the temple foundation within two more years. But they were stopped by suspicious and […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Zephaniah+003   Zephaniah 3 (ESV) Israel’s Joy and Restoration 14 Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! 15 The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you shall […]