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shalt knowe that the Lord of hostes hath sent me spake to the Angel that talked with me, saying,
vnto thee. 12 And the Lord shall inherite Iudah What are these, my Lord? Then the Angel that
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his portion in the holy lande, and shall chuse talked with mee, answered and said vnto me,
Ierusalem againe. 13 Let all flesh be still before Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No,
the Lord: for he is raised vp out of his holy place. my Lord. Then he answered and spake vnto me,
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3 saying, This is the word of the Lord vnto Zerub-
babel, saying, Neither by an armie nor strength,
1 And he shewed mee Iehoshua the hie Priest, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hostes. Who
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standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan art thou, O great mountaine, before Zerubbabel?
stoode at his right hand to resist him. 2 And thou shalt be a plaine, and he shall bring foorth
the Lord said vnto Satan, The Lord reprooue the head stone thereof, with shoutings, crying,
thee, O Satan: euen the Lord that hath chosen 8
Ierusalem, reprooue thee. Is not this a brand Grace, grace vnto it. Moreouer, the word of
taken out of the fire? 3 Nowe Iehoshua was the Lord came vnto me, saying, 9 The handes
clothed with filthie garments, and stoode before of Zerubbabel haue layde the foundation of this
the Angel. 4 And he answered and spake vnto house: his handes shall also finish it, and thou
those that stoode before him, saying, Take away shalt knowe that the Lord of hostes hath sent me
For who hath despised the day of the
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vnto you.
the filthie garments from him. And vnto him small thinges? but they shall reioyce, and shall
hee saide, Behold, I haue caused thine iniquitie see the stone of tinne in the hand of Zerubbabel:
to depart from thee, and I wil clothe thee with these seuen are the eyes of the Lord, which go
change of raiment. 5 And I saide, Let them set thorow the whole world. 11 Then answered I, and
a faire diademe vpon his head. So they set a said vnto him, What are these two oliue trees
faire diademe vpon his head, and clothed him vpon the right and vpon the left side thereof?
with garments, and the Angel of the Lord stoode 12 And I spake moreouer, and said vnto him, What
by. 6 And the Angel of the Lord testified vnto bee these two oliue branches, which thorowe
Iehoshua, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hostes, the two golden pipes emptie themselues into
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If thou wilt walke in my wayes, and keepe my the golde? 13 And hee answered me, and saide,
watch, thou shalt also iudge mine House, and Knowest thou not what these bee? And I sayde,
shalt also keepe my courtes, and I will giue thee No, my Lord. 14 Then said he, These are the two
place among these that stand by. 8 Heare now, oliue branches, that stand with the ruler of the
O Iehoshua the hie Priest, thou and thy fellowes whole earth.
that sit before thee: for they are monstruous 5
persons: but behold, I wil bring forth the Branche 1 Then I turned me, and lifted vp mine eyes
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my seruant. For loe, the stone that I haue layd and looked, and beholde, a flying booke. And he
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before Iehoshua: vpon one stone shalbe seuen said vnto me, What seest thou? And I answered,
eyes: beholde, I will cut out the grauing thereof, I see a flying booke: the length thereof is twentie
saith the Lord of hostes, and I will take away the cubites, and the breadth thereof tenne cubites.
iniquitie of this land in one day. 10 In that day, 3 Then said he vnto me, This is the curse that
saith the Lord of hostes, shall ye call euery man goeth foorth ouer the whole earth: for euery one
his neighbour vnder the vine, and vnder the figge that stealeth, shalbe cut off aswell on this side,
tree. as on that: and euery one that sweareth, shall
4 be cut off aswell on this side, as on that. 4 I
will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and
1 And the Angel that talked with mee, came it shall enter into the house of the thiefe, and
againe and waked mee, as a man that is raysed into the house of him, that falsely sweareth by
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out of his sleepe, And saide vnto me, What seest my Name: and it shall remaine in the middes of
thou? And I said, I haue looked, and beholde, his house, and shall consume it, with the timber
a candlesticke all of gold with a bowle vpon the thereof, and stones thereof. Then the Angel that
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toppe of it, and his seuen lampes therein, and talked with me, went foorth, and said vnto me,
seuen pipes to the lampes, which were vpon the Lift vp now thine eyes, and see what is this that
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toppe thereof. And two oliue trees ouer it, one goeth foorth. And I saide, What is it? And hee
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vpon the right side of the bowle, and the other sayde, This is an Ephah that goeth foorth. Hee
vpon the left side thereof. 4 So I answered, and saide moreouer, This is the sight of them through