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Zechariah Zechariah 1:3 “Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.” The, therefore, refers to the fact that God was very angry with His people. He sent them away…

Haggai 2:6 “For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.” You’ve probably used the expression, “…shake things up.” Read about the original shaker of all things. It is God.…

Haggai Haggai 1:11 “And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors.” Let there be no doubt, God is in control of the…

Zephaniah 3:17 “The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” O that all the prophets would end on such a high note.…

Zephaniah 3:14 “Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart O daughter of Jerusalem!” I love it. Right in the middle of wrath and destruction there comes hope; a reason for rejoicing. As you read through Zephaniah you won’t see much for…

Zephaniah 2:3 “Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.” This is the lowest of expectations from a prophet. Things are so bad that the prophet…

Zephaniah Zephaniah 1:2 “’I will utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth,’ declares the LORD.” Here is a wonderful example of prophetic language. For those who seek literal interpretations of every verse of the Bible it creates a difficult problem. This is a prophecy against Judah. The…

Habakkuk 3:17, 18 “Though the fig tree should not blossom nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no heard in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the…

Habakkuk 2:20 “But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.” I used to see these words over the doors that led to the main auditorium where worship services were held. Somehow, Bible leaders thought this verse applied to worship services but that…

Habakkuk 2:4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith (faithfulness).” Habakkuk is discussing his complaint against God and God is answering him. Habakkuk surely knows there are two kinds of people he is working with. There are…