Conversão

19 *Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

38 Then Peter said to them, *"Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

30 Truly, *these times of ignorance God overlooked, but *now commands all men everywhere to repent,

17 *From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, *"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,

15 and saying, *"The time is fulfilled, and *the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."

7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents *than over ninety-nine just persons who *need no repentance.

10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

32 *I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

32 For *I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the Lord God. "Therefore turn and *live!"

21 "But *if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

A False Proverb Refuted

1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, 2 "What do you mean when you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying:

‘The *fathers have eaten sour grapes,

And the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

3 "As I live," says the Lord God, "you shall no longer use this proverb in Israel.

4 "Behold, all souls are *Mine;

The soul of the father

As well as the soul of the son is Mine;

*The soul who sins shall die.

5 But if a man is just

And does what is lawful and right;

6 *If he has not eaten on the mountains,

Nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,

Nor *defiled his neighbor’s wife,

Nor approached *a woman during her impurity;

7 If he has not *oppressed anyone,

But has restored to the debtor his *pledge;

Has robbed no one by violence,

But has *given his bread to the hungry

And covered the naked with *clothing;

8 If he has not exacted *usury

Nor taken any increase,

But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity

And*executed true judgment between man and man;

9 If he has walked in My statutes

And kept My judgments faithfully—

He is just;

He shall surely *live!"

Says the Lord God.

10 "If he begets a son whois a robber

Or *a shedder of blood,

Who does any of these things

11 And does none of those duties,

But has eaten on the mountains

Or defiled his neighbor’s wife;

12 If he has oppressed the poor and needy,

Robbed by violence,

Not restored the pledge,

Lifted his eyes to the idols,

Or*committed abomination;

13 If he has exacted usury

Or taken increase—

Shall he then live?

He shall not live!

If he has done any of these abominations,

He shall surely die;

*His blood shall be upon him.

14 "If, however, he begets a son

Who sees all the sins which his father has done,

And considers but does not do likewise;

15 *Who has not eaten on the mountains,

Nor lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,

Nor defiled his neighbor’s wife;

16 Has not oppressed anyone,

Nor withheld a pledge,

Nor robbed by violence,

But has given his bread to the hungry

And covered the naked with clothing;

17 Who has withdrawn his hand from the poor

And not received usury or increase,

But has executed My judgments

And walked in My statutes—

He shall not die for the iniquity of his father;

He shall surely live!

18 "Asfor his father,

Because he cruelly oppressed,

Robbed his brother by violence,

And did what is not good among his people,

Behold, *he shall die for his iniquity.

Turn and Live

19 "Yet you say, ‘Why *should the son not bear the guilt of the father?’ Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live. 20 *The soul who sins shall die. *The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. *The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, *and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

21 "But *if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 22 *None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; because of the righteousness which he has done, he shall *live. 23 *Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?" says the Lord God, "and not that he should turn from his ways and live?

24 "But *when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? *All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.

25 "Yet you say, *‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair? 26 *When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity, and dies in it, it is because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies. 27 Again, *when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he committed, and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive. 28 Because he *considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29 *Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, is it not My ways which are fair, and your ways which are not fair?

30 *"Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways," says the Lord God. *"Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. 31 *Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a *new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel? 32 For *I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the Lord God. "Therefore turn and *live!"

9 *The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but *is longsuffering toward us, *not willing that any should perish but *that all should come to repentance.

7 *Let the wicked forsake his way,

And the unrighteous man *his thoughts;

Let him return to the Lord,

*And He will have mercy on him;

And to our God,

For He will abundantly pardon.

22 *I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,

And like a cloud, your sins.

Return to Me, for *I have redeemed you."

A Call to Repentance

12 "Now, therefore," says the Lord,

*"Turn to Me with all your heart,

With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning."

13 So *rend your heart, and not *your garments;

Return to the Lord your God,

For He is*gracious and merciful,

Slow to anger, and of great kindness;

And He relents from doing harm.

14 if My people who are *called by My name will *humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, *then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Hezekiah Keeps the Passover

1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel. 2 For the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second *month. 3 For they could not keep it *at the regular time, *because a sufficient number of priests had not consecrated themselves, nor had the people gathered together at Jerusalem. 4 And the matter pleased the king and all the assembly. 5 So they resolved to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem, since they had not done it for a long time in the prescribed manner.

6 Then the *runners went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the king and his leaders, and spoke according to the command of the king: "Children of Israel, *return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; then He will return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of *the kings of *Assyria. 7 And do not be *like your fathers and your brethren, who trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, so that He *gave them up to *desolation, as you see. 8 Now do not be *stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord; and enter His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, *that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you. 9 For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children willbetreated with *compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the Lord your God is*gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you *return to Him."

10 So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but *they laughed at them and mocked them. 11 Nevertheless *some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. 12 Also *the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, *at the word of the Lord.

13 Now many people, a very great assembly, gathered at Jerusalem to keep the Feast of *Unleavened Bread in the second month. 14 They arose and took away the *altars that were in Jerusalem, and they took away all the incense altars and cast them into the Brook *Kidron. 15 Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were *ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought the burnt offerings to the house of the Lord. 16 They stood in their *place according to their custom, according to the Law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood received from the hand of the Levites. 17 For therewere many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves; *therefore the Levites had charge of the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone whowas not clean, to sanctify them to the Lord. 18 For a multitude of the people, *many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, *yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, "May the good Lord provide atonement for everyone 19 who*prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though heis not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary." 20 And the Lord listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.

21 So the children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept *the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing to the Lord, accompanied by loud instruments. 22 And Hezekiah gave encouragement to all the Levites *who taught the good knowledge of the Lord; and they ate throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings and *making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.

23 Then the whole assembly agreed to keep thefeast*another seven days, and they kept it another seven days with gladness. 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah *gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep, and the leaders gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep; and a great number of priests *sanctified themselves. 25 The whole assembly of Judah rejoiced, also the priests and Levites, all the assembly that came from Israel, the sojourners *who came from the land of Israel, and those who dwelt in Judah. 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of *Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, therehad been nothing like this in Jerusalem. 27 Then the priests, the Levites, arose and *blessed the people, and their voice was heard; and their prayer came up to *His holy dwelling place, to heaven.

A Call to Repentance

1 In the eighth month *of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came *to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of *Iddo the prophet, saying, 2 "The Lord has been very angry with your fathers. 3 Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Return *to Me," says the Lord of hosts, "and I will return to you," says the Lord of hosts. 4 "Do not be like your fathers, *to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: *"Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds." ’ But they did not hear nor heed Me," says the Lord.

5 "Your fathers, where are they?

And the prophets, do they live forever?

6 Yet surely *My words and My statutes,

Which I commanded My servants the prophets,

Did they not overtake your fathers?

"So they returned and said:

*‘Just as the Lord of hosts determined to do to us,

According to our ways and according to our deeds,

So He has dealt with us.’ " ’ "

Vision of the Horses

7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet: 8 I saw by night, and behold, *a man riding on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were*horses: red, sorrel, and white. 9 Then I said, *"My lord, what are these?" So the angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what they are."

10 And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, *"These aretheones whom the Lord has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth."

11 *So they answered the Angel of the Lord, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, "We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is resting quietly."

The Lord Will Comfort Zion

12 Then the Angel of the Lord answered and said, "O Lord of hosts, *how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry *these seventy years?"

13 And the Lord answered the angel who talked to me, with*good and comforting words. 14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me, "Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:

"I am *zealous for Jerusalem

And for Zion with great zeal.

15 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease;

For *I was a little angry,

And they helped—but with evil intent."

16 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord:

*"I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy;

My *house *shall be built in it," says the Lord of hosts,

"And *a surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem." ’

17 "Again proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:

"My cities shall again spread out through prosperity;

*The Lord will again comfort Zion,

And *will again choose Jerusalem." ’ "

Vision of the Horns

18 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four *horns. 19 And I said to the angel who talked with me, "What are these?"

So he answered me, *"These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."

20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21 And I said, "What are these coming to do?"

So he said, "These are the *horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that *lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it."

19 *As many as I love, I rebuke and *chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

5 *Therefore put to death *your members which are on the earth: *fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, *which is idolatry.

13 And do not present your *members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but *present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Bear and Share the Burdens

1 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of *gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.

Doers—Not Hearers Only

21 Therefore *lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, *which is able to save your souls.