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World English Bible Classic
[1] In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, Yahweh’s§ word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying, [2] “Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers. [3] Therefore tell them, Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Return to me,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says Yahweh of Armies. [4] Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear nor listen to me, says Yahweh. [5] Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? [6] But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers?“Then they repented and said, ‘Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’” [7] On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying, [8] “I had a vision in the night, and behold,§ a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses. [9] Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’”The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.” [10] The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, “They are the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth.” [11] They reported to Yahweh’s angel who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace.” [12] Then Yahweh’s angel replied, “O Yahweh of Armies, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?” [13] Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words. [14] So the angel who talked with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. [15] I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.” [16] Therefore Yahweh says: “I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and a line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.”’ [17] “Proclaim further, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.”’” [18] I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns. [19] I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?”He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” [20] Yahweh showed me four craftsmen. [21] Then I asked, “What are these coming to do?”He said, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Footnotes

  1. § 1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
  2. § 1:8 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
King James Version
[1] In the eighth H8066 month, H2320 in the second H8147 year H8141 of Darius, H1867 came the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 unto H413 Zechariah, H2148 the son H1121 of Berechiah, H1296 the son H1121 of Iddo H5714 the prophet, H5030 saying, H559 [2] The Lord H3068 hath been sore H7110 displeased H7107§ with your fathers. H1

Call to Repentance

[3] Therefore say H559 thou unto them, Thus saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts; H6635 Turn H7725 ye unto me, saith H5002 the Lord H3068 of hosts, H6635 and I will turn H7725 unto H413 you, saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts. H6635 [4] Be ye not as your fathers, H1 unto H413 whom H834 the former H7223 prophets H5030 have cried, H7121 saying, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts; H6635 Turn H7725 ye now from your evil H7451 ways, H1870 and from your evil H7451 doings: H4611 but they did not hear, H8085 nor hearken H7181 unto H413 me, saith H5002 the Lord. H3068 [5] Your fathers, H1 where are they? and the prophets, H5030 do they live H2421 for ever? H5769 [6] But my words H1697 and my statutes, H2706 which H834 I commanded H6680 H853 my servants H5650 the prophets, H5030 did they not take hold H5381§ of your fathers? H1 and they returned H7725 and said, H559 Like as the Lord H3068 of hosts H6635 thought H2161 to do H6213 unto us, according to our ways, H1870 and according to our doings, H4611 so H3651 hath he dealt H6213 with us.

Among the Myrtle Trees

[7] Upon the four H702 and twentieth H6242 day H3117 of the eleventh H6249 H6240 month, H2320 which is the month H2320 Sebat, H7627 in the second H8147 year H8141 of Darius, H1867 came the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 unto H413 Zechariah, H2148 the son H1121 of Berechiah, H1296 the son H1121 of Iddo H5714 the prophet, H5030 saying, H559 [8] I saw H7200 by night, H3915 and behold a man H376 riding H7392 upon H5921 a red H122 horse, H5483 and he stood H5975 among the myrtle trees H1918 that were in the bottom; H4699 and behind H310 him were there red H122 horses, H5483 speckled, H8320§ and white. H3836 [9] Then said H559 I, O my lord, H113 what are these? And the angel H4397 that talked H1696 with me said H559 unto H413 me, I will shew H7200 thee what these be. [10] And the man H376 that stood H5975 among the myrtle trees H1918 answered H6030 and said, H559 These are they whom the Lord H3068 hath sent H7971 to walk H1980 to and fro through the earth. H776 [11] And they answered H6030 H853 the angel H4397 of the Lord H3068 that stood H5975 among the myrtle trees, H1918 and said, H559 We have walked to and fro H1980 through the earth, H776 and, behold, all the earth H776 sitteth still, H3427 and is at rest. H8252 [12] Then the angel H4397 of the Lord H3068 answered H6030 and said, H559 O Lord H3068 of hosts, H6635 how long wilt thou not have mercy H7355 H853 on Jerusalem H3389 and on the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 against which thou hast had indignation H2194 these H2088 threescore and ten H7657 years? H8141 [13] And the Lord H3068 answered H6030 H853 the angel H4397 that talked H1696 with me with good H2896 words H1697 and comfortable H5150 words. H1697 [14] So the angel H4397 that communed H1696 with me said H559 unto H413 me, Cry H7121 thou, saying, H559 Thus saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts; H6635 I am jealous H7065 for Jerusalem H3389 and for Zion H6726 with a great H1419 jealousy. H7068 [15] And I am very H1419 sore H7110 displeased H7107 with the heathen H1471 that are at ease: H7600 for I was but a little H4592 displeased, H7107 and they helped H5826 forward the affliction. H7451 [16] Therefore thus saith H559 the Lord; H3068 I am returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 with mercies: H7356 my house H1004 shall be built H1129 in it, saith H5002 the Lord H3068 of hosts, H6635 and a line H6957 H6961 shall be stretched forth H5186 upon H5921 Jerusalem. H3389 [17] Cry H7121 yet, saying, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H3068 of hosts; H6635 My cities H5892 through prosperity H2896§ shall yet be spread abroad; H6327 and the Lord H3068 shall yet comfort H5162 H853 Zion, H6726 and shall yet choose H977 Jerusalem. H3389

Four Horns

[18] Then lifted I up H5375 H853 mine eyes, H5869 and saw, H7200 and behold four H702 horns. H7161 [19] And I said H559 unto H413 the angel H4397 that talked H1696 with me, What be these? And he answered H559 me, These are the horns H7161 which H834 have scattered H2219 H853 Judah, H3063 H853 Israel, H3478 and Jerusalem. H3389 [20] And the Lord H3068 shewed H7200 me four H702 carpenters. H2796 [21] Then said H559 I, What come H935 these H428 to do? H6213 And he spake, H559 saying, H559 These are the horns H7161 which have scattered H2219 Judah, H3063 so that H6310 no man H376 did lift up H5375 his head: H7218 but these are come H935 to fray H2729 them, to cast out H3034 the horns H7161 of the Gentiles, H1471 which lifted up H5375 their horn H7161 over the land H776 of Judah H3063 to scatter H2219 it.

Footnotes

  1. § 1:2 Heb. with displeasure
  2. § 1:6 Or, overtake
  3. § 1:8 Or, bay
  4. § 1:17 Heb. good
Septuaginta
[1] Ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ὀγδόῳ G3590 μηνὶ G3376 ἔτους G2094 δευτέρου G1208 ἐπὶ G1909 Δαρείου ἐγένετο G1096 λόγος G3056 κυρίου G2962 πρὸς G4314 Ζαχαριαν G2197 τὸν G3588 τοῦ G3588 Βαραχιου G914 υἱὸν G5207 Αδδω τὸν G3588 προφήτην G4396 λέγων G3004 [2] Ὠργίσθη G3710 κύριος G2962 ἐπὶ G1909 τοὺς G3588 πατέρας G3962 ὑμῶν G5216 ὀργὴν G3709 μεγάλην. G3173 [3] Καὶ G2532 ἐρεῖς G2046 πρὸς G4314 αὐτούς G846 Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ G3841 Ἐπιστρέψατε G1994 πρός G4314 με, G3165 καὶ G2532 ἐπιστραφήσομαι G1994 πρὸς G4314 ὑμᾶς, G5209 λέγει G3004 κύριος. G2962 [4] Καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 γίνεσθε G1096 καθὼς G2531 οἱ G3588 πατέρες G3962 ὑμῶν, G5216 οἷς G3739 ἐνεκάλεσαν G1458 αὐτοῖς G846 οἱ G3588 προφῆται G4396 οἱ G3588 ἔμπροσθεν G1715 λέγοντες G3004 Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ G3841 Ἀποστρέψατε G654 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 ὁδῶν G3598 ὑμῶν G5216 τῶν G3588 πονηρῶν G4190 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 ἐπιτηδευμάτων ὑμῶν G5216 τῶν G3588 πονηρῶν, G4190 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 προσέσχον G4337 τοῦ G3588 εἰσακοῦσαί G1522 μου, G3450 λέγει G3004 κύριος. G2962 [5] Οἱ G3588 πατέρες G3962 ὑμῶν G5216 ποῦ G4226 εἰσιν; G1526 Καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 προφῆται G4396 μὴ G3361 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα G165 ζήσονται; G2198 [6] Πλὴν G4133 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 νόμιμά μου G3450 δέχεσθε, G1209 ὅσα G3745 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐντέλλομαι G1781 ἐν G1722 πνεύματί G4151 μου G3450 τοῖς G3588 δούλοις G1401 μου G3450 τοῖς G3588 προφήταις, G4396 οἳ G3739 κατελάβοσαν G2638 τοὺς G3588 πατέρας G3962 ὑμῶν. G5216 Καὶ G2532 ἀπεκρίθησαν G611 καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 Καθὼς G2531 παρατέτακται κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ G3841 τοῦ G3588 ποιῆσαι G4160 κατὰ G2596 τὰς G3588 ὁδοὺς G3598 ὑμῶν G5216 καὶ G2532 κατὰ G2596 τὰ G3588 ἐπιτηδεύματα ὑμῶν, G5216 οὕτως G3779 ἐποίησεν G4160 ὑμῖν. G5213 [7] Τῇ G3588 τετράδι καὶ G2532 εἰκάδι τῷ G3588 ἑνδεκάτῳ G1734 μηνί G3376 —οὗτός G3778 ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 μὴν G3376 Σαβατ —ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 δευτέρῳ G1208 ἔτει G2094 ἐπὶ G1909 Δαρείου ἐγένετο G1096 λόγος G3056 κυρίου G2962 πρὸς G4314 Ζαχαριαν G2197 τὸν G3588 τοῦ G3588 Βαραχιου G914 υἱὸν G5207 Αδδω τὸν G3588 προφήτην G4396 λέγων G3004 [8] Ἑώρακα G3708 τὴν G3588 νύκτα G3571 καὶ G2532 ἰδοὺ G2400 ἀνὴρ G435 ἐπιβεβηκὼς G1910 ἐπὶ G1909 ἵππον G2462 πυρρόν, G4450 καὶ G2532 οὗτος G3778 εἱστήκει G2476 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 τῶν G3588 δύο G1417 ὀρέων G3735 τῶν G3588 κατασκίων, καὶ G2532 ὀπίσω G3694 αὐτοῦ G846 ἵπποι G2462 πυρροὶ G4450 καὶ G2532 ψαροὶ καὶ G2532 ποικίλοι G4164 καὶ G2532 λευκοί. G3022 [9] Καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 Τί G5101 οὗτοι, G3778 κύριε; G2962 Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 πρός G4314 με G3165 ὁ G3588 ἄγγελος G32 ὁ G3588 λαλῶν G2980 ἐν G1722 ἐμοί G1698 Ἐγὼ G1473 δείξω G1166 σοι G4671 τί G5101 ἐστιν G2076 ταῦτα. G5023 [10] Καὶ G2532 ἀπεκρίθη G611 ὁ G3588 ἀνὴρ G435 ὁ G3588 ἐφεστηκὼς G2186 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 τῶν G3588 ὀρέων G3735 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 πρός G4314 με G3165 Οὗτοί G3778 εἰσιν G1526 οὓς G3739 ἐξαπέσταλκεν G1821 κύριος G2962 τοῦ G3588 περιοδεῦσαι τὴν G3588 γῆν. G1093 [11] Καὶ G2532 ἀπεκρίθησαν G611 τῷ G3588 ἀγγέλῳ G32 κυρίου G2962 τῷ G3588 ἐφεστῶτι G2186 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 τῶν G3588 ὀρέων G3735 καὶ G2532 εἶπον G2036 Περιωδεύκαμεν πᾶσαν G3956 τὴν G3588 γῆν, G1093 καὶ G2532 ἰδοὺ G2400 πᾶσα G3956 ἡ G3588 γῆ G1093 κατοικεῖται G2730 καὶ G2532 ἡσυχάζει. G2270 [12] Καὶ G2532 ἀπεκρίθη G611 ὁ G3588 ἄγγελος G32 κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Κύριε G2962 παντοκράτωρ, G3841 ἕως G2193 τίνος G5101 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἐλεήσῃς G1653 τὴν G3588 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 καὶ G2532 τὰς G3588 πόλεις G4172 Ιουδα, ἃς G3739 ὑπερεῖδες G5237 τοῦτο G5124 ἑβδομηκοστὸν ἔτος; G2094 [13] Καὶ G2532 ἀπεκρίθη G611 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ G3841 τῷ G3588 ἀγγέλῳ G32 τῷ G3588 λαλοῦντι G2980 ἐν G1722 ἐμοὶ G1698 ῥήματα G4487 καλὰ G2570 καὶ G2532 λόγους G3056 παρακλητικούς. [14] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 πρός G4314 με G3165 ὁ G3588 ἄγγελος G32 ὁ G3588 λαλῶν G2980 ἐν G1722 ἐμοί G1698 Ἀνάκραγε G349 λέγων G3004 Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ G3841 Ἐζήλωκα G2206 τὴν G3588 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 Σιων G4622 ζῆλον G2205 μέγαν G3173 [15] καὶ G2532 ὀργὴν G3709 μεγάλην G3173 ἐγὼ G1473 ὀργίζομαι G3710 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 τὰ G3588 συνεπιτιθέμενα ἀνθ’ G473 ὧν G3739 ἐγὼ G1473 μὲν G3303 ὠργίσθην G3710 ὀλίγα, G3641 αὐτοὶ G846 δὲ G1161 συνεπέθεντο εἰς G1519 κακά. G2556 [16] Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 Ἐπιστρέψω G1994 ἐπὶ G1909 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 ἐν G1722 οἰκτιρμῷ, G3628 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 οἶκός G3624 μου G3450 ἀνοικοδομηθήσεται G456 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ, G846 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ, G3841 καὶ G2532 μέτρον G3358 ἐκταθήσεται G1614 ἐπὶ G1909 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 ἔτι. G2089 [17] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 πρός G4314 με G3165 ὁ G3588 ἄγγελος G32 ὁ G3588 λαλῶν G2980 ἐν G1722 ἐμοί G1698 Ἀνάκραγε G349 λέγων G3004 Τάδε G3592 λέγει G3004 κύριος G2962 παντοκράτωρ G3841 Ἔτι G2089 διαχυθήσονται πόλεις G4172 ἐν G1722 ἀγαθοῖς, G18 καὶ G2532 ἐλεήσει G1653 κύριος G2962 ἔτι G2089 τὴν G3588 Σιων G4622 καὶ G2532 αἱρετιεῖ G140 ἔτι G2089 τὴν G3588 Ιερουσαλημ. G2419 [18] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἦρα G142 τοὺς G3588 ὀφθαλμούς G3788 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 εἶδον G1492 καὶ G2532 ἰδοὺ G2400 τέσσαρα G5064 κέρατα. G2768 [19] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 ἄγγελον G32 τὸν G3588 λαλοῦντα G2980 ἐν G1722 ἐμοί G1698 Τί G5101 ἐστιν G2076 ταῦτα, G5023 κύριε; G2962 Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 πρός G4314 με G3165 Ταῦτα G5023 τὰ G3588 κέρατα G2768 τὰ G3588 διασκορπίσαντα G1287 τὸν G3588 Ιουδαν G2455 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 Ισραηλ. G2474 [20] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἔδειξέν G1166 μοι G3427 κύριος G2962 τέσσαρας G5064 τέκτονας. G5045 [21] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 Τί G5101 οὗτοι G3778 ἔρχονται G2064 ποιῆσαι; G4160 Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 πρός G4314 με G3165 Ταῦτα G5023 τὰ G3588 κέρατα G2768 τὰ G3588 διασκορπίσαντα G1287 τὸν G3588 Ιουδαν G2455 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 Ισραηλ G2474 κατέαξαν, G2608 καὶ G2532 οὐδεὶς G3762 αὐτῶν G846 ἦρεν G142 κεφαλήν· G2776 καὶ G2532 εἰσῆλθον G1525 οὗτοι G3778 τοῦ G3588 ὀξῦναι αὐτὰ G846 εἰς G1519 χεῖρας G5495 αὐτῶν G846 τὰ G3588 τέσσαρα G5064 κέρατα G2768 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 τὰ G3588 ἐπαιρόμενα G1869 κέρας G2768 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 γῆν G1093 κυρίου G2962 τοῦ G3588 διασκορπίσαι G1287 αὐτήν. G846
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 1:18 Originally verse 2:1.
  2. ‡ 1:19 Originally verse 2:2.
  3. ‡ 1:20 Originally verse 2:3.
  4. ‡ 1:21 Originally verse 2:4.