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World English Bible

Zechariah 1 (WEBP)

[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.”

Zechariah 1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Zechariah 1:8 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Zechariah 1 (KJVS)

[1] In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
[2] The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
[3] Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.
[4] Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.
[5] Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
[6] But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
[7] Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
[8] I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
[9] Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
[10] And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the Lord hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
[11] And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
[12] Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
[13] And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
[14] So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
[15] And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
[16] Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
[17] Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
[18] Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
[19] And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
[20] And the Lord shewed me four carpenters.
[21] Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

Zechariah 1:2 Heb. with displeasure
Zechariah 1:6 Or, overtake
Zechariah 1:8 Or, bay
Zechariah 1:17 Heb. good

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Zechariah 1 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐν () τῷ () ὀγδόῳ () μηνὶ () ἔτους () δευτέρου () ἐπὶ () Δαρείου ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Ζαχαριαν () τὸν () τοῦ () Βαραχιου () υἱὸν () Αδδω τὸν () προφήτην () λέγων ()
[2] Ὠργίσθη () κύριος () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () πατέρας () ὑμῶν () ὀργὴν () μεγάλην. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἐρεῖς () πρὸς () αὐτούς () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ () Ἐπιστρέψατε () πρός () με, () καὶ () ἐπιστραφήσομαι () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, () λέγει () κύριος. ()
[4] Καὶ () μὴ () γίνεσθε () καθὼς () οἱ () πατέρες () ὑμῶν, () οἷς () ἐνεκάλεσαν () αὐτοῖς () οἱ () προφῆται () οἱ () ἔμπροσθεν () λέγοντες () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ () Ἀποστρέψατε () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ὁδῶν () ὑμῶν () τῶν () πονηρῶν () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἐπιτηδευμάτων ὑμῶν () τῶν () πονηρῶν, () καὶ () οὐ () προσέσχον () τοῦ () εἰσακοῦσαί () μου, () λέγει () κύριος. ()
[5] Οἱ () πατέρες () ὑμῶν () ποῦ () εἰσιν; () Καὶ () οἱ () προφῆται () μὴ () τὸν () αἰῶνα () ζήσονται; ()
[6] Πλὴν () τοὺς () λόγους () μου () καὶ () τὰ () νόμιμά μου () δέχεσθε, () ὅσα () ἐγὼ () ἐντέλλομαι () ἐν () πνεύματί () μου () τοῖς () δούλοις () μου () τοῖς () προφήταις, () οἳ () κατελάβοσαν () τοὺς () πατέρας () ὑμῶν. () Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθησαν () καὶ () εἶπαν () Καθὼς () παρατέτακται κύριος () παντοκράτωρ () τοῦ () ποιῆσαι () κατὰ () τὰς () ὁδοὺς () ὑμῶν () καὶ () κατὰ () τὰ () ἐπιτηδεύματα ὑμῶν, () οὕτως () ἐποίησεν () ὑμῖν. ()
[7] Τῇ () τετράδι καὶ () εἰκάδι τῷ () ἑνδεκάτῳ () μηνί ()—οὗτός () ἐστιν () ὁ () μὴν () Σαβατ—ἐν () τῷ () δευτέρῳ () ἔτει () ἐπὶ () Δαρείου ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Ζαχαριαν () τὸν () τοῦ () Βαραχιου () υἱὸν () Αδδω τὸν () προφήτην () λέγων ()
[8] Ἑώρακα () τὴν () νύκτα () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἀνὴρ () ἐπιβεβηκὼς () ἐπὶ () ἵππον () πυρρόν, () καὶ () οὗτος () εἱστήκει () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () δύο () ὀρέων () τῶν () κατασκίων, καὶ () ὀπίσω () αὐτοῦ () ἵπποι () πυρροὶ () καὶ () ψαροὶ καὶ () ποικίλοι () καὶ () λευκοί. ()
[9] Καὶ () εἶπα () Τί () οὗτοι, () κύριε; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () ὁ () ἄγγελος () ὁ () λαλῶν () ἐν () ἐμοί () Ἐγὼ () δείξω () σοι () τί () ἐστιν () ταῦτα. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () ὁ () ἐφεστηκὼς () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () ὀρέων () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Οὗτοί () εἰσιν () οὓς () ἐξαπέσταλκεν () κύριος () τοῦ () περιοδεῦσαι τὴν () γῆν. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθησαν () τῷ () ἀγγέλῳ () κυρίου () τῷ () ἐφεστῶτι () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῶν () ὀρέων () καὶ () εἶπον () Περιωδεύκαμεν πᾶσαν () τὴν () γῆν, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () πᾶσα () ἡ () γῆ () κατοικεῖται () καὶ () ἡσυχάζει. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () ὁ () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () καὶ () εἶπεν () Κύριε () παντοκράτωρ, () ἕως () τίνος () οὐ () μὴ () ἐλεήσῃς () τὴν () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () τὰς () πόλεις () Ιουδα, ἃς () ὑπερεῖδες () τοῦτο () ἑβδομηκοστὸν ἔτος; ()
[13] Καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ () τῷ () ἀγγέλῳ () τῷ () λαλοῦντι () ἐν () ἐμοὶ () ῥήματα () καλὰ () καὶ () λόγους () παρακλητικούς.
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () ὁ () ἄγγελος () ὁ () λαλῶν () ἐν () ἐμοί () Ἀνάκραγε () λέγων () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ () Ἐζήλωκα () τὴν () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () τὴν () Σιων () ζῆλον () μέγαν ()
[15] καὶ () ὀργὴν () μεγάλην () ἐγὼ () ὀργίζομαι () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ἔθνη () τὰ () συνεπιτιθέμενα ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ἐγὼ () μὲν () ὠργίσθην () ὀλίγα, () αὐτοὶ () δὲ () συνεπέθεντο εἰς () κακά. ()
[16] Διὰ () τοῦτο () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ἐπιστρέψω () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () ἐν () οἰκτιρμῷ, () καὶ () ὁ () οἶκός () μου () ἀνοικοδομηθήσεται () ἐν () αὐτῇ, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ, () καὶ () μέτρον () ἐκταθήσεται () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ () ἔτι. ()
[17] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () ὁ () ἄγγελος () ὁ () λαλῶν () ἐν () ἐμοί () Ἀνάκραγε () λέγων () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ () Ἔτι () διαχυθήσονται πόλεις () ἐν () ἀγαθοῖς, () καὶ () ἐλεήσει () κύριος () ἔτι () τὴν () Σιων () καὶ () αἱρετιεῖ () ἔτι () τὴν () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἦρα () τοὺς () ὀφθαλμούς () μου () καὶ () εἶδον () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () τέσσαρα () κέρατα. ()
[19] Καὶ () εἶπα () πρὸς () τὸν () ἄγγελον () τὸν () λαλοῦντα () ἐν () ἐμοί () Τί () ἐστιν () ταῦτα, () κύριε; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Ταῦτα () τὰ () κέρατα () τὰ () διασκορπίσαντα () τὸν () Ιουδαν () καὶ () τὸν () Ισραηλ. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἔδειξέν () μοι () κύριος () τέσσαρας () τέκτονας. ()
[21] Καὶ () εἶπα () Τί () οὗτοι () ἔρχονται () ποιῆσαι; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με () Ταῦτα () τὰ () κέρατα () τὰ () διασκορπίσαντα () τὸν () Ιουδαν () καὶ () τὸν () Ισραηλ () κατέαξαν, () καὶ () οὐδεὶς () αὐτῶν () ἦρεν () κεφαλήν· () καὶ () εἰσῆλθον () οὗτοι () τοῦ () ὀξῦναι αὐτὰ () εἰς () χεῖρας () αὐτῶν () τὰ () τέσσαρα () κέρατα () τὰ () ἔθνη () τὰ () ἐπαιρόμενα () κέρας () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () κυρίου () τοῦ () διασκορπίσαι () αὐτήν. ()

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

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.