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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] εν τω ογδοω μηνι ετους δευτερου επι δαρειου εγενετο λογος κυριου προς ζαχαριαν τον του βαραχιου υιον αδδω τον προφητην λεγων
[2] ωργισθη κυριος επι τους πατερας υμων οργην μεγαλην
[3] και ερεις προς αυτους ταδε λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ επιστρεψατε προς με και επιστραφησομαι προς υμας λεγει κυριος
[4] και μη γινεσθε καθως οι πατερες υμων οις ενεκαλεσαν αυτοις οι προφηται οι εμπροσθεν λεγοντες ταδε λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ αποστρεψατε απο των οδων υμων των πονηρων και απο των επιτηδευματων υμων των πονηρων και ου προσεσχον του εισακουσαι μου λεγει κυριος
[5] οι πατερες υμων που εισιν και οι προφηται μη τον αιωνα ζησονται
[6] πλην τους λογους μου και τα νομιμα μου δεχεσθε οσα εγω εντελλομαι εν πνευματι μου τοις δουλοις μου τοις προφηταις οι κατελαβοσαν τους πατερας υμων και απεκριθησαν και ειπαν καθως παρατετακται κυριος παντοκρατωρ του ποιησαι κατα τας οδους υμων και κατα τα επιτηδευματα υμων ουτως εποιησεν υμιν
[7] τη τετραδι και εικαδι τω ενδεκατω μηνι ουτος εστιν ο μην σαβατ εν τω δευτερω ετει επι δαρειου εγενετο λογος κυριου προς ζαχαριαν τον του βαραχιου υιον αδδω τον προφητην λεγων
[8] εωρακα την νυκτα και ιδου ανηρ επιβεβηκως επι ιππον πυρρον και ουτος ειστηκει ανα μεσον των δυο ορεων των κατασκιων και οπισω αυτου ιπποι πυρροι και ψαροι και ποικιλοι και λευκοι
[9] και ειπα τι ουτοι κυριε και ειπεν προς με ο αγγελος ο λαλων εν εμοι εγω δειξω σοι τι εστιν ταυτα
[10] και απεκριθη ο ανηρ ο εφεστηκως ανα μεσον των ορεων και ειπεν προς με ουτοι εισιν ους εξαπεσταλκεν κυριος του περιοδευσαι την γην
[11] και απεκριθησαν τω αγγελω κυριου τω εφεστωτι ανα μεσον των ορεων και ειπον περιωδευκαμεν πασαν την γην και ιδου πασα η γη κατοικειται και ησυχαζει
[12] και απεκριθη ο αγγελος κυριου και ειπεν κυριε παντοκρατωρ εως τινος ου μη ελεησης την ιερουσαλημ και τας πολεις ιουδα ας υπερειδες τουτο εβδομηκοστον ετος
[13] και απεκριθη κυριος παντοκρατωρ τω αγγελω τω λαλουντι εν εμοι ρηματα καλα και λογους παρακλητικους
[14] και ειπεν προς με ο αγγελος ο λαλων εν εμοι ανακραγε λεγων ταδε λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ εζηλωκα την ιερουσαλημ και την σιων ζηλον μεγαν
[15] και οργην μεγαλην εγω οργιζομαι επι τα εθνη τα συνεπιτιθεμενα ανθ ων εγω μεν ωργισθην ολιγα αυτοι δε συνεπεθεντο εις κακα
[16] δια τουτο ταδε λεγει κυριος επιστρεψω επι ιερουσαλημ εν οικτιρμω και ο οικος μου ανοικοδομηθησεται εν αυτη λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ και μετρον εκταθησεται επι ιερουσαλημ ετι
[17] και ειπεν προς με ο αγγελος ο λαλων εν εμοι ανακραγε λεγων ταδε λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ ετι διαχυθησονται πολεις εν αγαθοις και ελεησει κυριος ετι την σιων και αιρετιει ετι την ιερουσαλημ
[18] [2:1] και ηρα τους οφθαλμους μου και ειδον και ιδου τεσσαρα κερατα
[19] [2:2] και ειπα προς τον αγγελον τον λαλουντα εν εμοι τι εστιν ταυτα κυριε και ειπεν προς με ταυτα τα κερατα τα διασκορπισαντα τον ιουδαν και τον ισραηλ
[20] [2:3] και εδειξεν μοι κυριος τεσσαρας τεκτονας
[21] [2:4] και ειπα τι ουτοι ερχονται ποιησαι και ειπεν προς με ταυτα τα κερατα τα διασκορπισαντα τον ιουδαν και τον ισραηλ κατεαξαν και ουδεις αυτων ηρεν κεφαλην και εισηλθον ουτοι του οξυναι αυτα εις χειρας αυτων τα τεσσαρα κερατα τα εθνη τα επαιρομενα κερας επι την γην κυριου του διασκορπισαι αυτην

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.