Zechariah 1–2

1^*aIn the eighth month, ^abin the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, ^cthe son of Berechiah, ^cthe son of ^dIddo the prophet, saying,

²The Lord hath been ^†sore displeased with your fathers.

³Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

^efTurn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts,

And ^egI will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

^4hBe ye not as your fathers, ⁱunto whom the former prophets have cried, saying,

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; ^fkTurn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings:

But ^lthey did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.

^5moYour fathers, ⁿwhere are they?

And ^othe prophets, do they live for ever?

^6pBut my words and my statutes, which I commanded ^qmy servants the prophets,

Did they not ^||take hold of your fathers?

And they returned and said, ^rLike as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us,

According to our ^sways, and according to our ^sdoings, so hath he dealt with us.

^7*Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month ^tSebat, ^bin the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, ^cthe son of Berechiah, the son of ^dIddo the prophet, saying, ⁸I saw by night, and behold ^ua man ^vriding upon a red horse, and he stood among ^wthe myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there ^xred horses, ^||speckled, and white. ⁹Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And ^uthe angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. ¹⁰And ^uthe man that stood among ^wthe myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom ^ythe Lord hath sent ^zto walk to and fro through the earth. ¹¹And they answered ^uthe angel of the Lord that stood among ^wthe myrtle trees, and said, ^zWe have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and ^zzis at rest. ¹²Then ^uthe angel of the Lord answered and said, ^aO Lord of hosts, ^bhow long ^awilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, ^cagainst which thou hast had indignation ^dthese threescore and ten years? ¹³And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with ^egood words and ^fcomfortable words. ¹⁴So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying,

Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

I ^gam jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

¹⁵And ^hI am very sore displeased with the heathen that are ⁱat ease:

For I was but ^ja little displeased, and ^kthey helped forward the affliction.

¹⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord; ^lI am returned to Jerusalem ^mwith mercies:

ⁿMy house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts,

And ^oa line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

¹⁷Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

My ^pcities through ^†prosperity shall yet ^qbe spread abroad;

And ^rthe Lord shall yet ^fcomfort Zion,

And ^sshall yet choose Jerusalem.

¹⁸Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold ^tfour horns. ¹⁹And I said unto ^uthe angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, ^vThese are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. ²⁰And the Lord shewed me four ^wcarpenters. ²¹Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, ^vThese are the horns which have scattered Judah, ^xso that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to ^yfray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which ^zlifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

2I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold ^aa man ^abwith a measuring ^cline in his hand. ²Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, ^bTo measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. ³And, behold, ^dthe angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, ⁴And said unto him, Run, speak to ^ethis young man, saying,

^eeJerusalem shall be inhabited as ^ftowns ^gwithout walls

^hFor the multitude of men and cattle therein:

⁵For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her ^gia wall of fire ^kround about,

And will be ^lthe glory ^min the midst of her.

⁶Ho, ho, come forth, and ⁿflee ^ofrom the land of the north, saith the Lord:

For I have ^pqspread you abroad ^qas ^rthe four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.

^7nsDeliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

⁸For thus saith the Lord of hosts;

After ^lthe glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you:

For ^the that toucheth you ^utoucheth ^vthe apple of his eye.

⁹For, behold, I will ^wshake mine hand upon them,

And ^xthey shall be a spoil to their servants:

And ^yye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

^10zSing and rejoice, ^aO daughter of Zion:

For, ^blo, I come, and ^cI will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

¹¹And ^dmany nations ^eshall be joined to the Lord ^fin that day,

And shall be my people:

And ^cI will dwell in the midst of thee,

And ^ythou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

¹²And the Lord shall ^fginherit Judah ^ghis portion in the holy land,

And ^hshall choose Jerusalem again.

¹³ⁱBe silent, O all flesh, before the Lord:

For he is raised up ^kout of ^†his holy habitation.