*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,

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

3  Therefore 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.

4  hBe 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.

5  moYour fathers, nwhere are they?

And othe prophets, do they live for ever?

6  pBut 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, 8 I 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. 9 Then 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. 10 And 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. 11 And 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.