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1:1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the
 word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the prophet, the son of
 Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
1:2 Jehovah hath been very wroth with your fathers.
1:3 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts:
 Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto
 you, saith Jehovah of hosts.
1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets
 cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Turn ye now from
 your evil ways, and from your evil doings; but they did not
 hearken nor attend unto me, saith Jehovah.
1:5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live
 for ever?
1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants
 the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they
 turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto
 us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so hath
 he dealt with us.
1:7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which
 is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the
 word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the prophet, the son of
 Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
1:8 I saw by night, and behold, a man riding upon a red horse,
 and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the low
 valley; and behind him were red, bay, and white horses.
1:9 And I said, My lord, what are these? And the angel that
 talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these are.
1:10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and
 said, These are they whom Jehovah hath sent to walk to and fro
 through the earth.
1:11 And they answered the angel of Jehovah 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.
1:12 And the angel of Jehovah answered and said, Jehovah of
 hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on
 the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation
 these seventy years?
1:13 And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me good
 words, comforting words.
1:14 And the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry,
 saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem
 and for Zion with a great jealousy,
1:15 and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at
 ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the
 affliction.
1:16 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem
 with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of
 hosts, and the line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
1:17 Cry further, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities
 shall yet overflow with prosperity, and Jehovah shall yet
 comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
1:18 And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are
 these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have
 scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
1:20 And Jehovah shewed me four craftsmen.
1:21 And I said, What come these to do? And he spoke, saying,
 Those are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man
 lifted up his head; but these are come to affright them, to
 cast out the horns of the nations, which lifted up the horn
 against the land of Judah to scatter it.
2:1 And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a man with a
 measuring line in his hand.
2:2 And I said, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To
 measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what
 is the length thereof.
2:3 And behold, the angel that talked with me went forth; and
 another angel went forth to meet him,
2:4 and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying,
 Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the
 multitude of men and cattle therein;
2:5 and I, saith Jehovah, I will be unto her a wall of fire
 round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
2:6 Ho, ho! flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for
 I have scattered you abroad as the four winds of the heavens,
 saith Jehovah.
2:7 Ho! escape, Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of
 Babylon.
2:8 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After the glory, hath he
 sent me unto the nations that made you a spoil; for he that
 toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
2:9 For behold, I will shake my hand upon them, and they shall
 become a spoil to those that served them: and ye shall know
 that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me.
2:10 Sing aloud and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for behold, I
 come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith Jehovah.
2:11 And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that
 day, and shall be unto me for a people; and I will dwell in the
 midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath
 sent me unto thee.
2:12 And Jehovah shall inherit Judah [as] his portion in the
 holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
2:13 Let all flesh be silent before Jehovah; for he is risen up
 out of his holy habitation.
3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the
 Angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to
 resist him.
3:2 And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan!
 Yea, Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee! Is not
 this a brand plucked out of the fire?
3:3 And Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood
 before the Angel.
3:4 And he spoke and said unto those that stood before him,
 saying, Take away the filthy garments from off him. And unto
 him he said, See, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from
 thee, and I clothe thee with festival-robes.
3:5 And I said, Let them set a pure turban upon his head. And
 they set the pure turban upon his head, and clothed him with
 garments; and the Angel of Jehovah stood by.
3:6 And the Angel of Jehovah protested unto Joshua, saying,
3:7 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways,
 and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my
 house, and shalt also keep my courts; and I will give thee a
 place to walk among these that stand by.
3:8 Hear now, Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that
 sit before thee -- for they are men of portent -- for behold, I
 will bring forth my servant the Branch.
3:9 For behold, the stone that I have laid before Joshua -- upon
 one stone are seven eyes; behold, I will engrave the graving
 thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity
 of this land in one day.
3:10 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall ye invite every
 man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig-tree.
4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me,
 as a man that is wakened out of his sleep.
4:2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see, and
 behold, a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of
 it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven [lamps] and seven pipes
 to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;
4:3 and two olive-trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl,
 and the other on the left of it.
4:4 And I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me,
 saying, What are these, my lord?
4:5 And the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me,
 Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
4:6 And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word
 of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power,
 but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou dost
 become] a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with
 shoutings: Grace, grace unto it!
4:8 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
4:9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this
 house; and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that
 Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.
4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? Yea, they
 shall rejoice [even] those seven -- and shall see the plummet
 in the hand of Zerubbabel: these are the eyes of Jehovah, which
 run to and fro in the whole earth.
4:11 And I answered and said unt