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1:1 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,
1:2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
1:3 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.
1:4 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.
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 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.
1:7 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,
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 bottom;
and behind him [were there] red horses, speckled, and white.
1:9 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].
1:10 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.
1:11 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.
1:12 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?
1:13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me [with]
good words [and] comfortable words.
1:14 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.
1:15 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.
1:16 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.
1:17 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.
1:18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
1:19 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.
1:20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
1:21 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.
2:1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man
with a measuring line in his hand.
2:2 Then said I, 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 out 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 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round
about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
2:6 Ho, ho, [come forth], and flee from the land of the north,
saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds
of the heaven, saith the LORD.
2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest [with] the daughter
of Babylon.
2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he
sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that
toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
2:9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they
shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the
LORD of hosts hath sent me.
2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and
I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day,
and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee,
and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto
thee.
2:12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy
land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised
up out of his holy habitation.
3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the
angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to
resist him.
3:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan;
even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: [is] not
this a brand plucked out of the fire?
3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood
before the angel.
3:4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him,
saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he
said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee,
and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
3:5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they
set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments.
And the angel of the LORD stood by.
3:6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
3:7 Thus saith the LORD 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
places to walk among these that stand by.
3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows
that sit before thee: for they [are] men wondered at: 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 [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the
graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the
iniquity of that land in one day.
3:10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call 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 said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have
looked, and behold a candlestick all [of] gold, with a bowl
upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven
pipes to the seven lamps, which [are] upon the top thereof:
4:3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right [side] of the
bowl, and the other upon the left [side] thereof.
4:4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me,
saying, What [are] these, my lord?
4:5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto
me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This [is] the
word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by
power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
4:7 Who [art] thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel [thou
shalt become] a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone
[thereof with] shoutings, [crying], Grace, grace unto it.
4:8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
4:9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this
house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that
the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.
4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they
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