Zechariah:1

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* 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 , * Jehovah hath been very wroth with your fathers . * 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 . * 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 . * Your fathers , where are they ? and the prophets , do they live for ever ? * 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 . * 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 , * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ? * And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me good words , comforting words . * 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 , * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And I lifted up mine eyes , and saw , and behold four horns . * 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 . * And Jehovah shewed me four craftsmen . * 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 .

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