Zechariah:1

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drb @Zechariah:1:1 @In the eighth month , in the second year of king Darius , the word of the Lord came to Zacharias the son of Barachias , the son of Addo , the prophet , saying : drb @Zechariah:1:2 @The Lord hath been exceeding angry with your fathers . drb @Zechariah:1:3 @And thou shalt say to them : Thus saith the Lord of hosts : Turn ye to me , saith the Lord of hosts : and I will turn to you , saith the Lord of hosts . drb @Zechariah:1:4 @Be not as your fathers , to whom the former prophets have cried , saying : Thus saith the Lord of hosts : Turn ye from your evil ways , and from your wicked thoughts : but they did not give ear , neither did they hearken to me , saith the Lord . drb @Zechariah:1:5 @Your fathers , where are they ? and the prophets , shall they live always ? drb @Zechariah:1:6 @But yet my words , and my ordinances , which I gave in charge to my servants the prophets , did they not take hold of your fathers , and they returned , and said : As the Lord of hosts thought to do to us according to our ways , and according to our devices , so he hath done to us . drb @Zechariah:1:7 @In the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month which is called Sabath , in the second year of Darius , the word of the Lord came to Zacharias the son of Barachias , the son of Addo , the prophet , saying : drb @Zechariah: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 horses , red , speckled , and white . drb @Zechariah:1:9 @And I said : What are these , my Lord ? and the angel that spoke in me , said to me : I will shew thee what these are : drb @Zechariah:1:10 @And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered , and said : These are they , whom the Lord hath sent to walk through the earth . drb @Zechariah:1:11 @And they answered the angel of the Lord , that stood among the myrtle trees , and said : We have walked through the earth , and behold all the earth is inhabited , and is at rest . drb @Zechariah:1:12 @And 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 Juda , with which thou hast been angry ? this is now the seventieth year . drb @Zechariah:1:13 @And the Lord answered the angel , that spoke in me , good words , comfortable words . drb @Zechariah:1:14 @And the angel that spoke in me , said to me : Cry thou , saying : Thus saith the Lord of hosts : I am zealous for Jerusalem , and Sion with a great zeal . drb @Zechariah:1:15 @And I am angry with a great anger with the wealthy nations : for I was angry a little , but they helped forward the evil . drb @Zechariah:1:16 @Therefore thus saith the Lord : I will return to Jerusalem in mercies : my house shall be built in it , saith the Lord of hosts : and the building line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem . drb @Zechariah:1:17 @Cry yet , saying : Thus saith the Lord of hosts : My cities shall yet flow with good things : and the Lord will yet comfort Sion , and he will yet choose Jerusalem . drb @Zechariah:1:18 @And I lifted up my eyes , and saw : and behold four horns . drb @Zechariah:1:19 @And I said to the angel that spoke to me : What are these ? And he said to me : These are the horns that have scattered Juda , and Israel , and Jerusalem . drb @Zechariah:1:20 @And the Lord shewed me four smiths . drb @Zechariah:1:21 @And I said : What come these to do ? and he spoke , saying : These are the horns which have scattered Juda every man apart , and none of them lifted up his head : and these are come to fray them , to cast down the horns of the nations , that have lifted up the horn upon the land of Juda to scatter it .

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