Zechariah:1

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* In the eighth month , in the second year of Darius , came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah , the son of Berechyah , the son of ‘Iddo the prophet , saying , * The Lord hath been greatly angry with your fathers . * And say thou unto them , Thus hath said the Lord of hosts , Return ye unto me , saith the Lord of hosts , and I will return unto you : so hath said the Lord of hosts . * Be ye not like your fathers , unto whom the former prophets proclaimed , saying , Thus hath said the Lord of hosts , Do return from your evil ways , and your evil doings ; but they did not hear , nor listen unto me , saith the Lord . * Your fathers ,––where are they ! and the prophets ,–– could they live for ever ! * But my words and my decrees , which I commanded my servants the prophets , behold , they did overtake your fathers : and they returned and said , Just as the Lord of hosts had purposed to do unto us , in accordance with our ways , and in accordance with our doings , so hath he dealt with us . * On the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month , which is the month of Shebat , in the second year of Darius , came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah , the son of Berechyahu , the son of ‘Iddo the prophet , saying , * I saw this night , and behold there was a man riding upon a red horse , and he was standing among the myrtle –trees that were in the deep valley ; and behind him were red , pale , and white horses . * And I said , What are these , O my lord ? Then said unto me the angel that spoke with me , I will show thee what these are . * And the man that stood among the myrtle –trees answered and said , These are those whom the Lord hath sent to traverse the earth . * And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood among the myrtle –trees , and said , We have traversed the earth , and , behold , all the earth is inhabited quietly , and is at rest . * Then commenced the angel of the Lord , and said , O Lord of hosts , how long yet wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah , against which thou hast been indignant these seventy years ? * And the Lord answered the angel that spoke with me with good words and comforting words . * And the angel that spoke with me said unto me , Proclaim thou , saying , Thus hath said the Lord of hosts , I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy . * And with a great anger will I be angry with the nations that are at ease ; for I was but a little angry , and they helped forward the mischief . * Therefore thus hath said the Lord , I am returned to Jerusalem in mercy : my house shall be rebuilt in it , saith the Lord of hosts , and the measuring –line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem . * Proclaim yet , saying , Thus hath said the Lord of hosts , My cities shall again overflow with prosperity : and the Lord will again comfort Zion , and make choice again of Jerusalem . * * * *

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