Zechariah:1

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* In the eighth month , in the second year of Darius , the Word of Jehovah came to Zechariah , the son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo the prophet , saying , * Jehovah has been wrathfully angry with your fathers . * Therefore say to them , Thus says Jehovah of Hosts : Turn back to Me , says Jehovah of Hosts , and I will turn back to you , says Jehovah of Hosts . * Do not be as your fathers , to whom the former prophets have proclaimed , saying , Thus says Jehovah of Hosts : Turn back now from your evil ways and your evil doings . But they did not hear nor heed Me , says Jehovah . * Your fathers , where are they ? And the prophets , do they live forever ? * But My Words and My statutes which I commanded My servants the prophets , did they not overtake your fathers ? And they turned back and said , As Jehovah of Hosts purposes to do to us , according to our ways and according to our doings , so He has dealt with us . * On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month , which is the month Shebat , in the second year of Darius , the Word of Jehovah came to Zechariah , the son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo the prophet , saying , * I saw by night ; and behold , a man riding on a red horse ; and he stood among the myrtle trees in the ravine ; and behind him were red , sorrel , and white horses . * Then I said , My lord , what are these ? And the angel who spoke with me said to me , I will show you what these are . * And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said , These are those whom Jehovah has sent to walk to and fro through the earth . * And they answered the Angel of Jehovah who stood among the myrtle trees , and said , We have walked to and fro through the earth , and , behold , all the earth sits still and is at rest . * Then the Angel of Jehovah answered and said , O Jehovah of Hosts , how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem , and on the cities of Judah , against which You have had indignation these seventy years ? * And Jehovah answered the angel who talked with me with good words , words of comfort . * So the angel who talked with me said to me , Cry out , saying , Thus says Jehovah of Hosts : I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion , with a great jealousy . * And I am exceedingly angry at the nations at ease ; for I was but a little angry , and they helped further the evil . * Therefore Jehovah says this : I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion ; My house shall be built in it , says Jehovah of Hosts , and a line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem . * Cry out again , saying , Thus says Jehovah of Hosts : My cities shall again overflow with prosperity , and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion , and shall yet choose Jerusalem . * Then I lifted up my eyes and looked , and , behold , four horns . * And I said to the angel who talked with me , What are these ? And he answered me , These are the horns that have scattered Judah , Israel , and Jerusalem . * And Jehovah showed me four craftsmen . * And I said , What are these coming to do ? And He spoke , saying , These are the horns which have scattered Judah , so that no man lifts up his head . But these have come to terrify them , to cast down the horns of the nations who lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it .

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