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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 Berechiah ,
the son of Iddo the prophet ,
saying ,
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The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers .
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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 .
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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 .
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Your fathers ,
where are they ?
and the prophets ,
do they live for ever ?
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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 .
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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 ,
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ?
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And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Then lifted I up mine eyes ,
and saw ,
and behold four horns .
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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 .
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And the LORD shewed me four carpenters .
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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 .
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I lifted up mine eyes again ,
and looked ,
and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand .
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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 .
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And ,
behold ,
the angel that talked with me went forth ,
and another angel went out to meet him ,
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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Deliver thyself ,
O Zion ,
that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon .
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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 .
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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 .
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Sing and rejoice ,
O daughter of Zion :
for ,
lo ,
I come ,
and I will dwell in the midst of thee ,
saith the LORD .
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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 .
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And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land ,
and shall choose Jerusalem again .
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Be silent ,
O all flesh ,
before the LORD :
for he is raised up out of his holy habitation .
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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 .