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In the eighth month ,
in the second year of Darius ,
the word of the LORD came to Zechari '
ah the son of Berechi '
ah ,
son of Iddo ,
the prophet ,
saying ,
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The LORD was very angry with your fathers .
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Therefore say to them ,
Thus says the LORD of hosts :
Return to me ,
says the LORD of hosts ,
and I will return to you ,
says the LORD of hosts .
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Be not like your fathers ,
to whom the former prophets cried out , `
Thus says the LORD of hosts ,
Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds .'
But they did not hear or heed me ,
says 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 overtake your fathers ?
So they repented and said ,
As the LORD of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds ,
so has he dealt with us ."
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On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month which is the month of Shebat ,
in the second year of Darius ,
the word of the LORD came to Zechari '
ah the son of Berechi '
ah ,
son of Iddo ,
the prophet ;
and Zechari '
ah said ,
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I saw in the night ,
and behold ,
a man riding upon a red horse !
He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen ;
and behind him were red ,
sorrel ,
and white horses .
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Then I said , `
What are these ,
my lord ?'
The angel who talked with me said to me , `
I will show you what they are .'
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So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered , `
These are they whom the LORD has sent to patrol the earth .'
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And they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees , `
We have patrolled the earth ,
and behold ,
all the earth remains at rest .'
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Then the angel of the LORD said , `
O LORD of hosts ,
how long wilt thou have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah ,
against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years ?'
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And the LORD answered gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me .
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So the angel who talked with me said to me , `
Cry out ,
Thus says the LORD of hosts :
I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion .
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And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease ;
for while I was angry but a little they furthered the disaster .
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Therefore ,
thus says the LORD ,
I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion ;
my house shall be built in it ,
says the LORD of hosts ,
and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem .
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Cry again ,
Thus says the LORD of hosts :
My cities shall again overflow with prosperity ,
and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem .'"
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And I lifted my eyes and saw ,
and behold ,
four horns !
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And I said to the angel who talked with me , "
What are these ?"
And he answered me , "
These are the horns which have scattered Judah ,
Israel ,
and Jerusalem ."
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Then the LORD showed me four smiths .
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And I said , "
What are these coming to do ?"
He answered , "
These are the horns which scattered Judah ,
so that no man raised his head ;
and these have come to terrify them ,
to cast down the horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it ."
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And I lifted my eyes and saw ,
and behold ,
a man with a measuring line in his hand !
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Then I said , "
Where are you going ?"
And he said to me , "
To measure Jerusalem ,
to see what is its breadth and what is its length ."
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And behold ,
the angel who talked with me came forward ,
and another angel came forward to meet him ,
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and said to him , "
Run ,
say to that young man , `
Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls ,
because of the multitude of men and cattle in it .
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For I will be to her a wall of fire round about ,
says the LORD ,
and I will be the glory within her .'"
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Ho !
ho !
Flee from the land of the north ,
says the LORD ;
for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens ,
says the LORD .
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Ho !
Escape to Zion ,
you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon .
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For thus said the LORD of hosts ,
after his glory sent me to the nations who plundered you ,
for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye :
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Behold ,
I will shake my hand over them ,
and they shall become plunder for those who served them .
Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has 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 you ,
says the LORD .
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And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day ,
and shall be my people ;
and I will dwell in the midst of you ,
and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you .
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And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land ,
and will again choose Jerusalem ."
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Be silent ,
all flesh ,
before the LORD ;
for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling .
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Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD ,
and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him .