Word Study
Zechariah
Call for national repentance.1 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,
2 The
Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
3 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.
4 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.
5 Your fathers, where
are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
6 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.
The horsemen among the myrtles7 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,
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 there red horses, speckled, and white.
9 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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?
13 And the
Lord answered the angel that talked with me
with good words
and comfortable words.
14 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.
15 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.
16 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.
17 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.
Four horns and four carpenters18 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
19 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.
20 And the
Lord shewed me four carpenters.
21 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.
The measuring line of Jerusalem2 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 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.
3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
4 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:
5 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.
6 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.
7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest
with the daughter of Babylon.
8 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.
9 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.
10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the
Lord.
11 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.
12 And the
Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the
Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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