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
7
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.
18
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