Dual Panel1In the eighth <08066> month <02320> of Darius <01867>’ second <08147> year <08141>, the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> the prophet <05030> Zechariah <02148>, son <01121> of Berechiah <01296> son <01121> of Iddo <05714>, as follows <0559>:
2The Lord <03068> was very angry <07107> with <05921> your ancestors <01>.
3Therefore <03541> say <0559> to <0413> the people: The Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, “Turn <07725> to <0413> me,” says <05002> the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635>, “and I will turn <07725> to <0413> you,” says <0559> the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635>.
4“Do not <0408> be <01961> like your ancestors <01>, to whom <0834> the former <07223> prophets <05030> called out <07121>, saying <0559>, ‘The Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, “Turn <07725> now <04994> from your evil <07451> wickedness <04611>,”’ but they would by no <03808> means obey <08085> me,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>.
5“As for your ancestors <01>, where <0346> are they <01992>? And did the prophets <05030> live <02421> forever <05769>?
6But <0389> have my words <01697> and statutes <02706>, which <0834> I commanded <06680> my servants <05650> the prophets <05030>, not <03808> outlived <05381> your fathers <01>? Then they paid attention <07725> and confessed <02161>, ‘The Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> has indeed done <06213> what <0834> he said <0559> he would do <06213> to <0854> us, because <03651> of our sinful ways <01870>.’”
7On the twenty-fourth <0702> <06242> day <03117> of the eleventh <06240> <06249> month <02320>, the month <02320> Shebat <07627>, in Darius <01867>’ second <08147> year <08141>, the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> the prophet <05030> Zechariah <02148> son <01121> of Berechiah <01296> son <01121> of Iddo <05714>, as follows <0559>:
8I was attentive <07200> that night <03915> and saw <02009> a man <0376> seated <07392> on <05921> a red <0122> horse <05483> that <01931> stood <05975> among <0996> some myrtle <01918> trees in the ravine <04699>. Behind <0310> him were red <0122>, sorrel <08320>, and white <03836> horses <05483>.
9Then I asked <0559> one nearby, “What <04100> are these <0428>, sir <0113>?” The angelic messenger <04397> who replied <01696> to <0413> me said <0559>, “I <0589> will show <07200> you what <04100> these <0428> are.”
10Then the man <0376> standing <05975> among <0996> the myrtle trees <01918> spoke up <06030> and said <0559>, “These <0428> are the ones whom <0834> the Lord <03068> has sent <07971> to walk <01980> about on the earth <0776>.”
11The riders then agreed <06030> with the angel <04397> of the Lord <03069>, who was standing <05975> among <0996> the myrtle trees <01918>, “We have been walking <01980> about on the earth <0776>, and now <02009> everything <03605> is at rest <03427> and quiet <08252>.”
12The angel <04397> of the Lord <03068> then asked <0559>, “Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635>, how <04970> long <05704> before you <0859> have compassion <07355> on Jerusalem <03389> and the other cities <05892> of Judah <03063> which <0834> you have been so angry <02194> with for these <02088> seventy <07657> years <08141>?”
13The Lord <03068> then addressed <06030> good <02896>, comforting <05150> words <01697> to the angelic messenger <04397> who was speaking <01696> to me.
14Turning to <0413> me, the messenger <04397> then said <0559> <01696> <0559>, “Cry out <07121> that the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> says <0559>, ‘I am very much <01419> moved <07068> <07065> for Jerusalem <03389> and for Zion <06726>.
15But I <0589> am greatly <01419> displeased <07107> with <05921> the nations <01471> that take <07600> my grace for granted <07600>. I <0589> was a little <04592> displeased <07107> with them <01992>, but they have only made things worse <07451> for themselves.
16“‘Therefore <03651>,’ says <0559> the Lord <03068>, ‘I have become <07725> compassionate <07356> toward Jerusalem <03389> and will rebuild <01129> my temple <01004> in it,’ says <05002> the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635>. ‘Once more a surveyor’s measuring line <06961> will be stretched out <05186> over <05921> Jerusalem <03389>.’
17Speak up <07121> again <05750> with the message <03541> of the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635>: ‘My cities <05892> will once more <05750> overflow <06327> with prosperity <02896>, and once more <05750> the Lord <03068> will comfort <05162> Zion <06726> and validate <0977> his choice of Jerusalem <03389>.’”
18Once again I looked <05375> and this time I saw <07200> four <0702> horns <07161>.
19So I asked <0559> the angelic messenger <04397> who spoke <01696> with me, “What <04100> are these <0428>?” He replied <0559>, “These <0428> are the horns <07161> that <0834> have scattered <02219> Judah <03063>, Israel <03478>, and Jerusalem <03389>.”
20Next the Lord <03068> showed <07200> me four <0702> blacksmiths <02796>.
21I asked <0559>, “What <04100> are these <0428> going <0935> to do <06213>?” He answered <0559>, “These <0428> horns <07161> are the ones that <0834> have scattered <02219> Judah <03063> so <06310> that there is no <03808> one <0376> to be seen <07218> <05375>. But the blacksmiths have come <0935> to terrify <02729> Judah’s enemies and cut off <03034> the horns <07161> of the nations <01471> that have thrust <07161> <05375> themselves against <0413> the land <0776> of Judah <03063> in order to scatter <02219> its people.”