Zec 1 | NASB1995 | STEP | In the eighth month of the second year of Darius , the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet , the son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo saying ,

Zechariah 1

A Call to Repentance

1 In the eighth month of the second year of ^aDarius, the word of the Lord came to ^bZechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of ^cIddo saying, 2 “The Lord was very ^dangry with your fathers. 3 “Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^e“Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “that I may return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. 4 “Do not be ^flike your fathers, to whom the ^gformer prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^h“Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did ⁱnot listen or give heed to Me,” declares the Lord. 5 “Your ^jfathers, where are they? And the ^kprophets, do they live forever? 6 “But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, ^lovertake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘ ^mAs the Lord of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’”

Patrol of the Earth

7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows: 8 I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a ⁿred horse, and he was standing among the ^omyrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red, sorrel and ^pwhite horses behind him. 9 Then I said, “My ^qlord, what are these?” And the ^rangel who was speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.” 10 And the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are those whom the Lord has sent to ^{▼▼ Lit walk about through
,} ^tpatrol the earth.” 11 So they answered the angel of the Lord who was ^ustanding among the myrtle trees and said, “We have ^{▼▼ Lit walked about through}patrolled the earth, and behold, ^wall the earth is ^{▼▼ Lit sitting}peaceful and quiet.”

12 Then the angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, ^yhow long will You ^zhave no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been ^aaindignant these ^abseventy years?” 13 The Lord answered the ^acangel who was speaking with me with ^{▼▼ Lit good}gracious words, ^aecomforting words. 14 So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, ^af“Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I am ^agexceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion. 15 “But I am very ^ahangry with the nations who are ^aiat ease; for while I was only a little angry, they ^{▼▼ Lit helped for evil
,} ^akfurthered the disaster.” 16 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord, “I will ^alreturn to Jerusalem with compassion; My ^amhouse will be built in it,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and a measuring ^anline will be stretched over Jerusalem.”’ 17 “Again, proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “My ^aocities will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again ^apcomfort Zion and again ^aqchoose Jerusalem.”’”

18 ^{▼▼ Ch 2:1 in Heb}Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns. 19 So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he answered me, “These are the ^ashorns which have scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem.” 20 Then the Lord showed me four ^atcraftsmen. 21 I said, “What are these coming to do?” And he said, “These are the ^auhorns which have scattered Judah so that no man lifts up his head; but these craftsmen have come to terrify them, to ^avthrow down the horns of the nations who have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah in order to scatter it.”