Zec 1:7-17, 6:1-8 | ESV | STEP | 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 the prophet Zechariah , the son of Berechiah , son of Iddo , saying ,

7 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 the prophet ^aZechariah, the son of ^bBerechiah, son of ^cIddo, saying, 8 “I saw in the night, and behold, ^da man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were ^ered, sorrel, and white horses. 9 Then I said, ‘What are these, my lord?’ ^fThe angel who talked with me said to me, ‘I will show you what they are.’ 10 So ^gthe man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, ^h‘These are they whom the Lord has sent to ⁱpatrol the earth.’ 11 And they answered ^jthe angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, ^k‘We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth ^lremains at rest.’ 12 Then ^mthe angel of the Lord said, ⁿ‘O Lord of hosts, ^ohow long will you ^phave no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these ^qseventy years?’ 13 And the Lord answered ^rgracious and comforting words to ^sthe angel who talked with me. 14 So ^tthe angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^uI am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion. 15 ^vAnd I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are ^wat ease; ^xfor while I was angry but a little, ^ythey furthered the disaster. 16 Therefore, thus says the Lord, ^zI have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; ^aamy house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^abthe measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem. 17 Cry out again, Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^acMy cities shall again overflow with prosperity, ^adand the Lord will again comfort Zion and again ^aechoose Jerusalem.’”

Zechariah 6:1-8

A Vision of Four Chariots

1 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of ^afbronze. 2 The first chariot had ^agred horses, the second ^ahblack horses, 3 the third ^aiwhite horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong. ^{▼▼Or and the fourth chariot strong dappled horses} 4 Then I answered and said to ^akthe angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 And the angel answered and said to me, ^al“These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after ^ampresenting themselves before ^anthe Lord of all the earth. 6 The chariot with the black horses goes toward ^aothe north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward ^apthe south country.” 7 When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and ^aqpatrol the earth. And he said, “Go, ^arpatrol the earth.” ^asSo they patrolled the earth. 8 Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go toward ^atthe north country have set my Spirit at rest in ^authe north country.”