Zec 1:8-6:15 | ESV | STEP | I saw in the night , and behold , a man riding on a red horse ! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen , and behind him were red , sorrel , and white horses .

8 “I saw in the night, and behold, ^aa man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were ^bred, sorrel, and white horses. 9 Then I said, ‘What are these, my lord?’ ^cThe angel who talked with me said to me, ‘I will show you what they are.’ 10 So ^dthe man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, ^e‘These are they whom the Lord has sent to ^fpatrol the earth.’ 11 And they answered ^gthe angel of the Lord who was standing among the myrtle trees, and said, ^h‘We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth ⁱremains at rest.’ 12 Then ^jthe angel of the Lord said, ^k‘O Lord of hosts, ^lhow long will you ^mhave no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these ⁿseventy years?’ 13 And the Lord answered ^ogracious and comforting words to ^pthe angel who talked with me. 14 So ^qthe angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^rI am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion. 15 ^sAnd I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are ^tat ease; ^ufor while I was angry but a little, ^vthey furthered the disaster. 16 Therefore, thus says the Lord, ^wI have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; ^xmy house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^ythe measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem. 17 Cry out again, Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^zMy cities shall again overflow with prosperity, ^aaand the Lord will again comfort Zion and again ^abchoose Jerusalem.’”

A Vision of Horns and Craftsmen

18 ^{▼▼Ch 2:1 in Hebrew} And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, ^adfour horns! 19 And I said to ^aethe angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, ^af“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” 20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21 And I said, “What are these coming to do?” He said, ^ag“These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come ^ahto terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations ^aiwho lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Zechariah 2

A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

1 ^{▼▼Ch 2:5 in Hebrew} And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, ^aka man with a measuring line in his hand! 2 Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, ^al“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.” 3 And behold, ^amthe angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him 4 and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ^an‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited ^aoas villages without walls, because of ^apthe multitude of people and livestock in it. 5 And I will be to her ^aqa wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

6 Up! Up! ^arFlee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have ^asspread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord. 7 ^atUp! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. 8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me ^{▼▼Or he sent me after glory} to the nations who plundered you, ^avfor he who touches you touches ^awthe apple of his eye: 9 “Behold, ^axI will shake my hand over them, ^ayand they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then ^azyou will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me. 10 ^baSing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for ^bbbehold, I come ^bcand I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. 11 ^bdAnd many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. ^beAnd I will dwell in your midst, and ^bfyou shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 12 ^bgAnd the Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again ^bhchoose Jerusalem.”

13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

Zechariah 3

A Vision of Joshua the High Priest

1 Then he showed me ^biJoshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and ^bjSatan ^{▼▼Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary} standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, ^bl“The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has ^bmchosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this ^bna brand ^{▼▼That is, a burning stick} plucked from the fire?” 3 Now ^bpJoshua was standing before the angel, ^bqclothed with filthy garments. 4 And the angel said to ^brthose who were standing before him, ^bs“Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, ^btI have taken your iniquity away from you, and ^buI will clothe you with pure vestments.” 5 And I said, ^bv“Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord was standing by.

6 And the angel of the Lord solemnly assured ^bwJoshua, 7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and ^bxkeep my charge, then you shall ^byrule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among ^bzthose who are standing here. 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for ^cathey are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring ^cbmy servant ^ccthe Branch. 9 For behold, on ^cdthe stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with ^ceseven eyes, ^{▼▼Or facets} I will ^cgengrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^chI will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. 10 In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come ^ciunder his vine and under his fig tree.”

Zechariah 4

A Vision of a Golden Lampstand

1 And ^cjthe angel who talked with me came again ^ckand woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, ^cla lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and ^cmseven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. 3 And there are ^cntwo olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” 4 And I said to ^cothe angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, ^cp“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” 6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^cqZerubbabel: ^crNot by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, ^csO great mountain? Before ^ctZerubbabel ^cuyou shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward ^cvthe top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9 ^cw“The hands of ^cxZerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also ^cycomplete it. ^czThen you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 10 ^daFor whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see ^dbthe plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

^dc“These seven ^ddare the eyes of the Lord, ^dewhich range through the whole earth.” 11 Then I said to him, “What are these ^dftwo olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?” 12 And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these ^dgtwo branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks oil} is poured out?” 13 He said to me, ^di“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” 14 Then he said, ^dj“These are the two anointed ones ^{▼▼Hebrew two sons of new oil} who stand by ^dlthe Lord of the whole earth.”

Zechariah 5

A Vision of a Flying Scroll

1 Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a flying ^dmscroll! 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying ^dnscroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.” ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} 3 Then he said to me, “This is ^dpthe curse that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who ^dqsteals shall be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who ^drswears falsely ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks falsely (supplied from verse 4)} shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side. 4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of ^dthim who swears falsely by my name. And ^duit shall remain in his house and ^dvconsume it, both timber and stones.”

A Vision of a Woman in a Basket

5 ^dwThen the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, ^dx“Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” 6 And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is ^dythe basket ^{▼▼Hebrew ephah; also verses 7–11. An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters} that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity ^{▼▼One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts eye} in all the land.” 7 And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! 8 And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down ^ebthe leaden weight on its opening.

9 Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! ^ecThe wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. 10 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” 11 He said to me, “To the ^edland of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”

Zechariah 6

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 ^eebronze. 2 The first chariot had ^efred horses, the second ^egblack horses, 3 the third ^ehwhite 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 ^ejthe angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 And the angel answered and said to me, ^ek“These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after ^elpresenting themselves before ^emthe Lord of all the earth. 6 The chariot with the black horses goes toward ^enthe north country, the white ones go after them, and the dappled ones go toward ^eothe south country.” 7 When the strong horses came out, they were impatient to go and ^eppatrol the earth. And he said, “Go, ^eqpatrol the earth.” ^erSo they patrolled the earth. 8 Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go toward ^esthe north country have set my Spirit at rest in ^etthe north country.”

The Crown and the Temple

9 And the word of the Lord came to me: 10 “Take from the exiles ^euHeldai, Tobijah, and ^evJedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go the same day to the house of Josiah, the son of ^ewZephaniah. 11 Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, ^exand set it on the head of ^eyJoshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12 And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is ^ezthe Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and ^fahe shall build the temple of the Lord. 13 ^fbIt is he who shall build the temple of the Lord ^fcand shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a ^fdpriest on his throne, ^feand the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’ 14 And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as ^ffa reminder to ^fgHelem, ^{▼▼An alternate spelling of Heldai (verse 10)} ^fiTobijah, ^fjJedaiah, and Hen ^fkthe son of Zephaniah.

15 ^fl“And those who are far off shall come and ^fmhelp to build the temple of the Lord. ^fnAnd you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ^foAnd this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”