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ZechariahWEB
Zechariah 1:1WEB
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:2WEB
“Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:3WEB
Therefore tell them, Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Return to me,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:4WEB
Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear nor listen to me, says Yahweh.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:5WEB
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Zechariah 1:6WEB
But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers? “Then they repented and said, ‘Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:7WEB
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:8WEB
“I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.
Zechariah 1:9WEB
Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’” The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
Zechariah 1:10WEB
The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, “They are the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth.”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:11WEB
They reported to Yahweh’s angel who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace.”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:12WEB
Then Yahweh’s angel replied, “O Yahweh of Armies, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:13WEB
Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:14WEB
So the angel who talked with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:15WEB
I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”
Zechariah 1:16WEB
Therefore Yahweh says: “I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and a line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.”’
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:17WEB
“Proclaim further, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.”’”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:18WEB
I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns.
Zechariah 1:19WEB
I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Zechariah 1:20WEB
Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:21WEB
Then I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He said, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.