Zechariah 1

1 ♥ 📝 I n the eighth^H8066 month,^H2320 in the second^H8147 year^H8141 of Darius,^H1867 came the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 unto Zechariah^H2148 the son^H1121 of Berechiah,^H1296 the son^H1121 of Iddo,^H5714 the prophet,^H5030 saying,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 Jehovah^H3068 was sore^H7110 displeased^H7107 with your fathers.^H1

3 ♥ 📝 Therefore say^H559 thou unto them, Thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts:^H6635 Return^H7725 unto me, saith^H5002 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 and I will return^H7725 unto you, saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

4 ♥ 📝 Be ye not as your fathers,^H1 unto whom the former^H7223 prophets^H5030 cried,^H7121 saying,^H559 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 Return^H7725 ye now from your evil^H7451 ways,^H1870 and from your evil^H7451 doings:^H4611 but they did not hear,^H8085 nor hearken^H7181 unto me, saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

5 ♥ 📝 Your fathers,^H1 where are they? and the prophets,^H5030 do they live^H2421 for ever?^H5769

6 ♥ 📝 But my words^H1697 and my statutes,^H2706 which I commanded^H6680 my servants^H5650 the prophets,^H5030 did they not overtake^H5381 your fathers?^H1 and they turned^H7725 and said,^H559 Like as Jehovah^H3068 of hosts^H6635 thought^H2161 to do^H6213 unto us, according to our ways,^H1870 and according to our doings,^H4611 so hath he dealt^H6213 with us.

7 ♥ 📝 Upon the four^H702 and twentieth^H6242 day^H3117 of the eleventh^H6249 month,^H2320 which is the month^H2320 Shebat,^H7627 in the second^H8147 year^H8141 of Darius,^H1867 came the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 unto Zechariah^H2148 the son^H1121 of Berechiah,^H1296 the son^H1121 of Iddo,^H5714 the prophet,^H5030 saying,^H559

8 ♥ 📝 I saw^H7200 in the night,^H3915 and, behold, a man^H376 riding^H7392 upon a red^H122 horse,^H5483 and he stood^H5975 among the myrtle-trees^H1918 that were in the bottom;^H4699 and behind^H310 him there were horses,^H5483 red,^H122 sorrel,^H8320 and white.^H3836

9 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 I, O my lord,^H113 what are these? And the angel^H4397 that talked^H1696 with me said^H559 unto me, I will show^H7200 thee what these are.

10 ♥ 📝 And the man^H376 that stood^H5975 among the myrtle-trees^H1918 answered^H6030 and said,^H559 These are they whom Jehovah^H3068 hath sent^H7971 to walk^H1980 to and fro through the earth.^H776

11 ♥ 📝 And they answered^H6030 the angel^H4397 of Jehovah^H3068 that stood^H5975 among the myrtle-trees,^H1918 and said,^H559 We have walked to and fro^H1980 through the earth,^H776 and, behold, all the earth^H776 sitteth still,^H3427 and is at rest.^H8252

12 ♥ 📝 Then the angel^H4397 of Jehovah^H3068 answered^H6030 and said,^H559 O Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 how long wilt thou not have mercy^H7355 on Jerusalem^H3389 and on the cities^H5892 of Judah,^H3063 against which thou hast had indignation^H2194 these threescore and ten^H7657 years?^H8141

13 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 answered^H6030 the angel^H4397 that talked^H1696 with me with good^H2896 words,^H1697 [even] comfortable^H5150 words.^H1697

14 ♥ 📝 So the angel^H4397 that talked^H1696 with me said^H559 unto me, Cry^H7121 thou, saying,^H559 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts:^H6635 I am jealous^H7065 for Jerusalem^H3389 and for Zion^H6726 with a great^H1419 jealousy.^H7068

15 ♥ 📝 And I am very^H1419 sore^H7110 displeased^H7107 with the nations^H1471 that are at ease;^H7600 for I was but a little^H4592 displeased,^H7107 and they helped^H5826 forward the affliction.^H7451

16 ♥ 📝 Therefore thus saith^H559 Jehovah:^H3068 I am returned^H7725 to Jerusalem^H3389 with mercies;^H7356 my house^H1004 shall be built^H1129 in it, saith^H5002 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 and a line^H6957 shall be stretched forth^H5186 over Jerusalem.^H3389

17 ♥ 📝 Cry^H7121 yet again, saying,^H559 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts:^H6635 My cities^H5892 shall yet overflow^H6327 with prosperity;^H2896 and Jehovah^H3068 shall yet comfort^H5162 Zion,^H6726 and shall yet choose^H977 Jerusalem.^H3389

18 ♥ 📝 And I lifted up^H5375 mine eyes,^H5869 and saw,^H7200 and, behold, four^H702 horns.^H7161

19 ♥ 📝 And I said^H559 unto the angel^H4397 that talked^H1696 with me, What are these? And he answered^H559 me, These are the horns^H7161 which have scattered^H2219 Judah,^H3063 Israel,^H3478 and Jerusalem.^H3389

20 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 showed^H7200 me four^H702 smiths.^H2796

21 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 I, What come^H935 these to do?^H6213 And he spake,^H559 saying,^H559 These are the horns^H7161 which scattered^H2219 Judah,^H3063 so that^H6310 no man^H376 did lift up^H5375 his head;^H7218 but these are come^H935 to terrify^H2729 them, to cast down^H3034 the horns^H7161 of the nations,^H1471 which lifted up^H5375 their horn^H7161 against the land^H776 of Judah^H3063 to scatter^H2219 it.