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 1:1 ¶ In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

 1:1 ¶ In the eighth° month,° in the second° year° of Darius,° came° the word° of the LORD° unto° Zechariah,° the son° of Berechiah,° the son° of Iddo° the prophet,° saying,°°

 1:2 Jehovah was sore displeased with your fathers.

 1:2 The LORD° hath been sore° displeased°°° with° your fathers.°

 1:3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.

 1:3 Therefore say°° thou unto° them, Thus° saith°° the LORD° of hosts;° Turn°° ye unto° me, saith°° the LORD° of hosts,° and I will turn°° unto° you, saith°° the LORD° of hosts.°

 1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.

 1:4 Be° ye not° as your fathers,° unto° whom° the former° prophets° have cried,°° saying,°° Thus° saith°° the LORD° of hosts;° Turn°° ye now° from your evil° ways,°° and [from] your evil° doings:° but they did not° hear,°° nor° hearken°° unto° me, saith°° the LORD.°

 1:5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

 1:5 Your fathers,° where° [are] they?° and the prophets,° do they live°° for ever?°

 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

 1:6 But° my words° and my statutes,° which° I commanded°°° my servants° the prophets,° did they not° take hold°° of your fathers?° and they returned°° and said,°° Like as° the LORD° of hosts° thought°° to do°° unto us, according to our ways,° and according to our doings,° so° hath he dealt°° with° us.

 1:7 ¶ Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

 1:7 ¶ Upon the four° and twentieth° day° of the eleventh°° month,° which° [is] the month° Sebat,° in the second° year° of Darius,° came° the word° of the LORD° unto° Zechariah,° the son° of Berechiah,° the son° of Iddo° the prophet,° saying,°°

 1:8 I saw in the night, and, behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

 1:8 I saw°° by night,° and behold° a man° riding°° upon° a red° horse,° and he° stood°° among° the myrtle trees° that° [were] in the bottom;° and behind° him [were there] red° horses,° speckled,° and white.°

 1:9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these are.

 1:9 Then said°° I, O my lord,° what° [are] these?° And the angel° that talked°° with me said°° unto° me, I° will shew°° thee what° these° [be].

 1:10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said, These are they whom Jehovah hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

 1:10 And the man° that stood°° among° the myrtle trees° answered°° and said,°° These° [are they] whom° the LORD° hath sent°° to walk°° to and fro° through the earth.°

 1:11 And they answered the angel of Jehovah that stood among the myrtle-trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.

 1:11 And they answered°°° the angel° of the LORD° that stood°° among° the myrtle trees,° and said,°° We have walked to and fro°° through the earth,° and, behold,° all° the earth° sitteth still,°° and is at rest.°°

 1:12 ¶ Then the angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

 1:12 ¶ Then the angel° of the LORD° answered°° and said,°° O LORD° of hosts,° how long°° wilt thou° not° have mercy°° on°° Jerusalem° and on the cities° of Judah,° against which° thou hast had indignation°° these° threescore and ten° years?°

 1:13 And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me with good words, [even] comfortable words.

 1:13 And the LORD° answered°°° the angel° that talked°° with me [with] good° words° [and] comfortable° words.°

 1:14 So the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

 1:14 So the angel° that communed°° with me said°° unto° me, Cry°° thou, saying,°° Thus° saith°° the LORD° of hosts;° I am jealous°° for Jerusalem° and for Zion° with a great° jealousy.°

 1:15 And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

 1:15 And I° am very° sore° displeased°°° with° the heathen° [that are] at ease:° for° I° was but a little° displeased,°° and they° helped°° forward the affliction.°

 1:16 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

 1:16 Therefore° thus° saith°° the LORD;° I am returned°° to Jerusalem° with mercies:° my house° shall be built°° in it, saith°° the LORD° of hosts,° and a line°°° shall be stretched forth°° upon° Jerusalem.°

 1:17 Cry yet again, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity; and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

 1:17 Cry°° yet,° saying,°° Thus° saith°° the LORD° of hosts;° My cities° through prosperity°° shall yet° be spread abroad;°° and the LORD° shall yet° comfort°°° Zion,° and shall yet° choose°° Jerusalem.°

 1:18 ¶ And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns.

 1:18 ¶ Then lifted I up°°° mine eyes,° and saw,°° and behold° four° horns.°

 1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

 1:19 And I said°° unto° the angel° that talked°° with me, What° [be] these?° And he answered°°° me, These° [are] the horns° which° have scattered°°° Judah,°° Israel,° and Jerusalem.°

 1:20 And Jehovah showed me four smiths.

 1:20 And the LORD° shewed°° me four° carpenters.°

 1:21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head; but these are come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.

 1:21 Then said°° I, What° come°° these° to do?°° And he spake,°° saying,°° These° [are] the horns° which° have scattered°°° Judah,° so that° no° man° did lift up°° his head:° but these° are come°° to fray°° them, to cast out°°° the horns° of the Gentiles,° which lifted up°° [their] horn° over° the land° of Judah° to scatter°° it.