My LORD’s BibleZechariah 1
1In 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,
בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁמִינִי בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה בֶּן־בֶּרֶכְיָה בֶּן־עִדֹּו הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹר׃ (4066)
See also: Matthew 23:35, Luke 11:51, Nehemiah 12:4, Ezra 4:24-5:1, Ezra 5:1, Haggai 1:1, Zechariah 1:7, Zechariah 6:9, Zechariah 7:1, Nehemiah 12:16, Hosea 1:1, Haggai 1:3, Haggai 2:10, Ezra 6:14-15, Haggai 1:15-2:1, Haggai 2:20
2The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
קָצַף יְהוָה עַל־אֲבֹותֵיכֶם קָצֶף׃ (1145)
See also: Jeremiah 44:6, Psalms 79:5-6, Lamentations 5:7, Ezekiel 22:31, Ezekiel 20:18, Ezekiel 33:4, Zephaniah 2:1-3, Zechariah 1:15, Matthew 23:30-32, Acts 7:52, 1 Kings 15:12, 2 Kings 22:16-17, 2 Kings 22:19, 2 Kings 23:26, 2 Chronicles 36:13-20, Ezra 9:6-7, Ezra 9:13, Nehemiah 9:26-27, Psalms 60:1, Jeremiah 32:23
3Therefore 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.
וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות שׁוּבוּ אֵלַי נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות וְאָשׁוּב אֲלֵיכֶם אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ (3667)
See also: James 4:8, Malachi 3:7, Joel 2:12, Jeremiah 3:22, Job 22:23, Deuteronomy 30:2-10, Isaiah 1:16, Jeremiah 4:1, Hosea 14:1, Lamentations 3:40, Isaiah 31:6, Jeremiah 12:15, Ezekiel 18:19, Hosea 6:1, Luke 15:18-22, Deuteronomy 4:30-31, Proverbs 29:1, Isaiah 55:6-7, Jeremiah 18:11, Jeremiah 25:5
4Be 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.
אַל־תִּהְיוּ כַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר קָרְאוּ־אֲלֵיהֶם הַנְּבִיאִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות שׁוּבוּ נָא מִדַּרְכֵיכֶם הָרָעִים [וּמַעֲלִילֵיכֶם כ] (וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶם ק) הָרָעִים וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ וְלֹא־הִקְשִׁיבוּ אֵלַי נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃ (6667)
See also: Psalms 78:8, John 15:16, 1 Peter 1:18, Proverbs 12:19, Psalms 106:6-7, Proverbs 5:12, Jeremiah 23:22, Jeremiah 29:19, Jeremiah 35:15, Ezekiel 33:11, Daniel 9:6, Hosea 9:17, Matthew 23:37, Luke 13:34, 2 Chronicles 36:15-16, 2 Chronicles 36:21, Isaiah 1:16-19, Isaiah 30:9, Isaiah 43:27, Jeremiah 11:6-8
5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
אֲבֹותֵיכֶם אַיֵּה־הֵם וְהַנְּבִאִים הַלְעֹולָם יִחְיוּ׃ (869)
See also: Ecclesiastes 1:4, Deuteronomy 18:22, Ecclesiastes 12:5, 2 Peter 3:2-4, Job 14:10-12, Psalms 90:10, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Jeremiah 36:28, Lamentations 5:7, Hebrews 9:27, Genesis 48:21, Joshua 24:33, 1 Samuel 9:6, 2 Kings 13:14, Psalms 49:9, Ecclesiastes 9:1-3, Lamentations 3:42, John 6:49, John 8:52, Acts 13:36
6But 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.
אַךְ ׀ דְּבָרַי וְחֻקַּי אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי אֶת־עֲבָדַי הַנְּבִיאִים הֲלֹוא הִשִּׂיגוּ אֲבֹתֵיכֶם וַיָּשׁוּבוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר זָמַם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות לַעֲשֹׂות לָנוּ כִּדְרָכֵינוּ וּכְמַעֲלָלֵינוּ כֵּן עָשָׂה אִתָּנוּ׃ (6914)
See also: Jeremiah 29:11, Deuteronomy 28:2, Jeremiah 1:10, Isaiah 40:8, Lamentations 2:17, Ezekiel 12:25-28, Deuteronomy 28:15, Jeremiah 5:14, Jeremiah 23:20, Matthew 24:35, Numbers 23:19, 2 Kings 10:10, Isaiah 21:17, Isaiah 44:26, Jeremiah 44:28, Daniel 9:11-12, Hosea 5:9, Amos 9:10, Numbers 32:23, Numbers 33:56
7Upon 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,
בְּיֹום עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה לְעַשְׁתֵּי־עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ שְׁבָט בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הָיָה דְבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה בֶּן־בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ בֶּן־עִדֹּוא הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹר׃ (6633)
See also: Zechariah 1:1
8I 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.
רָאִיתִי ׀ הַלַּיְלָה וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ רֹכֵב עַל־סוּס אָדֹם וְהוּא עֹמֵד בֵּין הַהֲדַסִּים אֲשֶׁר בַּמְּצֻלָה וְאַחֲרָיו סוּסִים אֲדֻמִּים שְׂרֻקִּים וּלְבָנִים׃ (3847)
See also: 2 Kings 6:17, Revelation 6:4, Revelation 6:2, Isaiah 55:13, Zechariah 6:2, Isaiah 41:19, Daniel 10:5, Zechariah 1:10, Zechariah 1:11, Zechariah 1:12, Zechariah 6:3, Zechariah 13:7, Revelation 2:1, Genesis 20:3, Joshua 5:13, 1 Kings 3:5, Job 4:13, Psalms 45:3-4, Isaiah 57:15, Isaiah 63:1-4
9Then 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.
וָאֹמַר מָה־אֵלֶּה אֲדֹנִי וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי אֲנִי אַרְאֶךָּ מָה־הֵמָּה אֵלֶּה׃ (1424)
See also: Zechariah 4:1, Zechariah 4:4-5, Zechariah 5:5, Zechariah 6:4, Revelation 7:13-14, Genesis 31:11, Daniel 9:22-23, Zechariah 1:14, Zechariah 1:19, Zechariah 2:3, Daniel 7:16, Daniel 8:13, Daniel 8:15-16, Daniel 8:16, Daniel 10:11-14, Zechariah 1:13, Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 4:5, Zechariah 4:11, Revelation 17:1-7
10And 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.
וַיַּעַן הָאִישׁ הָעֹמֵד בֵּין־הַהֲדַסִּים וַיֹּאמַר אֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח יְהוָה לְהִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּאָרֶץ׃ (2698)
See also: Zechariah 4:10, Zechariah 1:11, Zechariah 6:7, Zechariah 6:5-8, Hebrews 1:14, 1 Kings 22:19, 2 Chronicles 18:18, Job 1:7, Job 2:1-2, Psalms 103:20-21, Ezekiel 9:11, Zechariah 1:8, Genesis 32:24-31, Ezekiel 1:5-14, Hosea 12:3-5, Zechariah 1:12, Zechariah 13:7, Luke 9:10
11And 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.
וַיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה הָעֹמֵד בֵּין הַהֲדַסִּים וַיֹּאמְרוּ הִתְהַלַּכְנוּ בָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה כָל־הָאָרֶץ יֹשֶׁבֶת וְשֹׁקָטֶת׃ (3976)
See also: Zechariah 1:10, Psalms 103:20-21, Zechariah 1:8, Zechariah 1:15, Matthew 24:30-31, Psalms 68:17, Isaiah 14:7, Daniel 10:20, Zechariah 6:7, Matthew 13:41, Matthew 13:49, Matthew 25:31, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Revelation 1:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:7
12Then 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?
וַיַּעַן מַלְאַךְ־יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות עַד־מָתַי אַתָּה לֹא־תְרַחֵם אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְאֵת עָרֵי יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר זָעַמְתָּה זֶה שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה׃ (6160)
See also: 2 Chronicles 36:21, Psalms 102:13, Jeremiah 25:11, Habakkuk 3:2, Zechariah 7:5, Revelation 6:10, Psalms 74:10, Jeremiah 29:10, Daniel 9:2, Daniel 12:6, Ecclesiastes 3:3, Isaiah 64:12, Zechariah 1:8, Hebrews 7:25, Exodus 23:20-23, Psalms 69:5, Isaiah 63:9, Isaiah 63:17, Isaiah 64:9-12, Jeremiah 34:22
13And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
וַיַּעַן יְהוָה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי דְּבָרִים טֹובִים דְּבָרִים נִחֻמִים׃ (1609)
See also: Proverbs 12:25, Isaiah 40:1, Jeremiah 29:10, 1 Kings 12:7, Jeremiah 30:10-22, Jeremiah 31:3-14, Amos 9:11-15, Zephaniah 3:14-20, Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:14-16, Zechariah 2:3, Zechariah 2:4-12, Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 4:1, Zechariah 8:2-8, Zechariah 8:19
14So 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי קְרָא לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות קִנֵּאתִי לִירוּשָׁלִַם וּלְצִיֹּון קִנְאָה גְדֹולָה׃ (3553)
See also: Psalms 125:1, Joel 2:18, Jeremiah 30:16, Isaiah 40:6, Zephaniah 3:15, Zechariah 8:2, Deuteronomy 32:27, Isaiah 37:32, Isaiah 40:1, Isaiah 59:17, Nahum 1:2, Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 1:17, 2 Kings 19:31, Psalms 129:5, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 38:22, Isaiah 42:13, Isaiah 63:15, Ezekiel 38:19
15And 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.
וְקֶצֶף גָּדֹול אֲנִי קֹצֵף עַל־הַגֹּויִם הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּים אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי קָצַפְתִּי מְּעָט וְהֵמָּה עָזְרוּ לְרָעָה׃ (3275)
See also: Isaiah 47:6, Psalms 69:26, Isaiah 54:8, Jeremiah 51:24, Ezekiel 25:12-17, Psalms 79:7, Jeremiah 48:11, Obadiah 1:13, Zechariah 2:8, Zechariah 6:8, 2 Chronicles 28:9, Psalms 2:5, Psalms 18:18, Psalms 83:2-5, Psalms 123:4, Isaiah 7:5, Isaiah 10:5-7, Jeremiah 10:25, Jeremiah 12:14, Ezekiel 28:26
16Therefore 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.
לָכֵן כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה שַׁבְתִּי לִירוּשָׁלִַם בְּרַחֲמִים בֵּיתִי יִבָּנֶה בָּהּ נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות [וְקָוָה כ] (וְקָו ק) יִנָּטֶה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ (4241)
See also: Jeremiah 30:18, Zechariah 2:1, Isaiah 30:19, Zechariah 8:3, Ezra 6:14-15, Psalms 85:1, Ezekiel 37:24-28, Zechariah 2:10-11, Job 38:5, Isaiah 54:8-10, Zechariah 4:9, Ezekiel 39:25-29, Ezekiel 40:3, Ezekiel 47:3, Hosea 3:1, 2 Kings 21:13, Psalms 90:13, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 34:11, Isaiah 44:26-28
17Cry 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.
עֹוד ׀ קְרָא לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות עֹוד תְּפוּצֶינָה עָרַי מִטֹּוב וְנִחַם יְהוָה עֹוד אֶת־צִיֹּון וּבָחַר עֹוד בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃ (4152)
See also: Psalms 125:1, Isaiah 14:1, Isaiah 51:3, Zechariah 3:2, Zechariah 2:4, Zechariah 2:12, 2 Chronicles 6:6, Psalms 69:35, Isaiah 44:26, Isaiah 54:8, Isaiah 61:4-6, Isaiah 66:13, Jeremiah 32:43-44, Ezekiel 36:10-11, Zephaniah 3:15-17, Psalms 132:13-14, Isaiah 40:1-2, Isaiah 49:13, Isaiah 51:12, Jeremiah 31:13
18Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
וָאֶשָּׂא אֶת־עֵינַי וָאֵרֶא וְהִנֵּה אַרְבַּע קְרָנֹות׃ (2152)
See also: Zechariah 2:1, Revelation 17:12, Zechariah 6:1, Joshua 5:13, 1 Kings 22:11, 2 Kings 24:1-20, Daniel 8:3-14, Revelation 7:1, 2 Chronicles 18:10, Amos 8:2, Micah 5:5, Zechariah 5:9, 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 17:1-6, 2 Kings 18:9-12, Daniel 2:37-43, Daniel 7:3-8, Daniel 11:28-35, Zechariah 5:1, Zechariah 5:5
19And 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.
וָאֹמַר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָךְ הַדֹּבֵר בִּי מָה־אֵלֶּה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי אֵלֶּה הַקְּרָנֹות אֲשֶׁר זֵרוּ אֶת־יְהוּדָה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וִירוּשָׁלָם ׃ (4452)
See also: Zechariah 1:21, Ezra 4:4, Zechariah 2:2, Zechariah 4:1, Zechariah 8:14, Ezra 4:1, Ezra 4:7, Jeremiah 48:25, Jeremiah 50:17-18, Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 2:3, Zechariah 4:4, Zechariah 8:13, Daniel 8:13, Habakkuk 3:14, Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 5:5, Zechariah 6:4, Revelation 7:13-14, Ezra 5:3
20And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
וַיַּרְאֵנִי יְהוָה אַרְבָּעָה חָרָשִׁים׃ (1139)
See also: Psalms 75:10, Zechariah 10:3-5, Zechariah 9:12-16, Zechariah 10:4, Zechariah 12:2-6, Deuteronomy 33:25, Judges 11:16, Judges 11:18, 1 Samuel 12:11, 2 Kings 8:10, Nehemiah 9:27, Isaiah 54:15-17, Jeremiah 24:1, Amos 7:1, Obadiah 1:21, Micah 5:5-6, Micah 5:8-9
21Then 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.
וָאֹמַר מָה אֵלֶּה בָאִים לַעֲשֹׂות וַיֹּאמֶר לֵאמֹר אֵלֶּה הַקְּרָנֹות אֲשֶׁר־זֵרוּ אֶת־יְהוּדָה כְּפִי־אִישׁ לֹא־נָשָׂא רֹאשֹׁו וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵלֶּה לְהַחֲרִיד אֹתָם לְיַדֹּות אֶת־קַרְנֹות הַגֹּויִם הַנֹּשְׂאִים קֶרֶן אֶל־אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה לְזָרֹותָהּ׃ (9153)