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In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Jehovah was to▵ Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
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Jehovah has been··enraged with rage against your fathers.
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And thou shalt say to▵ them, Thus says Jehovah of Armies: Return ye to▵ Me, says◦ Jehovah of Armies, and I will Return to▵ you, says Jehovah of Armies.
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Be ye not as your fathers, to▵ whom the first prophets have called, saying, Thus says Jehovah of Armies: Return ye now◦ from your evil ways, and from your evil actions; but they did not hear, nor attend to▵ Me, says◦ Jehovah.
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Your fathers, where◦ are they◦? And the prophets, do they live for eternity?
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Surely My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they returned and said, Like as◦ Jehovah of Armies purposed to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our actions, so He has done with◦ us.
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On◦ the twentieth and fourth day of the eleventh◦ month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Jehovah was to▵ Zechariah, the son of Berechiah◦, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
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I saw by the night, and behold, a man◦ riding on a red horse, and this◦ was standing between the myrtle trees which were in the shadow; and behind him were horses, red, speckled◦, and white.
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And I said, What are these, my lord? And the angel speaking with me said to▵ me, I◦ will show thee what these are.
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And the man◦ standing between the myrtle trees answered, and he said, These are the ones that Jehovah has sent to walk··forth on◦ the earth.
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And they answered the angel of Jehovah standing between the myrtle trees, and they said, We have walked··forth on◦ the earth, and, behold, all the earth is sitting still, and is quiet.
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And the angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of Armies, how▵ long wilt Thou◦ not have··compassion on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which Thou hast had··indignation these seventy years?
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And Jehovah answered the angel that spoke with me good words and comforting words.
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And the angel speaking with me said to▵ me, Proclaim, saying, Thus says Jehovah of Armies: I am zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great zeal.
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And with great rage I◦ am··enraged against the nations who are at··ease with which I◦ was· but a··little ·enraged, but they◦ gave help to the evil.
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Therefore thus says Jehovah: I have returned to Jerusalem with compassions; My house shall be built in it, says◦ Jehovah of Armies, and a line shall be stretched··out upon Jerusalem.
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Proclaim still, saying, Thus says Jehovah of Armies: My cities from good shall still be spread··abroad, and Jehovah shall still comfort Zion, and shall still choose Jerusalem.
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2:1 Then lifted· I ·up my eyes, and saw, and behold, four horns.
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2:2 And I said to▵ the angel who spoke with me, What are these? And He said to▵ me, These are the horns which have dispersed Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
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2:3 And Jehovah showed me four craftsmen.
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2:4 And I said, What are these coming to do? And He said, saying, These are the horns which have dispersed Judah, so that a man◦ lifts not his head. But these have come to frighten them, to cast··down the horns of the nations lifting the horn against▵ the land of Judah to disperse her.
