In the eighth month, in the second year of  ¹Darius, the word of Jehovah came to  ²Zechariah the prophet, the son of  ³Berechiah, the son of  ⁴Iddo, saying,

Jehovah was extremely angry with your fathers;

Therefore say to them, Thus says Jehovah  ¹of hosts,  ²Return to Me, declares Jehovah of hosts, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of hosts.

Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Turn from your evil ways and from your evil deeds; but they did not hear nor hearken to Me, declares Jehovah.

Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers, so that they returned and said, As Jehovah of hosts has thought to do with us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so has He done with us?

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,

I saw during the night, and behold, a  ¹man was riding upon a  ²red horse; and He was standing among the  ³myrtle trees that were in the bottoms; and behind Him there were  ⁴red, reddish-brown, and white horses.

Then I said, What are these, sir? And the angel who spoke with me said to me, I will show you what these are.

And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are those whom Jehovah has  ¹sent to go to and fro on the earth.

And they answered the Angel of Jehovah, who was standing among the myrtle trees, and they said, We have gone to and fro on the earth, and indeed all the earth sits still and is quiet.

Then the Angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long will You not have compassion on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant for these seventy years?

And Jehovah answered the angel who spoke with me with good words, with comforting words.

So the angel who spoke to me said to me, Cry out, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: I am greatly  ¹jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion;

And I am extremely angry with the nations, who are at ease; for I was only a little angry, but their help increased the affliction.

Therefore thus says Jehovah, I return to Jerusalem with compassions; My house will be built in it, declares Jehovah of hosts, and a  ¹measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.

Cry out again, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, My cities will again overflow with good, and Jehovah will again comfort Zion and will again choose Jerusalem.

Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there were  ¹four horns.

And I said to the angel who spoke with me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

Then Jehovah showed me  ¹four craftsmen.

And I said, What do these come to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns that have so scattered Judah that no man lifts up his head, but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations who have lifted up the horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.

Then I lifted up my eyes and I looked, and there was a  ¹man, and in His hand was a  ²measuring line.

And I said, Where are you going? And He said to me, To measure  ¹Jerusalem; to see how great its breadth is and how great its length is.

Then at that point the angel who spoke with me went forth and another angel came forth to meet him.

And he said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem will lie as an open region due to the multitude of men and cattle within it,

For I will be her  ¹wall of fire round about, declares Jehovah, and I will be the glory within her.

Ho! Ho! Flee from the land of the north, declares Jehovah, for I have  ¹spread you out like the four winds of the heavens, declares Jehovah.

Ho, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

For thus says Jehovah of hosts,  ¹After the glory  ²He has sent  ²Me against the nations who plunder you; for he who touches you touches the  ³pupil of His eye.

For I am now waving My hand over them, and they will be plunder for those who served them; and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me.

Give a ringing shout and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for now  ¹I am coming, and I will dwell in your midst, declares Jehovah.

And many nations will join themselves to Jehovah in that day and will become My people; and I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me to you.

And Jehovah will inherit Judah as His portion upon the holy land, and He will again choose Jerusalem.

 ¹Hush, all flesh, before Jehovah! For He is roused up from His holy habitation.

Then He showed me  ¹Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah and  ²Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Jehovah rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, Jehovah, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?

Now Joshua was clothed with  ¹filthy garments and was standing before the Angel.

And He answered and spoke to those standing before Him, saying,  ¹Remove the filthy garments from him. Then He said to him, See, I hereby make your iniquity pass from you and clothe you with stately robes.

And  ¹He said, Let them put a  ²clean turban upon his head. And they put the clean turban upon his head and clothed him with garments while the Angel of Jehovah stood by.

And the Angel of Jehovah testified to Joshua, saying,

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, If you will walk in My ways and if you will keep My charge, then you will both judge My house and keep My courts, and I will grant you to walk among these standing here.

Hear then, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you — for they are men of symbol — for I am about to bring forth My  ¹servant, the shoot.

For here is the  ¹stone that I have set before Joshua — upon one stone are  ²seven eyes. I will  ³engrave its engraving, declares Jehovah of hosts, and I will  ⁴remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

In that day, declares Jehovah of hosts, each of you will invite his neighbor to come under the  ¹vine and under the fig tree.

 ¹Then the angel who spoke with me returned and roused me as a man is roused from his sleep.

And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see that there is a  ¹lampstand all of gold, with its bowl on top of it and its seven lamps upon it, with  ²seven pipes for each of the lamps on top of it;

And there are  ¹two olive trees beside it, one to the right of the bowl and one to the left.

And I answered and spoke to the angel who spoke with me, saying, What are these, sir?

And the angel who spoke with me answered and said to me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, sir.

And he answered and spoke to me, saying,  ¹This is the word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might nor by power, but by My  ²Spirit, says Jehovah of hosts.

Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain, and he will  ¹bring forth the topstone with shouts of Grace, grace to it.

Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it; and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me to you.

For who has despised the day of small things? For these  ¹seven rejoice when they see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; they are the eyes of Jehovah running to and fro on the whole earth.

Then I answered and said to him, What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?

And I answered a second time and said to him, What are the two olive  ¹branches that are by the side of the two golden spouts,  ²which empty the  ³gold from themselves?

And he spoke to me, saying, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, sir.

And he said, These are the two sons of oil, who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.