¹Then I lifted up my eyes again and I saw, and there was a  ²flying scroll.

And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see a flying scroll, its  ¹length twenty cubits and its breadth ten cubits.

Then he said to me, This is the  ¹curse that goes forth over the face of all the land; for everyone who  ²steals will be purged according to what is on one side, and everyone who  ²swears will be purged according to what is on the other side.

I will cause  ¹it to go forth, declares Jehovah of hosts; and it will enter the house of him who steals and the house of him who swears falsely by My name; and it will lodge overnight within his house and consume it, both with its timbers and its stones.

Then the angel who spoke with me went forth and said to me, Lift up now your eyes and see what this is that goes forth.

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is  ¹the ephah vessel that goes forth; and he said, This is their  ²appearance in all the land;

(Then a lead cover was lifted up) and this is a  ¹woman sitting within the ephah vessel.

Then he said, This is Wickedness. And he threw her down into the midst of the ephah vessel and threw the  ¹lead weight over its opening.

Then I lifted up my eyes and I looked, and there were  ¹two women going forth, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork. And they lifted up the ephah vessel between the earth and the heavens.

And I said to the angel who spoke with me, Where are they taking the ephah vessel?

And he said to me,  ¹To build a house for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place.

Then I lifted up my eyes again and I looked, and there were  ¹four chariots coming forth from between the  ²two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of  ³bronze.

With the first chariot were red  ¹horses, and with the second chariot were black horses,

And with the third chariot were white horses, and with the fourth chariot were strong, speckled horses.

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

And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four winds of heaven who go forth from presenting themselves to the Lord of the whole earth.

With  ¹one of the winds the black horses went forth to the land of the north, and the white horses went forth after them, and the speckled horses went forth to the land of the south.

And the strong horses went forth and sought to proceed to go to and fro on the earth. And He said, Proceed to go to and fro on the earth; and they went to and fro on the earth.

Then He called out to me and spoke to me, saying, See, these who are going forth to the land of the north have given My Spirit  ¹rest in the land of the north.

And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Take from them of the captivity, from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, and go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have come from Babylon.

Indeed, take the silver and gold, and make a  ¹splendid crown and put it upon the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest,

And speak to him, saying, Thus speaks Jehovah of hosts, saying, Here is a man, whose name is the Shoot; and he will shoot forth from his place and will  ¹build the temple of Jehovah.

Indeed, it is he who will build the temple of Jehovah; and he will bear majesty and will sit and rule on his throne; and he will be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace will be  ¹between the two of them.

And the splendid crown will be as a  ¹reminder in the temple of Jehovah to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah.

And those who are far off will come and build the temple of Jehovah, and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me to you. And it will happen, if you fully obey the voice of Jehovah your God.

And in the fourth year of Darius the king the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month Chislev.

Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their men to entreat the favor of Jehovah

By speaking to the priests who belong to the house of Jehovah of hosts and to the prophets, saying, Shall I  ¹weep in the fifth month and separate myself, as I have done these many years?

Then the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,

Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months, even for these seventy years, was it at all for Me that you fasted?

And when you eat and when you drink, are you not the ones eating and are you not the ones drinking?

Are not these the words which Jehovah proclaimed by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous and had cities round about her, when the  ¹Negev and the lowlands were inhabited?

And the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, saying,

Thus speaks Jehovah of hosts, saying, Judge with judgment of truth, and show lovingkindness and compassion each to his brother;

And do not oppress the widow and the orphan, the stranger and the poor; and let none of you think evil in your hearts about his brother.

But they refused to listen, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and closed their ears from hearing;

And they set their hearts like adamant so as not to hear the instruction and the words which Jehovah of hosts sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from Jehovah of hosts.

And as He called and they would not hear, so they called and I would not hear, says Jehovah of hosts;

But with a storm I scattered them away upon all the nations, whom they did not know. Thus the land is desolate behind them, so that no one passes through it and no one returns to it; for they have made the desirable land desolate.

 ¹And the word of Jehovah of hosts came, saying,

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy; indeed, I am jealous for her with great wrath.

Thus says Jehovah, I return to Zion, and I will dwell within Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of Jehovah of hosts, the Holy Mountain.

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Yet again old men and old women will dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, each with his staff in his hand due to the multitude of his days.

And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, If it seems too  ¹wonderful in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be too wonderful in My sight? declares Jehovah of hosts.

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I am about to save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the going down of the sun.

And I will bring them, and they will dwell within Jerusalem; and they will be My people and I will be their God in truth and in righteousness.

Thus says Jehovah of hosts,  ¹Let your hands be strong, you who in these days hear these words from the mouth of the prophets who were there in the day when the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts, that is, the temple, was laid so that it might be built.

For before those days a man's wages amounted to nothing, and an animal's wages were nothing; and for him who went out or came in there was no peace, because of the adversary; for I set all men each against his neighbor.

But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as I was in the former days, declares Jehovah of hosts;

For there will be peace for the seed: The vine will give forth its fruit, and the land will give forth its produce, and the heavens will give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.

And just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.

For thus says Jehovah of hosts, Just as I intended to do harm to you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, says Jehovah of hosts, and I did not repent,

So again I intend in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; do not fear.

These are the things which you shall do: Each man speak truth to his neighbor; judge with truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;

And let none of you think evil in your hearts about his neighbor; and do not love a false oath; for all these are the things I hate, declares Jehovah.

Then the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth month and the fast of the seventh month and the fast of the tenth month will become joy and rejoicing and cheerful feasts to the house of Judah; therefore love truth and peace.

Thus says Jehovah of hosts,  ¹Peoples will again come, even the inhabitants of many cities;

And the inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, Let us go at once to entreat the favor of Jehovah and to seek Jehovah of hosts; and the other: I will go too.

Indeed, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of Jehovah.

Thus says Jehovah of hosts, In those days, from all the  ¹languages of the nations, ten men will take hold, indeed, they will take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.