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 ,
the LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers .
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 .
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 .
your fathers , where [ are ] they ? And the prophets , do they live for ever ?
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 .
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 ,
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 .
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 [ be ] .
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 .
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 .
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 ?
And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me [ with ] good words [ And ] comfortable words .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
Then lifted I up mine eyes , And saw , And behold four horns .
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 .
And the LORD showed me four carpenters .
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 .