I.
The introductory word
1:1-6
Zech. 1
:1
1:1
In the eighth month, in the
asecond year of
1Darius, the word of Jehovah came to
2bZechariah the prophet, the son of
3Berechiah, the son of
4Iddo, saying,
Zech. 1
:2
1:2
Jehovah was extremely angry with your fathers;
Zech. 1
:3
1:3
Therefore say to them, Thus says Jehovah
1of hosts,
2aReturn to Me, declares Jehovah of hosts, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of hosts.
Zech. 1
:4
1:4
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets
acried, 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.
Zech. 1
:5
1:5
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Zech. 1
:6
1:6
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
athought to do with us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so has He done with us?
II.
The visions of consolation and promise
1:7—6:15
A.
The vision of a man as the Angel of Jehovah riding on a red horse and standing among the myrtle trees
1:7-17
Zech. 1
:7
1:7
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,
Zech. 1
:8
1:8
I saw during the night, and behold, a
1man was riding upon a
2ared 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.
Zech. 1
:9
1:9
Then I said, What are these, sir? And the angel who spoke with me said to me, I will show you what these are.
Zech. 1
:10
1:10
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.
Zech. 1
:11
1:11
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
astill and is quiet.
Zech. 1
:12
1:12
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
aseventy years?
Zech. 1
:13
1:13
And Jehovah answered the angel who spoke with me with good words, with comforting words.
Zech. 1
:14
1:14
So the angel who spoke to me said to me, Cry out, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: I am greatly
1ajealous for Jerusalem and for Zion;
Zech. 1
:15
1:15
And I am extremely angry with the nations, who are at ease; for I was only a little
aangry, but their help increased the affliction.
Zech. 1
:16
1:16
Therefore thus says Jehovah, I return to Jerusalem with
acompassions; My
bhouse will be built in it, declares Jehovah of hosts, and a
1cmeasuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.
Zech. 1
:17
1:17
Cry out again, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, My cities will again overflow with good, and Jehovah will again
acomfort Zion and will again choose Jerusalem.
B.
The vision of the four horns and the four craftsmen
1:18-21
Zech. 1
:18
1:18
Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there were
1four horns.
Zech. 1
:19
1:19
And I said to the angel who spoke with me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the
ahorns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
Zech. 1
:20
1:20
Then Jehovah showed me
1four craftsmen.
Zech. 1
:21
1:21
And I said, What do these come to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns that have so
ascattered 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.
