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In the eighth[H8066]month[H2320], in the second[H8147]year[H8141] of Darius[H1867], came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] unto Zechariah[H2148], the son[H1121] of Berechiah[H1296], the son[H1121] of Iddo[H5714] the prophet[H5030], saying[H559],
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The LORD[H3068] hath been sore[H7110]displeased[H7107] with your fathers[H1].
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Therefore say[H559] thou unto them, Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Turn[H7725] ye unto me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], and I will turn[H7725] unto you, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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Be ye not as your fathers[H1], unto whom the former[H7223]prophets[H5030] have cried[H7121], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Turn[H7725] ye now from your evil[H7451]ways[H1870], and from your evil[H7451]doings[H4611]: but they did not hear[H8085], nor hearken[H7181] unto me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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Your fathers[H1], where are they? and the prophets[H5030], do they live[H2421] for ever?[H5769]
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But my words[H1697] and my statutes[H2706], which I commanded[H6680] my servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030], did they not take hold[H5381] of your fathers?[H1] and they returned[H7725] and said[H559], Like as the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]thought[H2161] to do[H6213] unto us, according to our ways[H1870], and according to our doings[H4611], so hath he dealt[H6213] with us.
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Upon the four[H702] and twentieth[H6242]day[H3117] of the eleventh[H6249]month[H2320], which is the month[H2320]Sebat[H7627], in the second[H8147]year[H8141] of Darius[H1867], came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] unto Zechariah[H2148], the son[H1121] of Berechiah[H1296], the son[H1121] of Iddo[H5714] the prophet[H5030], saying[H559],
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I saw[H7200] by night[H3915], and behold a man[H376]riding[H7392] upon a red[H122]horse[H5483], and he stood[H5975] among the myrtle trees[H1918] that were in the bottom[H4699]; and behind[H310] him were there red[H122]horses[H5483], speckled[H8320], and white[H3836].
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Then said[H559] I, O my lord[H113], what are these? And the angel[H4397] that talked[H1696] with me said[H559] unto me, I will shew[H7200] thee what these be.
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And the man[H376] that stood[H5975] among the myrtle trees[H1918]answered[H6030] and said[H559], These are they whom the LORD[H3068] hath sent[H7971] to walk[H1980] to and fro through the earth[H776].
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And they answered[H6030] the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068] that stood[H5975] among the myrtle trees[H1918], and said[H559], We have walked to and fro[H1980] through the earth[H776], and, behold, all the earth[H776] sitteth still[H3427], and is at rest[H8252].
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Then the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]answered[H6030] and said[H559], O LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], how long wilt thou not have mercy[H7355] on Jerusalem[H3389] and on the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], against which thou hast had indignation[H2194] these threescore and ten[H7657]years?[H8141]
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And the LORD[H3068]answered[H6030] the angel[H4397] that talked[H1696] with me with good[H2896]words[H1697] and comfortable[H5150]words[H1697].
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So the angel[H4397] that communed[H1696] with me said[H559] unto me, Cry[H7121] thou, saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; I am jealous[H7065] for Jerusalem[H3389] and for Zion[H6726] with a great[H1419]jealousy[H7068].
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And I am very[H1419]sore[H7110]displeased[H7107] with the heathen[H1471] that are at ease[H7600]: for I was but a little[H4592]displeased[H7107], and they helped[H5826] forward the affliction[H7451].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; I am returned[H7725] to Jerusalem[H3389] with mercies[H7356]: my house[H1004] shall be built[H1129] in it, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], and a line[H6957] shall be stretched forth[H5186] upon Jerusalem[H3389].
17Cry[H7121] yet, saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; My cities[H5892] through prosperity[H2896] shall yet be spread abroad[H6327]; and the LORD[H3068] shall yet comfort[H5162]Zion[H6726], and shall yet choose[H977]Jerusalem[H3389].
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Then lifted I up[H5375] mine eyes[H5869], and saw[H7200], and behold four[H702]horns[H7161].
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And I said[H559] unto the angel[H4397] that talked[H1696] with me, What be these? And he answered[H559] me, These are the horns[H7161] which have scattered[H2219]Judah[H3063], Israel[H3478], and Jerusalem[H3389].
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And the LORD[H3068]shewed[H7200] me four[H702]carpenters[H2796].
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Then said[H559] I, What come[H935] these to do?[H6213] And he spake[H559], saying[H559], These are the horns[H7161] which have scattered[H2219]Judah[H3063], so that[H6310] no man[H376] did lift up[H5375] his head[H7218]: but these are come[H935] to fray[H2729] them, to cast out[H3034] the horns[H7161] of the Gentiles[H1471], which lifted up[H5375] their horn[H7161] over the land[H776] of Judah[H3063] to scatter[H2219] it.