Zechariah 1:7-2:13

New King James Version

Vision of the Horses

⁷ On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet: ⁸ I saw by night, and behold, ^(A)a man riding on a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle trees in the hollow; and behind him were ^(B)horses: red, sorrel, and white. ⁹ Then I said, ^(C)“My lord, what are these?” So the angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what they are.”

¹⁰ And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, ^(D)“These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk to and fro throughout the earth.”

^11 (E)So they answered the Angel of the Lord, who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked to and fro throughout the earth, and behold, all the earth is ^[a]resting quietly.”

The Lord Will Comfort Zion

¹² Then the Angel of the Lord answered and said, “O Lord of hosts, ^(F)how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry ^(G)these seventy years?”

¹³ And the Lord answered the angel who talked to me, with ^(H)good and comforting words. ¹⁴ So the angel who spoke with me said to me, ^[b]“Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:

¹⁶ ‘Therefore thus says the Lord:

¹⁷ “Again proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:

Vision of the Horns

¹⁸ Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four ^(Q)horns. ¹⁹ And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?”

So he answered me, ^(R)“These are the ^[f]horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

²⁰ Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. ²¹ And I said, “What are these coming to do?”

So he said, “These are the ^(S)horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but ^[g]the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that ^(T)lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Vision of the Measuring Line

2 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, ^(U)a man with a measuring line in his hand. ² So I said, “Where are you going?”

And he said to me, ^(V)“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

³ And there was the angel who talked with me, going out; and another angel was coming out to meet him, ⁴ who said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying: ^(W)‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. ⁵ For I,’ says the Lord, ‘will be ^(X)a wall of fire all around her, ^(Y)and I will be the glory in her midst.’ ”

Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations

⁶ “Up, up! Flee ^(Z)from the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have ^(AA)spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord. ⁷ “Up, Zion! ^(AB)Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”

⁸ For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who ^(AC)touches you touches the ^[h]apple of His eye. ⁹ For surely I will ^(AD)shake My hand against them, and they shall become ^[i]spoil for their servants. Then ^(AE)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

^10 (AF)“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I ^(AG)will dwell in your midst,” says the Lord. ^11 (AH)“Many nations shall be joined to the Lord ^(AI)in that day, and they shall become ^(AJ)My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then ^(AK)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. ¹² And the Lord will ^(AL)take possession of Judah as His inheritance in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem. ^13 (AM)Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused ^(AN)from His holy habitation!”