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Zechariah 1:1 (show verse)
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
Barachiah » Also called berechiah, father of zechariah
Berechiah » Son of iddo
Darius » Emancipator of israel
Darius » King of persia » Emancipates the jews
Holy spirit » Inspiration of » The prophets » Zechariah
Iddo » Ancestor of zechariah
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Zechariah
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Zechariah son of iddo
Prophets » Names of persons spoken of as » Zechariah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Zechariah
Zechariah » A prophet
Zechariah » The prophet » Prophesied during the reign of darius
Berechiah » Son of iddo
Darius » Emancipator of israel
Darius » King of persia » Emancipates the jews
Holy spirit » Inspiration of » The prophets » Zechariah
Iddo » Ancestor of zechariah
Leaders » Names of persons spoken of as » Zechariah
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Zechariah son of iddo
Prophets » Names of persons spoken of as » Zechariah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Zechariah
Zechariah » A prophet
Zechariah » The prophet » Prophesied during the reign of darius
Zechariah 1:2 (show verse)
The Lord has been very angry with your fathers:
Zechariah 1:3 (show verse)
And you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord of armies: Come back to me, says the Lord of armies, and I will come back to you.
Zechariah 1:4 (show verse)
Be not like your fathers, to whom the voice of the earlier prophets came, saying, Be turned now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not give ear to me or take note, says the Lord.
Zechariah 1:5 (show verse)
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they go on living for ever?
Zechariah 1:6 (show verse)
But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.
Zechariah 1:7 (show verse)
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, 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, saying,
Barachiah » Also called berechiah, father of zechariah
Berechiah » Son of iddo
Iddo » Ancestor of zechariah
Month » Sebat (february)
Months » Names of the twelve » Eleventh, sebat
Months » 11 sebat, february
Prophecy » Respecting individuals, see under their names » the word of the lord came to," etc., To » Zechariah
Sebat » The eleventh month (february)
Zechariah » The prophet » Prophesied during the reign of darius
Berechiah » Son of iddo
Iddo » Ancestor of zechariah
Month » Sebat (february)
Months » Names of the twelve » Eleventh, sebat
Months » 11 sebat, february
Prophecy » Respecting individuals, see under their names » the word of the lord came to," etc., To » Zechariah
Sebat » The eleventh month (february)
Zechariah » The prophet » Prophesied during the reign of darius
Zechariah 1:8 (show verse)
I saw in the night a man on a red horse, between the mountains in the valley, and at his back were horses, red, black, white, and of mixed colours.
Zechariah 1:9 (show verse)
Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who was talking to me said to me, I will make clear to you what they are.
Zechariah 1:10 (show verse)
And the man who was between the mountains, answering me, said, These are those whom the Lord has sent to go up and down through the earth.
Zechariah 1:11 (show verse)
And the man who was between the mountains, answering, said to the angel of the Lord, We have gone up and down through the earth, and all the earth is quiet and at rest.
Zechariah 1:12 (show verse)
Then the angel of the Lord, answering, said, O Lord of armies, how long will it be before you have mercy on Jerusalem and on the towns of Judah against which your wrath has been burning for seventy years?
Zechariah 1:13 (show verse)
And the Lord gave an answer in good and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.
Zechariah 1:14 (show verse)
And the angel who was talking to me said to me, Let your voice be loud and say, These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am greatly moved about the fate of Jerusalem and of Zion.
Zechariah 1:15 (show verse)
And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.
Zechariah 1:16 (show verse)
So this is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Jerusalem with mercies; my house is to be put up in her, says the Lord of armies, and a line is to be stretched out over Jerusalem.
Zechariah 1:17 (show verse)
And again let your voice be loud and say, This is what the Lord of armies has said: My towns will again be overflowing with good things, and again the Lord will give comfort to Zion and take Jerusalem for himself.
Zechariah 1:18 (show verse)
And lifting up my eyes I saw four horns.
Zechariah 1:19 (show verse)
And I said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have sent Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem in flight.
Zechariah 1:20 (show verse)
And the Lord gave me a vision of four metal-workers.
Zechariah 1:21 (show verse)
Then I said, What have these come to do? And he said, These are the horns which sent Judah in flight, and kept him from lifting up his head: but these men have come to send fear on them and to put down the nations who are lifting up their horns against the land of Judah to send it in flight.