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1. In the second year of Darius, in the eighth month, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:
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1. In the eighth H8066 month H2320 , in the second H8147 year H8141 of Darius H1867 , came H1961 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 Zechariah H2148 , the son H1121 of Berechiah H1296 , the son H1121 of Iddo H5714 the prophet H5030 , saying H559 ,
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2. The LORD was indeed angry with your fathers...
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2. The LORD H3068 hath been sore displeased H7107 H7110 with H5921 your fathers H1 .
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3. and say to them: Thus says the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.
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3. Therefore say H559 thou unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; Turn H7725 ye unto H413 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , and I will turn H7725 unto H413 you, saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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4. Be not like your fathers whom the former prophets warned: Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked deeds. But they would not listen or pay attention to me, says the LORD.
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4. Be H1961 ye not H408 as your fathers H1 , unto H413 whom H834 the former H7223 prophets H5030 have cried H7121 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; Turn H7725 ye now H4994 from your evil H7451 ways H4480 H1870 , and from your evil H7451 doings H4611 : but they did not H3808 hear H8085 , nor H3808 hearken H7181 unto H413 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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5. Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, can they live forever?
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5. Your fathers H1 , where H346 are they H1992 ? and the prophets H5030 , do they live H2421 forever H5769 ?
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6. But my words and my decrees, which I entrusted to my servants the prophets, did not these overtake your fathers? Then they repented and admitted: "The LORD of hosts has treated us according to our ways and deeds, just as he had determined he would."
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6. But H389 my words H1697 and my statutes H2706 , which H834 I commanded H6680 H853 my servants H5650 the prophets H5030 , did they not H3808 take hold H5381 of your fathers H1 ? and they returned H7725 and said H559 , Like as H834 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 H3651 hath he dealt H6213 with H854 us.
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7. In the second year of Darius, on the twenty-fourth day of Shebat, the eleventh month, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, in the following way:
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7. Upon the four H702 and twentieth H6242 day H3117 of the eleventh H6249 H6240 month H2320 , which H1931 is the month H2320 Sebat H7627 , in the second H8147 year H8141 of Darius H1867 , came H1961 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 Zechariah H2148 , the son H1121 of Berechiah H1296 , the son H1121 of Iddo H5714 the prophet H5030 , saying H559 ,
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8. I had a vision during the night. There appeared the driver of a red horse, standing among myrtle trees in a shady place, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
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8. I saw H7200 by night H3915 , and behold H2009 a man H376 riding H7392 upon H5921 a red H122 horse H5483 , and he H1931 stood H5975 among H996 the myrtle trees H1918 that H834 were in the bottom H4699 ; and behind H310 him were there red H122 horses H5483 , speckled H8320 , and white H3836 .
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9. Then I asked, "What are these, my lord?"; and the angel who spoke with me answered me, "I will show you what these are."
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9. Then said H559 I , O my lord H113 , what H4100 are these H428 ? And the angel H4397 that talked H1696 with me said H559 unto H413 me, I H589 will show H7200 thee what H4100 these H428 be .
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10. The man who was standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, "These are they whom the LORD has sent to patrol the earth."
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10. And the man H376 that stood H5975 among H996 the myrtle trees H1918 answered H6030 and said H559 , These H428 are they whom H834 the LORD H3068 hath sent H7971 to walk to and fro H1980 through the earth H776 .
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11. And they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees and said, "We have patrolled the earth; see, the whole earth is tranquil and at rest!"
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11. And they answered H6030 H853 the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 that stood H5975 among H996 the myrtle trees H1918 , and said H559 , We have walked to and fro H1980 through the earth H776 , and, behold H2009 , all H3605 the earth H776 sitteth still H3427 , and is at rest H8252 .
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12. Then the angel of the Lord spoke out and said, "O LORD of hosts, how long will you be without mercy for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that have felt your anger these seventy years?"
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12. Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 answered H6030 and said H559 , O LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , how long H5704 H4970 wilt thou H859 not H3808 have mercy on H7355 H853 Jerusalem H3389 and on the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , against which H834 thou hast had indignation H2194 these H2088 threescore and ten H7657 years H8141 ?
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13. To the angel who spoke with me, the LORD replied with comforting words.
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13. And the LORD H3068 answered H6030 H853 the angel H4397 that talked H1696 with me with good H2896 words H1697 and comfortable H5150 words H1697 .
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14. And the angel who spoke with me said to me, Proclaim: Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am deeply moved for the sake of Jerusalem and Zion,
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14. So the angel H4397 that communed H1696 with me said H559 unto H413 me, Cry H7121 thou, saying H559 , Thus H3541 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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15. and I am exceedingly angry with the complacent nations; whereas I was but a little angry, they added to the harm.
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15. And I H589 am very H1419 sore displeased H7107 H7110 with H5921 the heathen H1471 that are at ease H7600 : for H834 I H589 was but a little H4592 displeased H7107 , and they H1992 helped H5826 forward the affliction H7451 .
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16. Therefore, says the LORD: I will turn to Jerusalem in mercy; my house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched over Jerusalem.
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16. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 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 H5921 Jerusalem H3389 .
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17. Proclaim further: Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion, and again choose Jerusalem.
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17. Cry H7121 yet H5750 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; My cities H5892 through prosperity H4480 H2896 shall yet H5750 be spread abroad H6327 ; and the LORD H3068 shall yet H5750 comfort H5162 H853 Zion H6726 , and shall yet H5750 choose H977 Jerusalem H3389 .
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