In the eighth⁸⁰⁶⁶ month,²³²⁰ in the second⁸¹⁴⁷ year⁸¹⁴¹ of Darius,¹⁸⁶⁷ came the word¹⁶⁹⁷ of Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ unto Zechariah,²¹⁴⁸ the son¹¹²¹ of Berechiah,¹²⁹⁶ the son¹¹²¹ of Iddo⁵⁷¹⁴ the prophet,⁵⁰³⁰ saying,⁵⁵⁹

Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ hath been sore⁷¹¹⁰ displeased⁷¹⁰⁷ with your fathers.¹

Therefore say⁵⁵⁹ thou unto them, Thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts;⁶⁶³⁵ Turn⁷⁷²⁵ ye unto me, saith⁵⁰⁰² Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts,⁶⁶³⁵ and I will turn⁷⁷²⁵ unto you, saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts.⁶⁶³⁵

Be ye not as your fathers,¹ unto whom the former⁷²²³ prophets⁵⁰³⁰ have cried,⁷¹²¹ saying,⁵⁵⁹ Thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts;⁶⁶³⁵ Turn⁷⁷²⁵ ye now from your evil⁷⁴⁵¹ ways,¹⁸⁷⁰ and from your evil⁷⁴⁵¹ doings:⁴⁶¹¹ but they did not hear,⁸⁰⁸⁵ nor hearken⁷¹⁸¹ unto me, saith⁵⁰⁰² Yahweh.³⁰⁶⁸

Your fathers,¹ where are they? and the prophets,⁵⁰³⁰ do they live²⁴²¹ for ever?⁵⁷⁶⁹

But my words¹⁶⁹⁷ and my statutes,²⁷⁰⁶ which I commanded⁶⁶⁸⁰ my servants⁵⁶⁵⁰ the prophets,⁵⁰³⁰ did they not take hold⁵³⁸¹ of your fathers?¹ and they returned⁷⁷²⁵ and said,⁵⁵⁹ Like as Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts⁶⁶³⁵ thought²¹⁶¹ to do⁶²¹³ unto us, according to our ways,¹⁸⁷⁰ and according to our doings,⁴⁶¹¹ so hath he dealt⁶²¹³ with us.

Upon the four⁷⁰² and twentieth⁶²⁴² day³¹¹⁷ of the eleventh⁶²⁴⁹ month,²³²⁰ which is the month²³²⁰ Sebat,⁷⁶²⁷ in the second⁸¹⁴⁷ year⁸¹⁴¹ of Darius,¹⁸⁶⁷ came the word¹⁶⁹⁷ of Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ unto Zechariah,²¹⁴⁸ the son¹¹²¹ of Berechiah,¹²⁹⁶ the son¹¹²¹ of Iddo⁵⁷¹⁴ the prophet,⁵⁰³⁰ saying,⁵⁵⁹

I saw⁷²⁰⁰ by night,³⁹¹⁵ and behold a man³⁷⁶ riding⁷³⁹² upon a red¹²² horse,⁵⁴⁸³ and he stood⁵⁹⁷⁵ among the myrtle trees¹⁹¹⁸ that were in the bottom;⁴⁶⁹⁹ and behind³¹⁰ him were there red¹²² horses,⁵⁴⁸³ speckled,⁸³²⁰ and white.³⁸³⁶

Then said⁵⁵⁹ I, O my sovereign,¹¹³ what are these? And the angel⁴³⁹⁷ that talked¹⁶⁹⁶ with me said⁵⁵⁹ unto me, I will shew⁷²⁰⁰ thee what these be.

And the man³⁷⁶ that stood⁵⁹⁷⁵ among the myrtle trees¹⁹¹⁸ answered⁶⁰³⁰ and said,⁵⁵⁹ These are they whom Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ hath sent⁷⁹⁷¹ to walk¹⁹⁸⁰ to and fro through the earth.⁷⁷⁶

And they answered⁶⁰³⁰ the angel⁴³⁹⁷ of Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ that stood⁵⁹⁷⁵ among the myrtle trees,¹⁹¹⁸ and said,⁵⁵⁹ We have walked to and fro¹⁹⁸⁰ through the earth,⁷⁷⁶ and, behold, all the earth⁷⁷⁶ sitteth still,³⁴²⁷ and is at rest.⁸²⁵²

Then the angel⁴³⁹⁷ of Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ answered⁶⁰³⁰ and said,⁵⁵⁹ O Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts,⁶⁶³⁵ how long wilt thou not have mercy⁷³⁵⁵ on Jerusalem³³⁸⁹ and on the cities⁵⁸⁹² of Judah,³⁰⁶³ against which thou hast had indignation²¹⁹⁴ these threescore and ten⁷⁶⁵⁷ years?⁸¹⁴¹

And Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ answered⁶⁰³⁰ the angel⁴³⁹⁷ that talked¹⁶⁹⁶ with me with good²⁸⁹⁶ words¹⁶⁹⁷ and comfortable⁵¹⁵⁰ words.¹⁶⁹⁷

So the angel⁴³⁹⁷ that communed¹⁶⁹⁶ with me said⁵⁵⁹ unto me, Cry⁷¹²¹ thou, saying,⁵⁵⁹ Thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts;⁶⁶³⁵ I am jealous⁷⁰⁶⁵ for Jerusalem³³⁸⁹ and for Zion⁶⁷²⁶ with a great¹⁴¹⁹ jealousy.⁷⁰⁶⁸

And I am very¹⁴¹⁹ sore⁷¹¹⁰ displeased⁷¹⁰⁷ with the heathen¹⁴⁷¹ that are at ease:⁷⁶⁰⁰ for I was but a little⁴⁵⁹² displeased,⁷¹⁰⁷ and they helped⁵⁸²⁶ forward the affliction.⁷⁴⁵¹

Therefore thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh;³⁰⁶⁸ I am returned⁷⁷²⁵ to Jerusalem³³⁸⁹ with mercies:⁷³⁵⁶ my house¹⁰⁰⁴ shall be built¹¹²⁹ in it, saith⁵⁰⁰² Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts,⁶⁶³⁵ and a line⁶⁹⁵⁷ shall be stretched forth⁵¹⁸⁶ upon Jerusalem.³³⁸⁹

Cry⁷¹²¹ yet, saying,⁵⁵⁹ Thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ of hosts;⁶⁶³⁵ My cities⁵⁸⁹² through prosperity²⁸⁹⁶ shall yet be spread abroad;⁶³²⁷ and Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ shall yet comfort⁵¹⁶² Zion,⁶⁷²⁶ and shall yet choose⁹⁷⁷ Jerusalem.³³⁸⁹

Then lifted I up⁵³⁷⁵ mine eyes,⁵⁸⁶⁹ and saw,⁷²⁰⁰ and behold four⁷⁰² horns.⁷¹⁶¹

And I said⁵⁵⁹ unto the angel⁴³⁹⁷ that talked¹⁶⁹⁶ with me, What be these? And he answered⁵⁵⁹ me, These are the horns⁷¹⁶¹ which have scattered²²¹⁹ Judah,³⁰⁶³ Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ and Jerusalem.³³⁸⁹

And Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ shewed⁷²⁰⁰ me four⁷⁰² carpenters.²⁷⁹⁶

Then said⁵⁵⁹ I, What come⁹³⁵ these to do?⁶²¹³ And he spake,⁵⁵⁹ saying,⁵⁵⁹ These are the horns⁷¹⁶¹ which have scattered²²¹⁹ Judah,³⁰⁶³ so that⁶³¹⁰ no man³⁷⁶ did lift up⁵³⁷⁵ his head:⁷²¹⁸ but these are come⁹³⁵ to fray²⁷²⁹ them, to cast out³⁰³⁴ the horns⁷¹⁶¹ of the Gentiles,¹⁴⁷¹ which lifted up⁵³⁷⁵ their horn⁷¹⁶¹ over the land⁷⁷⁶ of Judah³⁰⁶³ to scatter²²¹⁹ it.