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Zechariah 1:7-17 — The Man Among the Myrtle Trees

Zech.1.7-17

⁷On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, that is, the month Shebat , in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo the prophet, saying: ⁸I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the ravine, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses. ⁹Then I said, “My lord, what are these?” And the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.” ¹⁰Then the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are the ones whom Yahweh has sent to go about through the earth.” ¹¹And they answered the Angel of Yahweh who was standing among the myrtle trees and said, “We have gone about through the earth, and behold, all the earth remains settled and quiet.” ¹²Then the Angel of Yahweh answered and said, “O Yahweh of Hosts, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah , against which you have been angry these seventy years?” ¹³And Yahweh answered the angel who was speaking with me with good words, comforting words. ¹⁴So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great jealousy.'” ¹⁵“And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was angry only a little, but they helped forward the disaster.” ¹⁶“Therefore thus says Yahweh: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it, declares Yahweh of Hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ¹⁷Again proclaim, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: My cities shall again spread out in prosperity ; Yahweh shall again comfort Zion and shall again choose Jerusalem.'

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4/11/2026

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