In the eighth month of the second year of Darius , the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah - son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo , saying :
“ The LORD was very angry with your fathers.
So tell (the people) that this is what the LORD of Hosts says : ‘ Return to Me , declares the LORD of Hosts , and I will return to you , says the LORD of Hosts. ’
Do not be like your fathers , to whom the former prophets proclaimed - that this is what ... the LORD of Hosts says : ‘ Turn now from your evil ways (and) deeds. ’ But they did not listen ... or pay attention to Me , declares the LORD.
Where ... are your fathers now ? And the prophets , do they live forever ?
But did not My words and My statutes , which I commanded - My servants the prophets , overtake your fathers ? They repented and said , ‘ Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do according to our ways and deeds , so He has done to us. ’”
On the twenty-fourth ... day of the eleventh ... month , - the month of Shebat , in the second year of Darius , the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah - son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo .
I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees - in the hollow , and behind him were red , sorrel , and white horses.
“ What are these , my lord ? ” I asked. And the angel who was speaking replied ... , “ I will show you what they are .... ”
Then the man standing among the myrtle trees ... explained , “ They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth. ”
And (the riders) answered - the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees ... , “ We have patrolled the earth , and behold , all the earth is at rest and tranquil. ”
Then the angel of the LORD said ... , “ How long ... , O LORD of Hosts , will You withhold mercy ... - from Jerusalem - and the cities of Judah , with which You have been angry these seventy years ? ”
So the LORD - spoke kind - and comforting words to the angel who was speaking
Then the angel who was speaking said ... , “ Proclaim this word : This is what the LORD of Hosts says : ‘ I am very jealous ... for Jerusalem and Zion ,
but I am fiercely angry ... ... with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry , but they have added to the calamity. ’
Therefore this is what the LORD says : ‘ I will return to Jerusalem with mercy , My house will be rebuilt , declares the LORD of Hosts , and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem. ’
Proclaim further (that) this is what ... the LORD of Hosts says : ‘ My cities will again overflow with prosperity ; the LORD will again - comfort Zion (and) choose Jerusalem. ’”
Then I looked up - - and saw ... four horns.
So I asked the angel who was speaking “ What are these ? ” And he told me , “ These are the horns that have scattered - Judah , - Israel , and Jerusalem. ”
Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
“ What are these coming to do ? ” I asked. And He replied , ... “ These are the horns that scattered - Judah so that no one could raise his head ; but the (craftsmen) have come to terrify them (and) throw down - these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it. ”