1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo:2 "The LORD was very angry with your ancestors.3 Therefore tell the people: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Return to me,' declares the LORD Almighty, 'and I will return to you,' says the LORD Almighty.4 Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.' But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the LORD.5 Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever?6 But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors? "Then they repented and said, 'The LORD Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do.'"7 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 Berekiah, the son of Iddo.8 During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.9 I asked, "What are these, my lord?" The angel who was talking with me answered, "I will show you what they are."10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, "They are the ones the LORD has sent to go throughout the earth."11 And they reported to the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, "We have gone throughout the earth and found the whole world at rest and in peace."12 Then the angel of the LORD said, "LORD Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?"13 So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.14 Then the angel who was speaking to me said, "Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,15 and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.'16 "Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,' declares the LORD Almighty.17 "Proclaim further: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.'"18 Then I looked up, and there before me were four horns.19 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, "What are these?" He answered me, "These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem."20 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.21 I asked, "What are these coming to do?" He answered, "These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise their head, but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people." [^1]

1 In mense octavo, in anno secundo Darii regis, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam filium Barachi filii Addo prophetam, dicens : 2 Iratus est Dominus super patres vestros iracundia. 3 Et dices ad eos : [Hc dicit Dominus exercituum :Convertimini ad me, ait Dominus exercituum,et convertar ad vos, dicit Dominus exercituum.4 Ne sitis sicut patres vestri,ad quos clamabant prophet priores, dicentes :Hc dicit Dominus exercituum :Convertimini de viis vestris malis,et de cogitationibus vestris pessimis :et non audierunt, neque attenderunt ad me,dicit Dominus.5 Patres vestri, ubi sunt ?et prophet numquid in sempiternum vivent ?6 Verumtamen verba mea, et legitima mea,qu mandavi servis meis prophetis,numquid non comprehenderunt patres vestros,et conversi sunt, et dixerunt :Sicut cogitavit Dominus exercituum facere nobissecundum vias nostras, et secundum adinventiones nostras,fecit nobis ?]7 In die vigesima et quarta undecimi mensis Sabath, in anno secundo Darii, factum est verbum Domini ad Zachariam filium Barachi filii Addo prophetam, dicens : 8 Vidi per noctem, et ecce vir ascendens super equum rufum, et ipse stabat inter myrteta, qu erant in profundo, et post eum equi rufi, varii, et albi. 9 Et dixi : Quid sunt isti, domine mi ? Et dixit ad me angelus qui loquebatur in me : Ego ostendam tibi quid sint hc. 10 Et respondit vir qui stabat inter myrteta, et dixit : Isti sunt quos misit Dominus ut perambulent terram. 11 Et responderunt angelo Domini, qui stabat inter myrteta, et dixerunt : Perambulavimus terram, et ecce omnis terra habitatur, et quiescit. 12 Et respondit angelus Domini, et dixit : Domine exercituum, usquequo tu non misereberis Jerusalem, et urbium Juda, quibus iratus es ? iste jam septuagesimus annus est. 13 Et respondit Dominus angelo qui loquebatur in me verba bona, verba consolatoria. 14 Et dixit ad me angelus qui loquebatur in me : Clama, dicens : [Hc dicit Dominus exercituum :Zelatus sum Jerusalem et Sion zelo magno,15 et ira magna ego irascor super gentes opulentas,quia ego iratus sum parum,ipsi vero adjuverunt in malum.16 Propterea hc dicit Dominus :Revertar ad Jerusalem in misericordiis,et domus mea dificabitur in ea, ait Dominus exercituum,et perpendiculum extendetur super Jerusalem.] 17 Adhuc clama, dicens : [Hc dicit Dominus exercituum :Adhuc affluent civitates me bonis,et consolabitur adhuc Dominus Sion, et eliget adhuc Jerusalem.]18 Et levavi oculos meos, et vidi, et ecce quatuor cornua. 19 Et dixi ad angelum qui loquebatur in me : Quid sunt hc ? Et dixit ad me : Hc sunt cornua qu ventilaverunt Judam, et Isral, et Jerusalem. 20 Et ostendit mihi Dominus quatuor fabros. 21 Et dixi : Quid isti veniunt facere ? Qui ait, dicens : Hc sunt cornua qu ventilaverunt Judam per singulos viros, et nemo eorum levavit caput suum : et venerunt isti deterrere ea, ut dejiciant cornua gentium, qu levaverunt cornu super terram Juda ut dispergerent eam.