Zechariah 1 (NET)

Zechariah 1:1¹In the eighth month of Darius’ second year, the Lord ’s message came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah son of Iddo:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 23:35Neh 12:4Ezra 4:24-5:1Hag 1:1Zech 1:7Zech 7:1Hag 2:10Luke 11:51Neh 12:16Ezra 6:14-15

Zechariah 1:2²“The Lord was very angry with your ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 44:6Ezek 22:31Lam 5:7Ps 79:5-6Acts 7:52Matt 23:30-32Zeph 2:1-32 Chr 36:13-202 Kgs 22:16-172 Kgs 22:19

Zechariah 1:3³Therefore say to the people: The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, ‘Turn to me,’ says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, ‘and I will turn to you,’ says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 3:22Mal 3:7Joel 2:12Deut 30:2-10Jer 4:1Hos 6:1Isa 31:6Jer 12:15Jas 4:8-10Luke 15:18-22

Zechariah 1:4⁴Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said, “Turn now from your evil wickedness.”’ But they would by no means obey me, says the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 78:8Ezek 33:11Jer 35:15Ps 106:6-72 Chr 36:15-16Isa 1:16-19Jer 11:6-8Matt 3:8-10Zech 1:31 Pet 1:18

Zechariah 1:5⁵As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 3:2-4Eccl 12:5Eccl 12:7Heb 9:27Job 14:10-12Ps 90:10Acts 13:36Eccl 1:4Eccl 9:1-3Heb 7:23-24

Zechariah 1:6⁶But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed, ‘The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 2:17Ezek 12:25-28Deut 28:15Jer 23:20Matt 24:35Amos 9:10Dan 9:11-12Jer 44:28Num 23:191 Thess 5:4

Zechariah 1:7⁷On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in Darius’ second year, the Lord ’s message came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 1:1

Zechariah 1:8⁸I was attentive that night and saw a man seated on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees in the ravine. Behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 6:4Isa 55:13Isa 41:19Rev 2:1Zech 13:71 Kgs 3:5Dan 2:19Dan 7:13Dan 7:2Gen 20:3

Zechariah 1:9⁹Then I asked one nearby, “What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said, “I will show you what these are.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 7:13-14Zech 4:4-5Dan 9:22-23Gen 31:11Zech 1:19Zech 2:3Zech 5:5Dan 10:11-14Dan 7:16Dan 8:15-16

Zechariah 1:10¹⁰Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about on the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 1:11Heb 1:14Zech 6:5-8Job 1:7Job 2:1-2Ps 103:20-21Zech 1:8Zech 4:10Ezek 1:5-14Gen 32:24-31

Zechariah 1:11¹¹The riders then agreed with the angel of the Lord, who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 1:10Matt 24:30-31Ps 103:20-21Zech 1:15Zech 1:81 Thess 5:3Dan 10:20Isa 14:7Matt 13:41Matt 13:49

Zechariah 1:12¹²The angel of the Lord then asked, “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah that you have been so angry with for these seventy years?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 9:2Jer 29:10Ps 102:13Ps 74:10Zech 7:5Rev 6:102 Chr 36:21Heb 7:25Zech 1:8Exod 23:20-23

Zechariah 1:13¹³The Lord then addressed good, comforting words to the angelic messenger who was speaking to me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:1-2Jer 29:10Amos 9:11-15Jer 30:10-22Jer 31:3-14Zech 1:14-16Zech 1:9Zech 2:4-12Zech 4:1Zech 8:19

Zechariah 1:14¹⁴Turning to me, the messenger then said, “Cry out that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, ‘I am very much moved for Jerusalem and for Zion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 2:18Isa 40:6Isa 40:1Zech 1:17Zech 1:9Hos 11:8Isa 38:22Isa 42:13Isa 59:17Isa 63:15

Zechariah 1:15¹⁵But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 25:12-17Jer 51:24Isa 54:8Isa 47:6-9Isa 10:5-7Jer 48:11-13Obad 1:10-16Ps 123:4Ps 69:26Ps 83:2-5

Zechariah 1:16¹⁶“‘Therefore,’ this is what the Lord has said, ‘I have become compassionate toward Jerusalem and will rebuild my temple in it,’ says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. ‘Once more a surveyor’s measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 8:3Ezek 37:24-28Ezra 6:14-15Zech 2:10-11Isa 54:8-10Job 38:5Zech 4:9Ezek 39:25-29Ezek 40:3Ezek 47:3

Zechariah 1:17¹⁷Speak up again with the message of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies: ‘My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the Lord will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 51:3Zech 2:122 Chr 6:6Ezek 36:10-11Isa 14:1Isa 44:26Isa 54:8Isa 61:4-6Isa 66:13Jer 32:43-44

Zechariah 1:18¹⁸(2:1) Once again I looked and this time I saw four horns.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 24:1-20Dan 8:3-14Josh 5:13Zech 5:92 Kgs 15:292 Kgs 17:1-62 Kgs 18:9-12Dan 11:28-35Dan 2:37-43Dan 7:3-8

Zechariah 1:19¹⁹So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me, “What are these?” He replied, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 4:4Zech 1:21Zech 2:2Zech 8:14Ezra 4:1Ezra 4:7Jer 50:17-18Zech 1:9Hab 3:14Rev 7:13-14

Zechariah 1:20²⁰Next the Lord showed me four blacksmiths.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 10:3-5Zech 12:2-6Zech 9:12-161 Sam 12:11Deut 33:25Isa 54:15-17Judg 11:16Judg 11:18Mic 5:5-6Mic 5:8-9

Zechariah 1:21²¹I asked, “What are these going to do?” He answered, “These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen. But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah’s enemies and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 75:10Lam 2:17Ps 75:4-5Zech 1:19Dan 12:7