Category Archives: Zechariah

A Call to Return to the Lord 1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of theLordcame to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo: 2 “TheLordwas very angry with your ancestors. 3 Therefore tell the people: This is what theLordAlmighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares theLordAlmighty, […]

A Man With a Measuring Line 1 Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.” 3 While the angel who was speaking […]

Clean Garments for the High Priest 1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of theLord, and Satanstanding at his right side to accuse him. 2 TheLordsaid to Satan, “TheLordrebuke you, Satan! TheLord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?” […]

The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees 1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven […]

The Flying Scroll 1 I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.” 3 And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; […]

Four Chariots 1 I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. 2 The first chariot had red horses, the second black, 3 the third white, and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful. 4 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are […]

Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting 1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of theLordcame to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev. 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek, together with their men, to entreat theLord 3 by asking the priests of the […]

The Lord Promises to Bless Jerusalem 1 The word of theLordAlmighty came to me. 2 This is what theLordAlmighty says: “I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.” 3 This is what theLordsays: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, […]

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies 1 A prophecy: The word of theLordis against the land of Hadrak and will come to rest on Damascus— for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel are on theLord— 2 and on Hamath too, which borders on it, and on Tyre and Sidon, though they are […]

The Lord Will Care for Judah 1 Ask theLordfor rain in the springtime; it is theLordwho sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone. 2 The idols speak deceitfully, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. […]