Zechariah 1:12 - Prayer Tents

1In the eighth month of the second year in the reign of Darius, GOD's Message came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:H8066H2320H8147H8141H1867H1697H3068H2148H1121H1296H1121H5714H5030H5592"GOD was very angry with your ancestors.H3068H7110H7107H13So give to the people this Message from GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies: 'Come back to me and I'll come back to you.H559H559H3068H6635H7725H5002H3068H6635H7725H559H3068H66354Don't be like your parents. The old-time prophets called out to them, "A Message from GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies: Leave your evil life. Quit your evil practices." But they ignored everything I said to them, stubbornly refused to listen.'H1H7223H5030H7121H559H559H3068H6635H7725H7451H1870H7451H4611H8085H7181H5002H30685"And where are your ancestors now? Dead and buried. And the prophets who preached to them? Also dead and buried. But the Message that my servants the prophets spoke, that isn't dead and buried.H1H5030H2421H57696That Message did its work on your ancestors, did it not? It woke them up and they came back, saying, 'He did what he said he would do, sure enough. We didn't get by with a thing.'"H1697H2706H6680H5650H5030H5381H1H7725H559H3068H6635H2161H6213H1870H4611H6213

First Vision: Four Riders

7On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month in the second year of the reign of Darius, the Message of GOD was given to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:H702H6242H3117H6249H6240H2320H2320H7627H8147H8141H1867H1697H3068H2148H1121H1296H1121H5714H5030H5598One night I looked out and saw a man astride a red horse. He was in the shadows in a grove of birches. Behind him were more horses—a red, a chestnut, and a white.H7200H3915H376H7392H122H5483H5975H1918H4699H310H122H5483H8320H38369I said, "Sir, what are these horses doing here? What's the meaning of this?" The Angel-Messenger said, "Let me show you."H559H113H4397H1696H559H720010Then the rider in the birch grove spoke up, "These are the riders that GOD sent to check things out on earth."H376H5975H1918H6030H559H3068H7971H1980H77611They reported their findings to the Angel of GOD in the birch grove: "We have looked over the whole earth and all is well. Everything's under control."H6030H4397H3068H5975H1918H559H1980H776H776H3427H825212The Angel of GOD reported back, "O GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, how long are you going to stay angry with Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? When are you going to let up? Isn't seventy years long enough?"H4397H3068H6030H559H3068H6635H7355H3389H5892H3063H2194H7657H814113GOD reassured the Angel-Messenger—good words, comforting words—H3068H6030H4397H1696H2896H1697H5150H169714who then addressed me: "Tell them this. Tell them that GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies has spoken. This is GOD's Message: 'I care deeply for Jerusalem and Zion. I feel very possessive of them.H4397H1696H559H7121H559H559H3068H6635H7065H3389H6726H1419H706815But I'm thoroughly angry with the godless nations that act as if they own the whole world. I was only moderately angry earlier, but now they've gone too far. I'm going into action.H1419H7110H7107H1471H7600H4592H7107H5826H745116"'I've come back to Jerusalem, but with compassion this time.' This is GOD speaking. 'I'll see to it that my Temple is rebuilt.' A Decree of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies! 'The rebuilding operation is already staked out.'H559H3068H7725H3389H7356H1004H1129H5002H3068H6635H6957H6961H5186H338917Say it again—a Decree of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies: 'My cities will prosper again, GOD will comfort Zion again, Jerusalem will be back in my favor again.'"H7121H559H559H3068H6635H5892H2896H6327H3068H5162H6726H977H3389

Second Vision: Four Horns and Four Blacksmiths

18I looked up, and was surprised by another vision: four horns!H5375H5869H7200H702H716119I asked the Messenger-Angel, "And what's the meaning of this?" He said, "These are the powers that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem abroad."H559H4397H1696H559H7161H2219H3063H3478H338920Then GOD expanded the vision to include four blacksmiths.H3068H7200H702H279621I asked, "And what are these all about?" He said, "Since the 'horns' scattered Judah so badly that no one had any hope left, these blacksmiths have arrived to combat the horns. They'll dehorn the godless nations who used their horns to scatter Judah to the four winds."H559H935H6213H559H559H7161H2219H3063H6310H376H5375H7218H935H2729H3034H7161H1471H5375H7161H776H3063H2219