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Zechariah 1

1Intheeighthהַשְּׁמִינִ֔יha.she.mi.NiH8066monthבַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ba.Cho.deshH2320,inthesecondyearבִּשְׁנַ֥תbish.NatH8141ofDariusלְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁle.da.re.Ya.veshH1867,camethewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahuntoZechariahזְכַרְיָה֙ze.khar.YahH2148thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofBerechiah,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofIddoעִדּ֥וֹi.DoH5714,theprophetהַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'H5030,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2JehovahwassoredispleasedwithyourfathersH1.

3ThereforesayH559thou untothem,Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saithJehovahofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635:Returnשׁ֣וּבוּShu.vuH7725untome, saithJehovahofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,andIwillreturnוְאָשׁ֣וּבve.'a.ShuvH7725untoyou, saithJehovahofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

4Beתִּהְי֣וּtih.YuH1961yenotasyourfathersH1, untowhomtheformerהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֨יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030cried,sayingH559,Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saithJehovahofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,ReturnH7725yenowfromyourevilהָרָעִ֔יםha.ra.'ImH7451waysמִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֣םmi.dar.khei.KhemH1870,andfromyourevilהָֽרָעִ֑יםha.ra.'ImH7451doings:buttheydidnothearH8085,norhearken untome, saithJehovah.

5YourfathersH1,whereאַיֵּה־'ai.yeh-H346arethey?andtheprophetsוְהַ֨נְּבִאִ֔יםve.Ha.ne.vi.'ImH5030, dotheyliveיִֽחְיֽוּ׃Yich.YuH2421foreverH5769?

6Butmywordsדְּבָרַ֣יde.va.RaiH1697andmystatutesH2706,whichIcommandedצִוִּ֙יתִי֙tzi.Vi.tiH6680myservantsעֲבָדַ֣י'a.va.DaiH5650theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֔יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,didtheynotovertakeהִשִּׂ֖יגוּhi.Si.guH5381yourfathersH1?andtheyturnedH7725andsaidH559,LikeasJehovahofhostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635thoughttodountous, accordingtoourwaysכִּדְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙kid.ra.Khei.nuH1870,andaccordingtoourdoings,soכֵּ֖ןkenH3651hathhedealtwithus.

7Uponthefourוְאַרְבָּעָ֜הve.'ar.ba.'AhH702andtwentiethdayבְּיוֹם֩be.yOmH3117oftheeleventhmonthחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙cho.deshH2320,whichisthemonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Shebat,inthesecondyearבִּשְׁנַ֥תbish.NatH8141ofDariusלְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁle.da.re.Ya.veshH1867,camethewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahuntoZechariahזְכַרְיָה֙ze.khar.YahH2148thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofBerechiah,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofIddoעִדּ֥וֹאi.Do'H5714,theprophetהַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'H5030,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

8IsawH7200inthenightהַלַּ֗יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915,and,behold,amanאִישׁ֙'ishH376ridingרֹכֵב֙ro.KhevH7392uponaredאָדֹ֔ם'a.DomH122horseH5483,andhestoodעֹמֵ֔ד'o.MedH5975amongthemyrtle-treesthatwereinthebottom;andbehindhimtherewerehorsesH5483,redאֲדֻמִּ֔ים'a.du.MimH122,sorrel,andwhiteוּלְבָנִֽים׃u.le.va.NimH3836.

9ThensaidH559I,Omylordאֲדֹנִ֑י'a.do.NiH113,whatarethese?Andtheangelהַמַּלְאָךְ֙ha.mal.'oKhH4397thattalkedwithmesaidH559untome,Iwillshowאַרְאֶ֖ךָּ'ar.'E.kaH7200theewhattheseare.

10Andthemanהָאִ֛ישׁha.'IshH376thatstoodהָעֹמֵ֥דha.'o.MedH5975amongthemyrtle-treesansweredandsaidH559,ThesearetheywhomJehovahhathsentH7971towalkH1980toandfrothroughtheearthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

11Andtheyansweredtheangelמַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'AkhH4397ofJehovahthatstoodהָֽעֹמֵד֙ha.'o.MedH5975amongthemyrtle-trees,andsaidH559,WehavewalkedH1980toandfrothroughtheearthבָאָ֑רֶץva.'A.retzH776,and,behold,alltheearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776sittethstillH5975,andisatrest.

12Thentheangelמַלְאַךְ־mal.'akh-H4397ofJehovahansweredandsaidH559,OJehovahofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,howlongwilt thounothavemercyH7355onJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimH3389andonthecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,againstwhichthou hasthadindignationthesethreescoreandtenyearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141?

13AndJehovahansweredוַיַּ֣עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030theangelהַמַּלְאָ֛ךְha.mal.'AkhH4397thattalkedwithmewithgoodטוֹבִ֑יםto.VimH2896wordsדְּבָרִ֣יםde.va.RimH1697,evencomfortablewordsדְּבָרִ֖יםde.va.RimH1697.

14Sotheangelהַמַּלְאָךְ֙ha.mal.'oKhH4397thattalkedwithmesaidH559untome,Crythou,sayingH559,Thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541saithJehovahofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635:Iamjealousקִנֵּ֧אתִיki.Ne.tiH7065forJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַ֛םli.ru.sha.LimH3389andforZionוּלְצִיּ֖וֹןu.le.tzi.YonH6726withagreatגְדוֹלָֽה׃ge.do.LahH1419jealousyקִנְאָ֥הkin.'AhH7068.

15AndIamverysoredispleasedwiththenationsהַגּוֹיִ֖םha.go.YimH1471thatareateaseהַשַּֽׁאֲנַנִּ֑יםha.sha.'a.na.NimH7600;forIwasbutalittleמְּעָ֔טme.'AtH4592displeased,andtheyhelpedעָזְר֥וּ'a.ze.RuH5826forwardtheaffliction.

16Thereforeלָכֵ֞ןla.KhenH3651thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovah:Iamreturnedשַׁ֤בְתִּיShav.tiH7725toJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙li.ru.sha.LimH3389withmercies;myhouseבֵּיתִי֙bei.TiH1004shallbebuiltH1129init, saithJehovahofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,andalineshallbestretchedיִנָּטֶ֖הyi.na.TehH5186forthoverJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

17CryyetH5750againH5750,sayingH559,Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saithJehovahofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635:Mycitiesעָרַ֖י'a.RaiH5892shallyetH5750overflowתְּפוּצֶ֥ינָהte.fu.Tzei.nahH6327withprosperity;andJehovahshallyetH5750comfortוְנִחַ֨םve.ni.ChamH5162Zionצִיּ֔וֹןtzi.YonH6726,andshallyetH5750chooseוּבָחַ֥רu.va.CharH977Jerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סbi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

18And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns.

19And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

20And Jehovah showed me four smiths.

21Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head; but these are come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations, which lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.

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