Zechariah 1

1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

in/on/with month [the] eighth in/on/with year two to/for Darius to be word LORD to(wards) Zechariah son: child Berechiah son: child Iddo [the] prophet to/for to say

2 Jehovah was greatly displeased with your fathers.

be angry LORD upon father your wrath

3 Therefore say thou to them, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Return to me, says Jehovah of hosts, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of hosts.

and to say to(wards) them thus to say LORD Hosts to return: return to(wards) me utterance LORD Hosts and to return: return to(wards) you to say LORD Hosts

4 Be ye not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings, but they did not hear, nor hearken to me, says Jehovah.

not to be like/as father your which to call: call out to(wards) them [the] prophet [the] first: previous to/for to say thus to say LORD Hosts to return: return please from way: conduct your [the] bad: evil (and deed your *Q(k)*) [the] bad: evil and not to hear: hear and not to listen to(wards) me utterance LORD

5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

father your where? they(masc.) and [the] prophet to/for forever: enduring to live

6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so he has dealt with us.

surely word my and statute: decree my which to command [obj] servant/slave my [the] prophet not to overtake father your and to return: repent and to say like/as as which to plan LORD Hosts to/for to make: do to/for us like/as way: conduct our and like/as deed our so to make: do with us

7 Upon the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,

in/on/with day twenty and four to/for eleven ten month he/she/it month Shebat in/on/with year two to/for Darius to be word LORD to(wards) Zechariah son: child Berechiah son: child Iddo [the] prophet to/for to say

8 I saw in the night, and, behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom. And behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

to see: seer [the] night and behold man to ride upon horse red and he/she/it to stand: stand between [the] myrtle which in/on/with ravine and after him horse red sorrel and white

9 Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the agent who talked with me said to me, I will show thee what these are.

and to say what? these lord my and to say to(wards) me [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me I to see: see you what? they(masc.) these

10 And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom Jehovah has sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

and to answer [the] man [the] to stand: stand between: among ([the] myrtle *LB(ah)*) and to say these which to send: depart LORD to/for to go: walk in/on/with land: country/planet

11 And they answered the agent of Jehovah who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sits still, and is at rest.

and to answer [obj] messenger: angel LORD [the] to stand: stand between: among [the] myrtle and to say to go: walk in/on/with land: country/planet and behold all [the] land: country/planet to dwell and to quiet

12 Then the agent of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long will thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou have had indignation these seventy years?

and to answer messenger: angel LORD and to say LORD Hosts till how you(m. s.) not to have compassion [obj] Jerusalem and [obj] city Judah which be indignant this seventy year

13 And Jehovah answered the agent who talked with me with good words, comforting words.

and to answer LORD [obj] [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me word pleasant word comfort

14 So the agent who talked with me said to me, Cry thou, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

and to say to(wards) me [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me to call: call out to/for to say thus to say LORD Hosts be jealous to/for Jerusalem and to/for Zion jealousy great: large

15 And I am very greatly displeased with the nations that are at ease. For I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

and wrath great: large I be angry upon [the] nation [the] secure which I be angry little and they(masc.) to help to/for distress: harm

16 Therefore thus says Jehovah: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house shall be built in it, says Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

to/for so thus to say LORD to return: return to/for Jerusalem in/on/with compassion house: home my to build in/on/with her utterance LORD Hosts (and line *Q(K)*) to stretch upon Jerusalem

17 Cry yet again, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity, and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

still to call: call out to/for to say thus to say LORD Hosts still to flow city my from good and to be sorry: comfort LORD still [obj] Zion and to choose still in/on/with Jerusalem

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

and to lift: look [obj] eye my and to see: see and behold four horn

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

and to say to(wards) [the] messenger: angel [the] to speak: speak in/on/with me what? these and to say to(wards) me these [the] horn which to scatter [obj] Judah [obj] Israel and Jerusalem

20 And Jehovah showed me four smiths.

and to see: see me LORD four artificer

21 Then I said, What are these coming to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head. But these have 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.

and to say what? these to come (in): come to/for to make: do and to say to/for to say these [the] horn which to scatter [obj] Judah like/as lip: according man not to lift: kindness head his and to come (in): come these to/for to tremble [obj] them to/for to give thanks [obj] horn [the] nation [the] to lift: fight horn to(wards) land: country/planet Judah to/for to scatter her