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Zechariah 1:1 says Yahweh's word came to the prophet Zechariah in the eighth month, in the second year of Darius. God says, return to me, says Yahweh of Armies, and I will return to you. Zechariah sees a man on a red horse among myrtle trees, and Yahweh answers the angel with kind and comforting words. God says he has returned to Jerusalem with mercy. Zechariah also sees four horns and four craftsmen.
Zechariah sees a man with a measuring line going to measure Jerusalem. An angel says Jerusalem will be like villages without walls because of all the people. God says he will be a wall of fire around her and the glory in the middle of her. God tells his people to sing and rejoice, for he comes to dwell among them. Many nations will join themselves to Yahweh.
Zechariah sees Joshua the high priest standing before Yahweh's angel in filthy garments, with Satan accusing him. Yahweh rebukes Satan. The angel says, take the filthy garments off him, and tells Joshua, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you. They give Joshua clean clothes and a clean turban. God speaks of his servant the Branch and promises a day when neighbors sit under vine and fig tree.
Zechariah sees a lamp stand all of gold with seven lamps and two olive trees beside it. The angel gives Yahweh's word to Zerubbabel: not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit. The hands of Zerubbabel laid the foundation of the house, and his hands shall finish it. God asks, who despises the day of small things? The angel says the two olive trees are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
Zechariah sees a flying scroll, twenty cubits long. The angel says it is the curse that goes out over the land against everyone who steals and swears falsely. Then Zechariah sees an ephah basket. The angel says, this is Wickedness, and two women with wings like a stork carry the basket away to the land of Shinar.
Zechariah sees four chariots with red, black, white, and dappled horses coming out from between two mountains. The angel says these are the four winds of the sky. Then God tells Zechariah to make crowns and set them on Joshua the high priest. God speaks of the man whose name is the Branch, who will build Yahweh's temple. Those who are far off will come and build.
Zechariah 7:1 says Yahweh's word came to Zechariah in the fourth year of King Darius. People from Bethel asked whether they should keep fasting. God asked whether their fasting was really for him. God said, execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. Don't oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor. Their fathers refused to listen.
God says he has returned to Zion and will dwell in Jerusalem, the City of Truth. Old men and women will sit in the streets, and the streets will be full of boys and girls playing. God says, don't be afraid; let your hands be strong. Speak the truth to each other. Fasts will become feasts of joy. Many peoples will come to seek Yahweh, saying, we have heard that God is with you.
God speaks about the nations around Israel and promises to guard his house. Then comes a joyful call: rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Your King comes to you. He is righteous and has salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey. He will speak peace to the nations. God calls his people prisoners of hope and says he will restore double to them. How great is his goodness!
Zechariah tells the people, ask Yahweh for rain in the spring time; he makes storm clouds and gives rain. Idols and fortune tellers speak lies, and the people wander like sheep without a shepherd. God cares for his flock. He promises to strengthen Judah, save Joseph, and bring his people home. They will walk up and down in his name.
God tells Zechariah to act as a shepherd for a flock that its owners were mistreating. Zechariah takes two staffs, called Favor and Union, and cares for the oppressed of the flock. When the people reject him, he breaks the staffs and is paid thirty pieces of silver, which God tells him to throw to the potter. God warns against worthless shepherds who leave the flock.
Zechariah 12 begins as a revelation of Yahweh's word concerning Israel from Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens and forms the spirit of man. God promises to defend Jerusalem so that even the weakest will be strong. God will pour on David's house and Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to the one they pierced and mourn for him as for an only son.
Zechariah says in that day there will be a fountain opened for David's house and Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness. God will remove idols and false prophets from the land. God says, strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. A remnant will be refined like silver and tested like gold. They will call on God's name, and he will hear them. He will say, it is my people, and they will say, Yahweh is my God.
Zechariah 14 describes a coming day of Yahweh. God will stand on the Mount of Olives. Living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, and Yahweh will be King over all the earth. Jerusalem will dwell safely with no more curse. People from the nations will come to worship the King. Even the bells on horses and the cooking pots will be holy to Yahweh.