1 In the second year of Darius, in the eighth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to the prophet Zechariah (son of Berechiah), son of Iddo, as follows,
2 'Yahweh was deeply angry with your ancestors.
3 So say this to them, "Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Return to me -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- and I will return to you, says Yahweh Sabaoth.
4 Do not be like your ancestors when the prophets in the past cried to them: Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Turn back from your evil ways and evil deeds -- they would not listen or pay attention to me -- Yahweh declares.
5 Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live for ever?
6 But did not my words and statutes, with which I had charged my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors just the same?" ' So they repented and said, 'Yahweh Sabaoth has treated us as he resolved to do, and as our ways and deeds deserved.'
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat), in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh was addressed to the prophet Zechariah (son of Berechiah), son of Iddo, as follows,
8 'I had a vision during the night. There was a man riding a red horse standing among the deep-rooted myrtles; behind him were other horses-red, chestnut and white.
9 I said, "What are these, my lord?" And the angel who was talking to me said, "I will show you what they are."
10 The man standing among the myrtles then replied, "Those are they whom Yahweh has sent to patrol the world."
11 They reported to the angel of Yahweh as he stood among the myrtles, "We have been patrolling the world, and indeed the whole world is still and at peace."
12 The angel of Yahweh then spoke and said, "Yahweh Sabaoth, how long will you wait before taking pity on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, on which you have inflicted your anger for the past seventy years?"
13 Yahweh then replied with kind and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.
14 The angel who was talking to me then said to me, "Make this proclamation: Yahweh Sabaoth says this: I am burning with jealousy for Jerusalem and Zion
15 but am deeply angry with the nations now at ease; before, I was only mildly angry, but they contributed to the disaster.
16 So now Yahweh says this: In compassion I have returned to Jerusalem; my Temple will be rebuilt there -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- and the measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.
17 Make this proclamation too: Yahweh Sabaoth says this: My cities are once more to be very prosperous. Yahweh will comfort Zion once again, and again make Jerusalem his choice." '
Versículos relacionados com Zechariah, 1:
Zechariah 1 begins with a message from the Lord to the prophet Zechariah to call the people back to repentance and obedience to God's law. The chapter also features a series of visions and revelations given to the prophet, including the view of the horses and corn ears. Here are five verses related to the topics addressed in Zechariah 1:
2 Chronicles 36:15-16: "And the Lord God of his parents sent them persistent and constantly messengers, because he had compassion for his people and their dwelling. But they moved from the messengers of God, despised their words, and molded from His prophets, until the Lord's furor went up against his people, and there was no remedy. " This verse shows how the message of Zechariah is an appeal for the people to repent and return to obedience to God, who sent many prophets before Him to remind them of his will.
Esdras 5:1: "The prophets Ageu and Zechariah, son of gone, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was upon them." This verse shows that Zechariah was one of the many prophets God sent to speak to his people, and that his message was in harmony with that of other prophets as AGEU.
Isaiah 44:26: "I confirm the word of my servant, and fulfill the advice of my messengers. I say to Jerusalem: 'You will be inhabited again' and to the cities of Judah: 'will be rebuilt.' " This verse shows how the visions and revelations God gives to Zechariah are a confirmation of his promise of restoration and renewal for his people.
Jeremiah 25:11-12: "All this land will become a desolation and astonishment, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years. And when the seventy years complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, says the Lord, for his sins, and I will punish the land of the Chaldeans, and make it perpetual ruins. " This verse shows how Zechariah's message about the need for repentance and obedience is in harmony with the prophecies of other prophets, such as Jeremiah, who predicted the exile and punishment of Judah and Babylon.
Jeremiah 29:11: "For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans of peace and not evil, to give them a future and hope." This verse shows how Zechariah's message about the restoration and renewal of God's people is in harmony with his promise that he has plans of peace and a future and hope for his people.
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