1 In the second year of Darius, in the eighth month, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:
2 The LORD was indeed angry with your fathers. . .
3 and say to them: Thus says the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.
4 Be not like your fathers whom the former prophets warned: Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked deeds. But they would not listen or pay attention to me, says the LORD.
5 Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, can they live forever?
6 But my words and my decrees, which I entrusted to my servants the prophets, did not these overtake your fathers? Then they repented and admitted: "The LORD of hosts has treated us according to our ways and deeds, just as he had determined he would."
7 In the second year of Darius, on the twenty-fourth day of Shebat, the eleventh month, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, in the following way:
8 I had a vision during the night. There appeared the driver of a red horse, standing among myrtle trees in a shady place, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
9 Then I asked, "What are these, my lord?"; and the angel who spoke with me answered me, "I will show you what these are."
10 The man who was standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, "These are they whom the LORD has sent to patrol the earth."
11 And they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees and said, "We have patrolled the earth; see, the whole earth is tranquil and at rest!"
12 Then the angel of the Lord spoke out and said, "O LORD of hosts, how long will you be without mercy for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that have felt your anger these seventy years?"
13 To the angel who spoke with me, the LORD replied with comforting words.
14 And the angel who spoke with me said to me, Proclaim: Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am deeply moved for the sake of Jerusalem and Zion,
15 and I am exceedingly angry with the complacent nations; whereas I was but a little angry, they added to the harm.
16 Therefore, says the LORD: I will turn to Jerusalem in mercy; my house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched over Jerusalem.
17 Proclaim further: Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion, and again choose Jerusalem.
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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