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Zechariah 1:6-8
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Zechariah 1:6-8
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6 But did not my words(A) and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your ancestors?(B)
“Then they repented and said, ‘The Lord Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve,(C) just as he determined to do.’”(D)
The Man Among the Myrtle Trees
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo.(E)
8 During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red(F) horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.(G)
Zechariah 1:6-8
English Standard Version
Zechariah 1:6-8
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6 (A)But my words and my statutes, which I commanded (B)my servants the prophets, did they not (C)overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, (D)‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for (E)our ways and (F)deeds, so has he dealt with us.’”
A Vision of a Horseman
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet (G)Zechariah, the son of (H)Berechiah, son of (I)Iddo, saying, 8 “I saw in the night, and behold, (J)a man riding on a red horse! He was standing among the myrtle trees in the glen, and behind him were (K)red, sorrel, and white horses.
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Zechariah 1:6-8
New American Standard Bible
Zechariah 1:6-8
New American Standard Bible
6 But did My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, not [a](A)overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘(B)Just as the Lord of armies planned to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.’”’”
Patrol of the Earth
7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, that is, the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, [b]as follows: 8 I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a (C)red horse, and he was standing among the (D)myrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red, [c]sorrel, and (E)white horses behind him.
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- Zechariah 1:6 Or reach
- Zechariah 1:7 Lit saying
- Zechariah 1:8 I.e., light reddish-brown
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