Zechariah 1:12-21

New American Standard Bible

¹² Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord of armies, ^(A)how long will You ^(B)take no pity on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been ^(C)indignant for these ^(D)seventy years?” ¹³ And the Lord responded to the ^(E)angel who was speaking with me with ^[a]gracious words, ^(F)comforting words. ¹⁴ So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “^(G)Proclaim, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “I am ^(H)exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion. ¹⁵ But I am very ^(I)angry with the nations who are ^(J)carefree; for while I was only a little angry, they ^[b](K)furthered the disaster.” ¹⁶ Therefore the Lord says this: “I will ^(L)return to Jerusalem with compassion; My ^(M)house will be built in it,” declares the Lord of armies, “and a measuring ^(N)line will be stretched over Jerusalem.”’ ¹⁷ Again, proclaim, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “My ^(O)cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again ^(P)comfort Zion and again ^(Q)choose Jerusalem.”’”

^18 [c]Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns. ¹⁹ So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he said to me, “These are the ^(R)horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” ²⁰ Then the Lord showed me four ^(S)craftsmen. ²¹ And I said, “What are these coming to do?” And he said, “These are the ^(T)horns that have scattered Judah so that no one lifts up his head; but these craftsmen have come to frighten them, to ^(U)throw down the horns of the nations who have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah in order to scatter it.”