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1 The Lord sent a message to Zechariah the prophet, son of Berekiah, son of Iddo, in the eighth month of the second year of king Darius' reign, saying:
1 EN el mes octavo, en el año segundo de Darío, fué palabra de Jehová á Zacarías profeta, hijo de Berechîas, hijo de Iddo, diciendo:
2 The Lord was very angry with your forefathers.
2 Enojóse Jehová con ira contra vuestros padres.
3 So tell the people this: Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty.
3 Les dirás pues: Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Volveos á mí, dice Jehová de los ejércitos, y yo me volveré á vosotros, ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos.
4 You must not be like your forefathers. They were told by previous prophets: Give up your evil ways, and the evil things you do. But they would not listen or pay any attention to me, says the Lord.
4 No seáis como vuestros padres, á los cuales dieron voces los primeros profetas, diciendo: Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Volveos ahora de vuestros malos caminos, y de vuestras malas obras: y no atendieron, ni me escucharon, dice Jehová.
5 Where are your forefathers now? And the prophets, did they live forever?
5 Vuestros padres, ¿dónde están? y los profetas ¿han de vivir para siempre?
6 But didn't all my instructions and warnings that I ordered my servants the prophets to communicate, didn't all that I said happen to your forefathers? So they repented and said, “What the Lord Almighty planned to do to us was what we deserved because of our ways and our actions. He did what he said he would.”
6 Empero mis palabras y mis ordenanzas que mandé á mis siervos los profetas, ¿no alcanzaron á vuestros padres? Por eso se volvieron ellos y dijeron: Como Jehová de los ejércitos pensó tratarnos conforme á nuestros caminos, y conforme á nuestras obras, así lo hizo con nosotros.
7 The Lord sent a message to Zechariah the prophet, son of Berekiah, son of Iddo, on the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month (the month of Shebat) of the second year of king Darius' reign:
7 A los veinticuatro del mes undécimo, que es el mes de Sebath, en el año segundo de Darío, fué palabra de Jehová á Zacarías profeta, hijo de Berechîas, hijo de Iddo, diciendo:
8 During the night I saw a man sitting on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees in a narrow valley. Behind him were red, brown, and white horses with their riders.
8 Vi de noche, y he aquí un varón que cabalgaba sobre un caballo bermejo, el cual estaba entre los mirtos que había en la hondura; y detrás de él había caballos bermejos, overos, y blancos.
9 I asked him, “My lord, what are these?” The angel I was talking to replied, “I will show you.”
9 Entonces dije: ¿Qué son éstos, señor mío? Y díjome el ángel que hablaba conmigo: Yo te enseñaré qué son éstos.
10 The man who was there among the myrtle trees said, “These are the ones the Lord has sent out to patrol the earth.”
10 Y aquel varón que estaba entre los mirtos respondió, y dijo: Estos son los que Jehová ha enviado á recorrer la tierra.
11 The riders reported to the angel of the Lord who was among the myrtle trees, “We have been patrolling the earth and saw that the whole earth has been pacified.”
11 Y ellos hablaron á aquel ángel de Jehová que estaba entre los mirtos, y dijeron: Hemos recorrido la tierra, y he aquí, toda la tierra está reposada y quieta.
12 Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord Almighty, how long will it be before you have mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah which you have been angry with for the past seventy years?”
12 Y respondió el ángel de Jehová, y dijo: Oh Jehová de los ejércitos, ¿hasta cuándo no tendrás piedad de Jerusalem, y de las ciudades de Judá, con las cuales has estado airado por espacio de setenta años?
13 So the Lord replied to the angel I was talking to with kind and comforting words.
13 Y Jehová respondió buenas palabras, palabras consolatorias á aquel ángel que hablaba conmigo.
14 Then the angel I was talking with told me, “This is what you are to announce. The Lord Almighty says this: I am jealously protective of Jerusalem and Mount Zion,
14 Y díjome el ángel que hablaba conmigo: Clama diciendo: Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Celé á Jerusalem y á Sión con gran celo:
15 and I am extremely angry with the arrogant nations who think they are secure. I was only a little angry with my people, but they made the punishment far worse.
15 Y con grande enojo estoy airado contra las gentes que están reposadas; porque yo estaba enojado un poco, y ellos ayudaron para el mal.
16 Therefore this is what the Lord says: I have returned to be merciful to Jerusalem. My Temple shall be rebuilt there, as well as the city, declares the Lord Almighty.
16 Por tanto, así ha dicho Jehová: Yo me he tornado á Jerusalem con miseraciones; en ella será edificada mi casa, dice Jehová de los ejércitos, y la plomada será tendida sobre Jerusalem.
17 Announce this as well, says the Lord Almighty: Prosperity will flood out of my cities. I the Lord will comfort Zion, and Jerusalem will be my chosen city.”
17 Clama aún, diciendo: Así dice Jehová de los ejércitos: Aun serán ensanchadas mis ciudades por la abundancia del bien; y aun consolará Jehová á Sión, y escogerá todavía á Jerusalem.
18 Then I looked and saw four animal horns.
18 Después alcé mis ojos, y miré, y he aquí cuatro cuernos.
19 “What are these?” I asked the angel I was talking to. “These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem,” he replied.
19 Y dije al ángel que hablaba conmigo: ¿Qué son éstos? Y respondióme: Estos son los cuernos que aventaron á Judá, á Israel, y á Jerusalem.
20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen.
20 Mostróme luego Jehová cuatro carpinteros.
21 “What are these men coming to do?” I asked. The angel replied, “The four horns—these nations—scattered Judah, humbling the people so that they could not lift up their heads. These craftsmen have to come to terrify these nations, and to destroy them—those who used their power against the land of Judah, scattering the people.”
21 Y yo dije: ¿Qué vienen éstos á hacer? Y respondióme, diciendo: Estos son los cuernos que aventaron á Judá, tanto que ninguno alzó su cabeza; mas éstos han venido para hacerlos temblar, para derribar los cuernos de las gentes, que alzaron el cuerno sobre la tierra de Judá para aventarla.
People & places in this chapter
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Berechiah
Son of Iddo and father of the prophet Zechariah.
Cited in the guide: Zechariah 1:1; Zechariah 1:7
Iddo
Named as the father of Berechiah and grandfather of the prophet Zechariah.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Zechariah 1:1
Zechariah
The prophet, son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, to whom the word of the LORD came in the eighth month of Darius's second year. Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 call him 'son of Iddo'; Zechariah…
Cited in the guide: Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Zechariah 1:1
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Nehemiah 12:4; Matthew 23:35; Zechariah 1:7; Haggai 1:1; Ezra 4:24–5:1
- 2 Jeremiah 44:6; Ezekiel 22:31; Psalm 79:5–6; Lamentations 5:7; Zephaniah 2:1–3
- 3 Jeremiah 3:22; Malachi 3:7; Joel 2:12; Deuteronomy 30:2–10; Jeremiah 4:1
- 4 Psalm 78:8; Ezekiel 33:11; Jeremiah 35:15; Psalm 106:6–7; Isaiah 1:16–19
- 5 2 Peter 3:2–4; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Psalm 90:10; Hebrews 9:27; Ecclesiastes 12:7
- 6 Lamentations 2:17; Ezekiel 12:25–28; Deuteronomy 28:15; Jeremiah 23:20; Matthew 24:35
- 7 Zechariah 1:1
- 8 Revelation 6:4; Isaiah 55:13; Revelation 2:1; Isaiah 41:19; Zechariah 13:7
- 9 Zechariah 4:4–5; Revelation 7:13–14; Genesis 31:11; Zechariah 2:3; Daniel 9:22–23
- 10 Zechariah 1:11; Zechariah 6:5–8; Hebrews 1:14; Job 2:1–2; Zechariah 1:8
- 11 Zechariah 1:10; Matthew 24:30–31; Zechariah 1:8; Psalm 103:20–21; Zechariah 1:15
- 12 Jeremiah 29:10; Psalm 74:10; Daniel 9:2; Zechariah 7:5; Psalm 102:13
- 13 Isaiah 40:1–2; Jeremiah 29:10; Zechariah 2:4–12; Zechariah 4:1; Zephaniah 3:14–20
- 14 Joel 2:18; Isaiah 40:6; Zechariah 1:17; Isaiah 40:1; Zechariah 1:9
- 15 Jeremiah 51:24; Ezekiel 25:12–17; Isaiah 54:8; Isaiah 47:6–9; Isaiah 10:5–7
- 16 Zechariah 8:3; Ezekiel 37:24–28; Zechariah 2:10–11; Ezra 6:14–15; Zechariah 4:9
- 17 Isaiah 51:3; Zechariah 2:12; Ezekiel 36:10–11; Isaiah 61:4–6; Psalm 69:35
- 18 2 Kings 24:1–20; Joshua 5:13; Daniel 8:3–14; Zechariah 5:9; 2 Kings 15:29
- 19 Zechariah 1:21; Ezra 4:4; Zechariah 2:2; Zechariah 8:14; Ezra 4:1
- 20 Zechariah 10:3–5; Zechariah 12:2–6; Zechariah 9:12–16; Obadiah 21; Micah 5:5–6
- 21 Psalm 75:10; Psalm 75:4–5; Lamentations 2:17; Zechariah 1:19; Daniel 12:7
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Turning herself she prays that God too would turn to her: as it is said, "Turn ye unto Me, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord." Or is it to be understood according to that way of speaking, "Turn, O Lord," that is make me turn, since the soul in this her turning feels difficulty and toil?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… rest; and Haggai, Because I am with you, saith the Lord of Hosts; and My Spirit remaineth in the midst of you; and in like manner Zechariah, But receive My words and My statutes which I command by My Spirit, to My servants the Prophets; and other passages.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)