1 ἘΝ τῷ ὀγδόῳ μηνὶ, ἔτους δευτέρου ἐπὶ Δαρείου, ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ζαχαρίαν τὸν τοῦ Βαραχίου υἱὸν Ἀδδὼ τὸν προφήτην, λέγων, 2 Ὠργίσθη Κύριος ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν ὀργὴν μεγάλην· 3 καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτοῦς, τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, ἐπιστρέψατε πρὸς μὲ, λέγει Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων, καὶ ἐπιστραφήσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, λέγει Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων. 4 Καὶ μὴ γίνεσθε καθὼς οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν, οἷς ἐνεκάλεσαν αὐτοῖς οἱ προφῆται ἔμπροσθεν λέγοντες, τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, ἀποστρέψατε ἀπὸ τῶν ὁδῶν ὑμῶν τῶν πονηρῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων ὑμῶν τῶν πονηρῶν· καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσαν, καὶ οὐ προσέσχον τοῦ εἰσακοῦσαί μου, λέγει Κύριος. 5 Οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν ποῦ εἰσι καὶ οἱ προφῆται; μὴ τὸν αἰῶνα ζήσονται; 6 Πλὴν τοὺς λόγους μου καὶ τὰ νόμιμά μου δέχεσθε, ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ἐν πνεύματί μου τοῖς δούλοις μου τοῖς προφήταις, οἳ κατελάβοσαν τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν· καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν, καὶ εἶπαν, καθὼς παρατέτακται Κύριος παντοκράτωρ τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἡμῖν κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς ἡμῶν καὶ κατὰ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἡμῶν, οὕτως ἐποίησεν ἡμῖν. 7 Τῇ τετράδι καὶ εἰκάδι, τῷ ἑνδεκάτῳ μηνὶ, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ μὴν Σαβὰτ, ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ ἔτει, ἐπὶ Δαρείου, ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ζαχαρίαν τὸν τοῦ Βαραχίου υἱὸν Ἀδδὼ τὸν προφήτην, λέγων, 8 Ἑώρακα τὴν νύκτα, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἐπιβεβηκὼς ἐπὶ ἵππον πυῤῥὸν, καὶ οὗτος εἱστήκει ἀναμέσον τῶν ὀρέων τῶν κατασκίων, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἵπποι πυῤῥοὶ, καὶ ψαροὶ, καὶ ποικίλοι, καὶ λευκοί. 9 Καὶ εἶπα, τί οὗτοι κύριε; καὶ εἶπε πρὸς μὲ ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ, ἐγὼ δείξω σοι τί ἐστι ταῦτα. 10 Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἐφεστηκὼς ἀναμέσον τῶν ὀρέων, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς μὲ, οὗτοί εἰσιν οὓς ἐξαπέστειλε Κύριος, περιοδεῦσαι τὴν γῆν· 11 καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν τῷ ἀγγέλῳ Κυρίου τῷ ἐφεστῶτι ἀναμέσον τῶν ὀρέων, καὶ εἶπον, περιωδεύσαμεν πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἰδοὺ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ κατοικεῖται, καὶ ἡσυχάζει. 12 Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπε, Κύριε παντοκράτωρ ἕως τίνος οὐ μὴ ἐλεήσῃς τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ τὰς πόλεις Ἰούδα, ἃς ὑπερεῖδες, τοῦτο ἑβδομηκοστὸν ἔτος; 13 Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Κύριος παντοκράτωρ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ λαλοῦντι ἐν ἐμοὶ, ῥήματα καλὰ καὶ λόγους παρακλητικούς. 14 Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς μὲ ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ, ἀνάκραγε λέγων, Τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, ἐζήλωκα τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὴν Σιὼν ζῆλον μέγαν, 15 καὶ ὀργὴν μεγάλην ἐγὼ ὀργίζομαι ἐπὶ τὰ ἔθνη τὰ συνεπιτιθέμενα, ἀνθʼ ὧν μὲν ἐγὼ ὠργίσθην ὀλίγα, αὐτοὶ δὲ συνεπέθεντο εἰς κακά. 16 Διατοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἐπιστρέψω ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν οἰκτιρμῷ, καὶ ὁ οἶκός μου ἀνοικοδομηθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, καὶ μέτρον ἐκταθήσεται ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἔτι· 17 καὶ εἶπε πρὸς μὲ ὁ ἄγγελος ὁ λαλῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ, ἔτι ἀνάκραγε λέγων, τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, ἔτι διαχυθήσονται πόλεις ἐν ἀγαθοῖς, καὶ ἐλεήσει Κύριος ἔτι τὴν Σιὼν, καὶ αἱρετιεῖ τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
Zechariah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Zechariah 1 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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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 (17)
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- 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
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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)