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1In the eighth month of the second year of Darius' reign, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, the prophet, saying, 2“Yahweh was exceedingly angry with your fathers! 3Say to them, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: 4Do not be like your fathers to whom the prophets cried out previously, saying, “Yahweh of hosts says this: Turn from your evil ways and wicked practices!” But they would not hear and did not pay attention to me—this is Yahweh's declaration.' 5Your fathers, where are they? Where are the prophets, are they here forever? 6But my words and my decrees that I commanded my servants the prophets, 7On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius' reign, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, the prophet, saying, 8“I saw in the night, and, look! a man was riding on a red horse, and he was among the myrtle trees that are in the valley; and behind him there were red, reddish-brown, and white horses.” 9I said, “What are these things, Lord?” Then the angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these things are.” 10Then the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, “These are those Yahweh has sent out to roam throughout the earth.” 11They answered the angel of Yahweh who stood among the myrtle trees; they said to him, “We have been roaming throughout the earth; see, all the earth sits still and is at rest.” 12Then the angel of Yahweh answered and said, “Yahweh of hosts, how long will you show no compassion to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?” 13Yahweh answered the angel who had talked with me, with good words, words of comfort. 14So the angel who had talked with me said to me, “Call out and say, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: 15I am very angry with the nations that are at ease. 16Therefore Yahweh of hosts says this: 17Again call out, saying, 18Then I lifted up my eyes and saw four horns! 19I spoke to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” 20Then Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.