Category Archives: Z’kharyah (Zec)

1 In the eighth month of the second year of Daryavesh, the following message fromAdonaicame to Z’kharyah the son of Berekhyah, the son of ‘Iddo, the prophet: 2 “Adonaiwas extremely angry with your ancestors. 3 Therefore, tell them thatAdonai-Tzva’otsays this: ‘“Return to me,” saysAdonai-Tzva’ot, “and I will return to you,” saysAdonai-Tzva’ot. 4 “Don’t be like […]

1 Then I looked up and saw four horns. 2 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these?” He answered, “These are the horns that scattered Y’hudah, Isra’el and Yerushalayim.” 3 Next,Adonaishowed me four artisans. 4 I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He said, “Those horns that scattered Y’hudah […]

1 He showed me Y’hoshua thecohen hagadolstanding before the angel ofAdonai, with the Accuser standing at his right to accuse him. 2 Adonaisaid to the Accuser, “MayAdonairebuke you, Accuser! Indeed, mayAdonai, who has made Yerushalayim his choice, rebuke you! Isn’t this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?” 3 Y’hoshua was clothed in garments […]

1 Then the angel that had been speaking with me returned and roused me, as if he were waking someone up from being asleep, 2 and asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I’ve been looking at amenorah; it’s all of gold, with a bowl at its top, seven lamps on it, and seven […]

1 Again I raised my eyes, and I saw in front of me a flying scroll. 2 He said to me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide. 3 Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face […]

1 Again I raised my eyes, and I saw in front of me four chariots coming out from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze. 2 The first chariot had red horses; the second chariot, black horses; 3 the third chariot, white horses; and the fourth chariot, spotted gray horses. 4 I […]

1 In the fourth year of King Daryavesh, on the fourth day of the ninth month, Kislev, a message fromAdonaicame to Z’kharyah. 2 He sent Sar’etzer and Regem-Melekh with his men to Beit-El in order to askAdonai’s favor, 3 as they inquired of thecohanimof the house ofAdonai-Tzva’otand the prophets, “Should we go into mourning and […]

1 A message came fromAdonai-Tzva’ot: 2 “Adonai-Tzva’otsays, ‘I am extremely jealous on Tziyon’s behalf, and I am jealous for her with great fury.’ 3 Adonaisays, ‘I am returning to Tziyon, and I will live in Yerushalayim. Then Yerushalayim will be called Truth City,Adonai-Tzva’ot’s Mountain, the Mountain of the Holy One. 4 Adonai-Tzva’otsays, ‘Old men and […]

1 A prophecy, the word ofAdonai: In the land of Hadrakh and Dammesek is where [God] comes to rest, for the eyes of humankind are directed towardAdonai, as are those of all the tribes of Isra’el, 2 also Hamat at its border, Tzor and Tzidon, for she is very wise. 3 Tzor built herself a […]

1 AskAdonaifor rain in the spring, Adonaiwho makes the rain clouds; and he will give them showers of rain, grass in the field to each one. 2 For the household gods talk nonsense, the diviners have seen a lie; their dreams convey delusions, and the comfort they offer is in vain. Therefore they go their […]