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1I am the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo.[#Ezra 4.24—5.1; 6.14.]
In the eighth month of the second year that Darius was king of Persia, the Lord told me to say:
7-8On the twenty-fourth day of Shebat, which was the eleventh month of that same year, the Lord spoke to me in a vision during the night: In a valley among myrtle trees, I saw someone on a red horse, with riders on red, brown, and white horses behind him.[#Rev 6.4; Rev 6.2.; #1.7,8 The eleventh month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-January to mid-February.; #1.7,8 See verse 1 and the note there.; #1.7,8 Evergreen shrubs, which in ancient times were symbols of fertility and renewal.]
9An angel was there to explain things to me, and I asked, “Sir, who are these riders?”
“I'll tell you,” the angel answered.
10At once, the man standing among the myrtle trees said, “These are the ones the Lord has sent to find out what's happening on earth.”
11Then the riders spoke to the Lord 's angel, who was standing among the myrtle trees, and they said, “We have gone everywhere and have discovered that the whole world is at peace.”
12At this, the angel said, “Lord All-Powerful, for 70 years you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. When are you ever going to have mercy on them?”
13The Lord 's answer was kind and comforting.
14So the angel told me to announce:
18Next, I saw four animal horns.[#1.18 Horns, especially those of a bull, were symbols of power in ancient times. The number “four” would signal completeness, one representing each of the four directions.]
19-20-21The angel who was sent to explain was there, and so I asked, “What do these mean?”
His answer was, “These horns are the nations that scattered the people of Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem, and took away their freedom.”
Then the Lord showed me four blacksmiths, and I asked, “What are they going to do?”
He replied, “They are going to terrify and crush those horns.”