Zechariah 1 – KJV & BPH

King James Version

Zechariah 1:1-21

1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 2The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.1.2 sore…: Heb. with displeasure 3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. 4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. 5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? 6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.1.6 take…: or, overtake

7¶ Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 8I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.1.8 speckled: or, bay 9Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. 10And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. 11And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.

12¶ Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? 13And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. 14So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. 16Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. 17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.1.17 prosperity: Heb. good

18¶ Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. 19And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 20And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. 21Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

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Zakariasʼ Bog 1:1-17

Et kald til folket om at vende om til Gud

1I den ottende måned i kong Dareios1,1 Dareios Hystaspes, konge i Persien fra 522-486 f.Kr. af Persiens andet regeringsår talte Herren til Israels folk gennem profeten Zakarias, der var søn af Berekja og barnebarn af Iddo:

2-4„Hør, hvad jeg, Herren den Almægtige, siger: Hvis I vil vende om og komme til mig, vil jeg komme jer i møde. Vær ikke som jeres forfædre, som jeg var nødt til at straffe hårdt. Jeg advarede dem gennem mine profeter om at vende om fra deres ugudelige levemåde og onde handlinger, men de nægtede at lytte til mig. 5Nu er de alle sammen borte, og profeterne er døde. 6Men det, jeg sagde til dem gennem mine tjenere, profeterne, gik i opfyldelse, og de måtte angrende erkende: ‚Herren straffede os for vores onde levevis og handlinger, akkurat som han sagde, at han ville!’ ”

Herren opmuntrer Israels folk

7Den 24. dag i den 11. måned1,7 Teksten tilføjer: „Shebat måned”. samme år, talte Herren til mig i et syn om natten. 8Jeg så en mand sidde på en rød hest mellem nogle myrtebuske i en kløft. Bag ham var der mange ryttere på røde, brune og hvide heste. 9Ved siden af mig stod en engel. „Hvad betyder alle de heste?” spurgte jeg englen. „Det vil du få at se!” svarede han.

10„Herren sendte dem ud for at inspicere hele jorden,” forklarede englen på den røde hest, 11der stod mellem myrtebuskene. Derefter aflagde de øvrige ryttere rapport: „Vi har været overalt på jorden, og alle vegne er der fred og ro.” 12Da sagde englen på den røde hest: „Almægtige Herre, i 70 år har du været vred på de landflygtige fra Jerusalem og Judas byer. Hvornår vil du gribe ind og vise dem barmhjertighed?”

13Herren talte nu til englen, som stod ved min side, 14hvorpå englen henvendte sig til mig og sagde: „Forkynd følgende budskab fra Herren, den Almægtige: ‚Jerusalem og Zions bjerg har en særlig plads i mit hjerte. 15Jeg er vred på de selvsikre, gudløse folkeslag, for selv om jeg brugte dem til at straffe mit folk, gik de alt for langt i deres skånselsløse opførsel. 16Derfor erklærer jeg, Herren: Jeg kommer Jerusalem i møde med barmhjertighed. Mit tempel skal genrejses, og hele Jerusalem skal genopbygges. Ja, siger jeg, Herren den Almægtige: 17Jeg vil igen velsigne Israels byer med velstand, trøste Jerusalems indbyggere og bosætte mig på Zions bjerg.’ ”