Zechariah

Chapter 1

Phonetic (Hebrew): bּacho֨deshsh֙ hashshּemiyni֔y bּishshena֥t shshetּa֖yim ledareya֑veshsh haya֣h debar-yehva֗h 'el-zekareyah֙ bּen-bּe֣rekeya֔h bּen-'idּ֥o hanּabi֖y le'moֽr׃

Edified Edition (EDE)In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּן־בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה בֶּן־עִדּ֥וֹ הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): qatza֧p yehva֛h 'al-'abֽoteyke֖m qaֽtzep׃

Edified Edition (EDE)And he said to me, "What seest you?" And I answered, "I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits."

קָצַ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה עַל־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם קָֽצֶף׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'amaretּa֣ 'alehe֗m kּo֤h 'amar֙ yehva֣h tzeba'֔ot shsh֣ubu 'ela֔y ne'u֖m yehva֣h tzeba'֑ot ve'ashsh֣ub 'aleyke֔m 'ama֖r yehva֥h tzeba'ֽot׃

Edified Edition (EDE)"Therefore say you to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; 'Turn you to Me,' says the LORD of hosts, 'and I will turn to you,' says the LORD of hosts."

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֗ם כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת שׁ֣וּבוּ אֵלַ֔י נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְאָשׁ֣וּב אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): al-tּihey֣u ka'aboֽteyke֡m 'ashshe֣r qare'ֽu-'aleyhem֩ hanּebiy'i֨ym hariֽ'shshoni֜ym le'mo֗r kּo֤h 'amar֙ yehva֣h tzeba'֔ot shsh֤ubu na'֙ midּarekeyke֣m hara'i֔ym vm'lylykm umaֽ'aleleyke֖m haֽra'i֑ym velo֥ shshame'֛u veloֽ'-hiqeshshi֥ybu 'ela֖y ne'um-yehvaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)"Be you not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets have cried, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts; Turn you now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings:' but they did not hear, nor hearken to Me, says the LORD."

אַל־תִּהְי֣וּ כַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֡ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרְאֽוּ־אֲלֵיהֶם֩ הַנְּבִיאִ֨ים הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת שׁ֤וּבוּ נָא֙ מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֣ם הָרָעִ֔ים ומעליליכם וּמַֽעֲלְלֵיכֶ֖ם הָֽרָעִ֑ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֛וּ וְלֹֽא־הִקְשִׁ֥יבוּ אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): abֽoteyke֖m 'ayּeh-he֑m veha֨nּebi'i֔ym hale'ola֖m yiֽcheyֽu׃

Edified Edition (EDE)"Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever?"

אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם אַיֵּה־הֵ֑ם וְהַ֨נְּבִאִ֔ים הַלְעוֹלָ֖ם יִֽחְיֽוּ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): a֣ke ׀ dּebara֣y vechuqּa֗y 'ashshe֤r tziui֨ytiy֙ 'et-'abada֣y hanּebiy'i֔ym hal֥o hishsּi֖ygu 'aboteyke֑m vayּashsh֣ubu vayּo'mer֗u kּa'ashshe֨r zama֜m yehva֤h tzeba'ot֙ la'ashs֣ot la֔nu kּiderake֨ynu֙ ukema֣'alale֔ynu kּe֖n 'ashsa֥h 'itּaֽnu׃s

Edified Edition (EDE)"But 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 to us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so has He dealt with us.'"

אַ֣ךְ ׀ דְּבָרַ֣י וְחֻקַּ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוִּ֨יתִי֙ אֶת־עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים הֲל֥וֹא הִשִּׂ֖יגוּ אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר זָמַ֜ם יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֔נוּ כִּדְרָכֵ֨ינוּ֙ וּכְמַ֣עֲלָלֵ֔ינוּ כֵּ֖ן עָשָׂ֥ה אִתָּֽנוּ׃ס

Phonetic (Hebrew): bּeyom֩ 'eshseri֨ym ve'arebּa'a֜h le'ashshetּeֽy-'ashsa֥r cho֨deshsh֙ hu'-cho֣deshsh shsheba֔t bּishshena֥t shshetּa֖yim ledareya֑veshsh haya֣h debar-yehva֗h 'el-zekareyah֙ bּen-bּe֣rekeya֔hu bּen-'idּ֥o hanּabi֖y le'moֽr׃

Edified Edition (EDE)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 to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

בְּיוֹם֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֜ה לְעַשְׁתֵּֽי־עָשָׂ֥ר חֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ שְׁבָ֔ט בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּן־בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּ בֶּן־עִדּ֥וֹא הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): ra'i֣ytiy ׀ halּa֗yelah vehinּeh-'iyshsh֙ rokeb֙ 'al-s֣us 'ado֔m veh֣u 'ome֔d bּe֥yn hahadasּi֖ym 'ashshe֣r bּamּetzula֑h ve'acharayv֙ susi֣ym 'adumּi֔ym shseruqּi֖ym ulebaniֽym׃

Edified Edition (EDE)I 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.

רָאִ֣יתִי ׀ הַלַּ֗יְלָה וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ֙ רֹכֵב֙ עַל־ס֣וּס אָדֹ֔ם וְה֣וּא עֹמֵ֔ד בֵּ֥ין הַהֲדַסִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמְּצֻלָ֑ה וְאַחֲרָיו֙ סוּסִ֣ים אֲדֻמִּ֔ים שְׂרֻקִּ֖ים וּלְבָנִֽים׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): va'oma֖r mah-'e֣lּeh 'adoni֑y vayּo֣'mer 'ela֗y hamּale'ake֙ hadּobe֣r bּi֔y 'ani֥y 'are'e֖kּa mah-he֥mּah 'eֽlּeh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Then said I, "O my lord, what are these?" And the angel that talked with me said to me, "I will show you what these be."

וָאֹמַ֖ר מָה־אֵ֣לֶּה אֲדֹנִ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֔י אֲנִ֥י אַרְאֶ֖ךָּ מָה־הֵ֥מָּה אֵֽלֶּה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּa֗'an ha'i֛yshsh ha'ome֥d bּeyn-hahadasּi֖ym vayּo'ma֑r 'e֚lּeh 'ashshe֣r shshala֣ch yehva֔h lehitehalּe֖ke bּa'aֽretz׃

Edified Edition (EDE)And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, "These are they whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro through the earth."

וַיַּ֗עַן הָאִ֛ישׁ הָעֹמֵ֥ד בֵּין־הַהַדַסִּ֖ים וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֵ֚לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁלַ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה לְהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vaֽyּa'an֞u 'et-male'a֣ke yehva֗h haֽ'omed֙ bּe֣yn hahadasּi֔ym vayּo'mer֖u hitehalּa֣kenu ba'a֑retz vehinּe֥h kal-ha'a֖retz yoshshe֥bet veshshoqaֽtet׃

Edified Edition (EDE)And 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 sits still, and is at rest."

וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ אֶת־מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה הָֽעֹמֵד֙ בֵּ֣ין הַהֲדַסִּ֔ים וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ הִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּ בָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֥ה כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת וְשֹׁקָֽטֶת׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּa֣'an male'ake-yehvah֮ vayּo'mar֒ yehva֣h tzeba'֔ot 'ad-mata֗y 'atּah֙ loֽ'-terache֣m 'et-yerushshalai֔m ve'e֖t 'are֣y yehuda֑h 'ashshe֣r za'a֔metּah ze֖h shshibe'i֥ym shshanaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, "O LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?"

וַיַּ֣עַן מַלְאַךְ־יְהוָה֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת עַד־מָתַ֗י אַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־תְרַחֵ֣ם אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר זָעַ֔מְתָּה זֶ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּa֣'an yehva֗h 'et-hamּale'a֛ke hadּobe֥r bּi֖y dּebari֣ym tobi֑ym dּebari֖ym nichumiֽym׃

Edified Edition (EDE)"Even He shall build the temple of the LORD; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon His throne; and He shall be a priest upon His throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."

וַיַּ֣עַן יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י דְּבָרִ֣ים טוֹבִ֑ים דְּבָרִ֖ים נִחֻמִֽים׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo֣'mer 'ela֗y hamּale'ake֙ hadּobe֣r bּi֔y qera֣ le'mo֔r kּo֥h 'ama֖r yehva֣h tzeba'֑ot qinּe֧'tiy liyrushshala֛im uletziyּ֖on qine'a֥h gedolaֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)So the angel that communed with me said to me, "Cry you, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.'"

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֔י קְרָ֣א לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת קִנֵּ֧אתִי לִירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם וּלְצִיּ֖וֹן קִנְאָ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): veqe֤tzep gּadol֙ 'ani֣y qotze֔p 'al-hagּoyi֖m hashshּaֽ'ananּi֑ym 'ashshe֤r 'aniy֙ qatza֣petּiy mּe'a֔t vehe֖mּah 'azer֥u lera'aֽh׃

Edified Edition (EDE)"And I am sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction."

וְקֶ֤צֶף גָּדוֹל֙ אֲנִ֣י קֹצֵ֔ף עַל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם הַשַּֽׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִי֙ קָצַ֣פְתִּי מְּעָ֔ט וְהֵ֖מָּה עָזְר֥וּ לְרָעָֽה׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): lake֞n kּoֽh-'ama֣r yehva֗h shsha֤betּiy liyrushshalai֨m֙ bּeֽrachami֔ym bּeytiy֙ yibּa֣neh bּa֔hּ ne'u֖m yehva֣h tzeba'֑ot vqvh veqa֥v yinּate֖h 'al-yerushshalaiֽm׃

Edified Edition (EDE)"Therefore thus says the LORD; 'I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: Mine house shall be built in it,' says the LORD of hosts, 'and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.'"

לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה שַׁ֤בְתִּי לִירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ בְּֽרַחֲמִ֔ים בֵּיתִי֙ יִבָּ֣נֶה בָּ֔הּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וקוה וְקָ֥ו יִנָּטֶ֖ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

Phonetic (Hebrew): ֣od ׀ qera֣ le'mo֗r kּo֤h 'amar֙ yehva֣h tzeba'֔ot '֛od tּeputze֥ynah 'ara֖y mitּ֑ob venicha֨m yehva֥h 'od֙ 'et-tziyּ֔on ubacha֥r '֖od bּiyrushshalaiֽm׃s

Edified Edition (EDE)"Cry yet, saying, 'Thus says 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.'"

ע֣וֹד ׀ קְרָ֣א לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת ע֛וֹד תְּפוּצֶ֥ינָה עָרַ֖י מִטּ֑וֹב וְנִחַ֨ם יְהוָ֥ה עוֹד֙ אֶת־צִיּ֔וֹן וּבָחַ֥ר ע֖וֹד בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס