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"The Interpretation of the First Vision Then I asked one nearby,“What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said,“I will show you what these are.”"
— Zechariah 1:9, NET Bible
“Then 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.”
“Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these are. ”
“Then I asked, 'My lord, what are these?'" The angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what these are."”
“And I said: What are these, my Lord? and the angel that spoke in me, said to me: I will shew thee what these are:”
“Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who was talking to me said to me, I will make clear to you what they are.”
“Then 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.”
But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed,‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”
The Introduction to the Visions On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in Darius’ second year, the LORD’s message came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo:
The Content of the First Vision I was attentive that night and saw a man seated on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees in the ravine. Behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
The Interpretation of the First Vision Then I asked one nearby,“What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said,“I will show you what these are.”
Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said,“These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk about on the earth.”
The riders then agreed with the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the myrtle trees,“We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.”
The angel of the LORD then asked,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?”