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16 Therefore, thus says Yahweh: “I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion. My temple[a] will be built in it,” declares[b] Yahweh of hosts, “and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.”’ 17 Proclaim again, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts: “My cities shall again overflow from prosperity, and Yahweh will comfort Zion again, and he will choose Jerusalem again.”’”

Zechariah’s Second Vision

18 [c] And I looked up[d] and I saw, and look, there were four horns!

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 1:16 Or “house”
  2. Zechariah 1:16 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Zechariah 1:18 Zechariah 1:18–2:17 in the English Bible is 2:1–13 in the Hebrew Bible
  4. Zechariah 1:18 Literally “lifted up my eyes”

16 “Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will return(A) to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line(B) will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the Lord Almighty.(C)

17 “Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort(D) Zion and choose(E) Jerusalem.’”(F)

Four Horns and Four Craftsmen

18 Then I looked up, and there before me were four horns.

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