Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month [a]Shebat, 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,

I [b]saw by night, and behold [c]a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a bottom, and behind him were there [d]red horses speckled and white.

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 be.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 1:7 Which containeth part of January and part of February.
  2. Zechariah 1:8 This vision signifieth the restoration of the Church: but as yet it should not appear to man’s eyes, which is here meant by the night, by the bottom, and by the myrrh trees which are black, and give a dark shadow, yet he compareth God to a King, who hath his posts and messengers abroad by whom he still worketh his purpose and bringeth his matters to pass.
  3. Zechariah 1:8 Who was the chief among the rest of the horsemen.
  4. Zechariah 1:8 These signified the divers offices of God’s Angels by whom God sometimes punisheth and sometimes comforteth and bringeth forth his works in divers sorts.

The Man Among the Myrtle Trees

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah, the son of Iddo.(A)

During the night I had a vision, and there before me was a man mounted on a red(B) horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.(C)

I asked, “What are these, my lord?”

The angel(D) who was talking with me answered, “I will show you what they are.”(E)

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