Zechariah 1:14-21 ▼

14 Then the angel who was speaking to me told me, |Announce this: 'This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: |I have a deep concern for Jerusalem, a great concern for Zion.

15 I am deeply angry with the nations who are complacent, with whom I was only a little displeased—but they made things worse!|

16 Therefore this is what the LORD says: |I have returned to Jerusalem with compassionate intentions. My Temple will be rebuilt there,| declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, |and the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.|'|

17 |Also announce the following: 'This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: |My cities will again overflow with prosperity. The LORD will comfort Zion once more and will choose Jerusalem again.|'|

18 Then I looked up and saw four horns.

19 I asked the angel who was talking to me, |What are those?| So he answered me, |Those are the forces that have dispersed Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.|

20 Then the LORD showed me four artisans.

21 Then I asked, |What have they come to do?| He answered, |Those horns that dispersed Judah—so that no one could lift up his head—those artisans are coming to disrupt the power of nations, tearing them down now that they've come to power and dispersed the land of Judah.|