Zechariah's Visions

**  The Man Among the Myrtle Trees **

During the night I had a vision --
and there before me was a man riding a red horse!
He was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine.
Behind him were red, brown and white horses.

I asked, "What are these, my lord?"

The angel who was talking with me answered,
"I will show you what they are."

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained,
"They are the ones the Lord has sent
to go throughout the earth."

(Zechariah 1:7-10)

**  Four Horns and Four Craftsmen  **

Then I looked up --
and there before me were four horns!
I asked the angel who was speaking to me,
"What are these?"

He answered me,
"These are the horns that scattered Judah,
Israel, and Jerusalem."

Then the Lord showed four craftsmen.
I asked, "What are these coming to do?"

(Zechariah 1:18-20)

**  A Man With a Measuring Line  **

Then I looked up --
and there before me was a man
with a measuring line in his hand!
I asked, "Where are you going?"

He answered me, "To measure Jerusalem,
to find out how wide and how long it is."

(Zechariah 2:1-2)

**  Clean Garments for the High Priest **

Then he showed me Joshua the high priest
standing before the angel of the Lord,
and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.
The Lord said to Satan,
"The Lord rebuke you, Satan!
The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you!
Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?"

Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes
as he stood before the angel.
The angel said to those who were standing before him,
"Take off his filthy clothes."

Then he said to Joshua,
"See I have taken away your sin,
and I will put rich garments on you."

Then I said,
"Put a clean turban on his head."
So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him,
while the angel of the Lord stood by.

The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua:
"This is what the Lord Almighty says:
'If you will walk in My ways
and keep My requirements,
then you will govern My house
and have charge of My courts,
and I will give you a place among these standing here."

(Zechariah 3:1-7)

**  The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees **

Then the angel who talked with me
returned and wakened me,
as a man is wakened from his sleep.
He asked me, "What do you see?"

I answered, "I see a solid gold lampstand
with a bowl at the top and seven lights on it,
with seven channels to the lights.
Also there are two olive trees by it,
one on the right of the bowl and the other on the left."

(Zechariah 4:1-3)

**  The Flying Scroll   **

I looked again --
and there before me was a flying scroll!

He asked me, "What do you see?"

I answered, "I see a flying scroll,
thirty feet long, and fifteen feet wide."

(Zechariah 5:1-2)

**  The Woman in a Basket  **

Then the angel who was speaking to me
came forward and said to me,
"Look up and see what this is that is appearing."

I asked, "What is it?"

He replied, "It is a measuring basket"
And he added,
"This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land."

Then the cover of lead was raised,
and there in the basket sat a woman!
He said, "This is wickedness,"
and he pushed her back into the basket
and pushed the lead cover down over its mouth.

Then I looked up --
and there before me were two women
with the wind in their wings.
They had wings like those of a stork,
and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.

"Where are they taking the basket?"
I asked the angel who was speaking to me.

He replied,  "To the country of Babylonia
to build a house for it.
When it is ready,
the basket will be set there in its place."

(Zechariah 5:5-11)

**  Four Chariots  **

I looked up again --
and there before me were four chariots
coming out from between two mountains --
mountains of bronze!

The first chariot had red horses,
the second black,
the third white,
and the fourth dappled --
all of them powerful.
I asked the angel who was speaking to me,
"What are these, my lord?"

The angel answered me,
"These are the four spirits of heaven,
going out from standing in the presence of the Lord
of the whole world.
The one with the black horses
is going toward the north country,
the one with the white horses toward the west,
and the one with the dappled horses toward the south."

When the powerful horses went out,
they were straining to go throughout the earth.
And he said,
"Go throughout the earth!"
So they went throughout the earth.

(Zechariah 6:1-7)