THE LORD WILL CHOOSE JERUSALEM

The Man Among The Myrtle Trees

Zechariah 1:7-17

7 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.

8 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.

9 I asked, 'What are these my lord?'

The angel who was talking with me answered,

'I will show you what they are.'

10 Then the man standing

Among the myrtle trees explained,

'THEY ARE THE ONES THE LORD HAS SENT

TO GO THROUGHOUT THE EARTH.'

11 And they reported to The Angel of the Lord,

Who was standing among the myrtle trees,

'WE HAVE GONE THROUGHOUT THE EARTH

AND FOUND THE WHOLE WORLD

AT REST AND PEACE.'

12 Then The Angel of the Lord said,

'Lord Almighty,

How long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem

And from the towns of Judah,

Which you have been angry with these seventy years?'

13 So the Lord spoke kind and comforting words

To the angel who talked with me.

14 Then the angel who was speaking to me said,

'Proclaim this word':

THIS IS WHAT THE LORD ALMIGHTY SAYS:

'I AM VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM AND ZION,

15 BUT I AM VERY ANGRY

WITH THE NATIONS THAT FEEL SECURE.

I WAS ONLY A LITTLE ANGRY,

BUT THEY ADDED TO THE CALMAITY.'

16 Therefore, this is what the Lord says,

'I WILL RETURN TO JERUSALEM WITH MERCY,

AND THERE MY HOUSE WILL BE REBUILT.

And the Measuring Line

Will be stretched out over Jerusalem,'

Declares the Lord Almighty.

17 Proclaim further;

This is what the Lord Almighty says;

'MY TOWNS WILL AGAIN

OVERFLOW WITH PROSPERITY,

AND THE LORD WILL AGAIN COMFORT ZION

AND CHOOSE JERUSALEM.'

(Zechariah 1:7-17)

[In the End, the Nations will be Destroyed

And only Israel, Jerusalem and Zion

Will remain—Chosen by God.]