Zechariah 6:4

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Then I asked the angelic messenger who was speaking with me,“What are these, sir?”

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  • Zech 1:9 : 9 The Interpretation of the First Vision Then I asked one nearby,“What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said,“I will show you what these are.”
  • Zech 1:19-21 : 19 So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me,“What are these?” He replied,“These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” 20 Next the LORD showed me four blacksmiths. 21 I asked,“What are these going to do?” He answered,“These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen. But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah’s enemies and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.”
  • Zech 5:5-6 : 5 Vision Seven: The Ephah After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said,“Look, see what is leaving.” 6 I asked,“What is it?” And he replied,“It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here.” Moreover, he said,“This is their‘eye’ throughout all the earth.”
  • Zech 5:10 : 10 I asked the messenger who was speaking to me,“Where are they taking the basket?”

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    4Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me,“What are these, sir?”

    5He replied,“Don’t you know what these are?” So I responded,“No, sir.”

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    8The Content of the First Vision I was attentive that night and saw a man seated on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees in the ravine. Behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

    9The Interpretation of the First Vision Then I asked one nearby,“What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said,“I will show you what these are.”

    10Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said,“These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk about on the earth.”

    11The riders then agreed with the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the myrtle trees,“We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.”

    12The angel of the LORD then asked,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?”

    13The LORD then addressed good, comforting words to the angelic messenger who was speaking to me.

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    5The messenger replied,“These are the four spirits of heaven going out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.

    6The chariot with the black horses is going to the north country, and the white ones are going after them, but the spotted ones are going to the south country.

    7All these strong ones are scattering; they have sought permission to go and walk about over the earth.” The Lord had said,“Go! Walk about over the earth!” So they are doing so.

    8Then he cried out to me,“Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me peace about the northland.”

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    11Next I asked the messenger,“What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the menorah?”

    12Before he could reply I asked again,“What are these two extensions of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?”

    13He replied,“Don’t you know what these are?” And I said,“No, sir.”

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    18Vision Two: The Four Horns(2:1) Once again I looked and this time I saw four horns.

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    20Next the LORD showed me four blacksmiths.

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    10I asked the messenger who was speaking to me,“Where are they taking the basket?”

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