Exodus 15:26
15:26 He said, “If you will diligently obey
the
Lord your God, and do what is right
in his sight, and pay attention
to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all
the diseases
that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the
Lord, am your healer.”
Deuteronomy 11:13
11:13 Now, if you pay close attention
to my commandments that I am giving you today and love
the
Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being,
Deuteronomy 11:22
11:22 For if you carefully observe all of these commandments
I am giving you
and love the
Lord your God, live according to his standards,
and remain loyal to him,
Isaiah 21:7
21:7 When he sees chariots,
teams of horses,
riders on donkeys,
riders on camels,
he must be alert,
very alert.”
Isaiah 55:2
55:2 Why pay money for something that will not nourish you?
Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing!
Enjoy fine food!
Zechariah 6:15
6:15 Then those who are far away
will come and build the temple of the
Lord so that you may know that the
Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. This will all come to pass if you completely obey the voice of the
Lord your God.”’”
Zechariah 6:2
6:2 Harnessed to the first chariot were red horses, to the second black horses,
Zechariah 1:5-10
1:5 “As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?
1:6 But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers?
Then they paid attention
and confessed, ‘The
Lord who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”
The Introduction to the Visions
1:7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in Darius’ second year, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:
The Content of the First Vision
1:8 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.
The Interpretation of the First Vision
1:9 Then I asked one nearby, “What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said, “I will show you what these are.”
1:10 Then 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.”