Then the angel of the Lord exhorted Joshua solemnly:

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me as follows:

The word of the Lord came to me as follows:

The word of the Lord who rules over all then came to me,

Again the word of the Lord came to Zechariah:

Then the word of the Lord who rules over all came to me as follows:

The word of the Lord who rules over all came to me as follows:

Then say to him, ‘The Lord who rules over all says, “Look – here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the Lord.

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

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

Therefore he told me, “These signify the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord who rules over all.”

by asking both the priests of the temple of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month, fasting as we have done over the years?”

In the eighth month of Darius’ second year, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:

Turning to me, the messenger then said, “Cry out that the Lord who rules over all says, ‘I am very much moved for Jerusalem and for Zion.

and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls because of the multitude of people and animals there.

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

“The Lord who rules over all said, ‘Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

“Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, ‘The Lord who rules over all says, “Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the Lord.

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:

Speak up again with the message of the Lord who rules over all: ‘My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the Lord will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.’”