Zechariah 6

There are a few liberties with names taken in the following.You will get it. Ruinous grace. Even my disabled son said, oxymoron.

I tear through this visionary when I should have been travelling on holiday. But that was not to be. So I pursue the translation as an escape from trouble.

Zechariah 6		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וָאָשֻׁ֗ב וָאֶשָּׂ֤א עֵינַי֙ וָֽאֶרְאֶ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה אַרְבַּ֤ע מַרְכָּבוֹת֙ יֹֽצְא֔וֹת מִבֵּ֖ין שְׁנֵ֣י הֶֽהָרִ֑ים וְהֶהָרִ֖ים הָרֵ֥י נְחֹֽשֶׁת	1		And I turned and I lifted up my eyes and I saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two of the hills, and the hills were hills of brass.	3e	4C	28 9
בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖ה סוּסִ֣ים אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית סוּסִ֥ים שְׁחֹרִֽים	2		In the first chariot were ruddy horses, and in the second chariot black horses.	3e	4B	13 13
וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָ֥ה הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖ית סוּסִ֣ים לְבָנִ֑ים וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָה֙ הָרְבִעִ֔ית סוּסִ֥ים בְּרֻדִּ֖ים אֲמֻצִּֽים	3		And in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot dappled bay horses.	3e	4B	13 16
וָאַ֙עַן֙ וָֽאֹמַ֔ר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י מָה־אֵ֖לֶּה אֲדֹנִֽי	4		Then I answered and I said to the angel of the one speaking in me, What are these, my Lord?	3e	4B	14 6
וַיַּ֥עַן הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֑י אֵ֗לֶּה אַרְבַּע֙ רֻח֣וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם יוֹצְא֕וֹת מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב עַל־אֲד֥וֹן כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ	5		And the angel answered and he said to me, These are four spirits of the heavens coming forth from being stationed by the Lord of all the land.	3e	4B	11 22
אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֞הּ הַסּוּסִ֣ים הַשְּׁחֹרִ֗ים יֹֽצְאִים֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן וְהַלְּבָנִ֔ים יָצְא֖וּ אֶל־אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וְהַ֨בְּרֻדִּ֔ים יָצְא֖וּ אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ הַתֵּימָֽן	6		The black horses that are in her go forth to the land of the north, and the white go forth after them. The dappled go forth to the land of the south.	3e	4B	27 12
וְהָאֲמֻצִּ֣ים יָצְא֗וּ וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ לְהִתְהַלֵּ֣ך בָּאָ֔רֶץ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לְכ֖וּ הִתְהַלְּכ֣וּ בָאָ֑רֶץ וַתִּתְהַלַּ֖כְנָה בָּאָֽרֶץ	7		And the bay went forth and they sought to walk, to walk through the land, and he said, Go. Walk through the land. And they walked through the land.	3e	4B	31 8
וַיַּזְעֵ֣ק אֹתִ֔י וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלַ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר רְאֵ֗ה הַיּֽוֹצְאִים֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֔וֹן הֵנִ֥יחוּ אֶת־רוּחִ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ צָפֽוֹן ס	8		And he appealed with me and he spoke to me, saying, See, these who go forth to the land of the north have given my spirit rest in the land of the north.	3e	4B	12 22
וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר	9		And the word of Yahweh happened to me, saying,	3e	3g	10
לָק֙וֹחַ֙ מֵאֵ֣ת הַגּוֹלָ֔ה מֵחֶלְדַּ֕י וּמֵאֵ֥ת טוֹבִיָּ֖ה וּמֵאֵ֣ת יְדַֽעְיָ֑ה וּבָאתָ֤ אַתָּה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא וּבָ֗אתָ בֵּ֚ית יֹאשִׁיָּ֣ה בֶן־צְפַנְיָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖אוּ מִבָּבֶֽל	10	~	Take from the exiles, from Heldai, and from Tobiah, and from Jedaiah, and you will come, you, in that day, and you will come to the house of Josiah, child of Zephaniah, that came from Babel.	3e	4C	23 27
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ כֶֽסֶף־וְזָהָ֖ב וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ עֲטָר֑וֹת וְשַׂמְתָּ֗ בְּרֹ֛אשׁ יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ בֶּן־יְהוֹצָדָ֖ק הַכֹּהֵ֥ן הַגָּדֽוֹל	11		And take silver and gold and make crowns, and put on the head Joshua child of Yehotsedek, the great priest.	3d	4B	16 20
וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר הִנֵּה־אִ֞ישׁ צֶ֤מַח שְׁמוֹ֙ וּמִתַּחְתָּ֣יו יִצְמָ֔ח וּבָנָ֖ה אֶת־הֵיכַ֥ל יְהוָֽהּ	12		And say to him, saying, Thus says Yahweh of hosts, saying, Behold a man, Growth his name, and from under him, he will grow and build the temple of Yahweh.	3d	4C	18 21
וְ֠הוּא יִבְנֶ֞ה אֶת־הֵיכַ֤ל יְהוָה֙ וְהֽוּא־יִשָּׂ֣א ה֔וֹד וְיָשַׁ֥ב וּמָשַׁ֖ל עַל־כִּסְא֑וֹ וְהָיָ֤ה כֹהֵן֙ עַל־כִּסְא֔וֹ וַעֲצַ֣ת שָׁל֔וֹם תִּהְיֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ין שְׁנֵיהֶֽם	13	~	And he will build the temple of Yahweh, and he will bear splendour, and he will sit and govern on his throne, and he will be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace will be between them both.	3e	4C	23 19
וְהָעֲטָרֹ֗ת תִּֽהְיֶה֙ לְחֵ֙לֶם֙ וּלְטוֹבִיָּ֣ה וְלִידַֽעְיָ֔ה וּלְחֵ֖ן בֶּן־צְפַנְיָ֑ה לְזִכָּר֖וֹן בְּהֵיכַ֥ל יְהוָֽה	14		And the crowns will be for dream, and for the goodness of Yah, and for the knowledge of Yah, and for grace, child of Zephaniah, as memorial in the temple of Yahweh.	3e	4B	24 9
וּרְחוֹקִ֣ים ׀ יָבֹ֗אוּ וּבָנוּ֙ בְּהֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחַ֣נִי אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְהָיָה֙ אִם־שָׁמ֣וֹעַ תִּשְׁמְע֔וּן בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם ס	15		And those that are far off will come, and will build the temple of Yahweh, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts sent me to you, and it will happen, if to hear, you hear with the voice of Yahweh your God.	3e	4B	30 19

Zechariah 5

One thing Zechariah teaches us is to ask questions. He may have strange and dreamlike visions, but he asks rather than assuming he knows in advance the answers. Keep on with questions. Even simple ones.

Zechariah 5		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וָאָשׁ֕וּב וָאֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֖י וָֽאֶרְאֶ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֥ה עָפָֽה	1		And I turned and I lifted up my eyes and I saw, and behold a flying scroll.	3e	4A	11 8
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י מָ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה רֹאֶ֑ה וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ מְגִלָּ֣ה עָפָ֔ה אָרְכָּהּ֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה וְרָחְבָּ֖הּ עֶ֥שֶׂר בָּאַמָּֽה	2		And he said to me, what you are seeing? And I said, I, I see a flying scroll, her length twenty cubits, and her breadth ten cubits.	3e	4C	10 27
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י זֹ֚את הָֽאָלָ֔ה הַיּוֹצֵ֖את עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י כָל־הַגֹּנֵ֗ב מִזֶּה֙ כָּמ֣וֹהָ נִקָּ֔ה וְכָל־הַנִּ֨שְׁבָּ֔ע מִזֶּ֖ה כָּמ֥וֹהָ נִקָּֽה	3		And he said to me, This is the imprecation that goes forth on the face of the whole land, for all who steal from it according to it are innocent, and all who swear from it according to it are innocent.	3e	4C	19 24
הוֹצֵאתִ֗יהָ נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וּבָ֙אָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַגַּנָּ֔ב וְאֶל־בֵּ֛ית הַנִּשְׁבָּ֥ע בִּשְׁמִ֖י לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וְלָ֙נֶה֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ בֵּית֔וֹ וְכִלַּ֖תּוּ וְאֶת־עֵצָ֥יו וְאֶת־אֲבָנָֽיו	4		I will bring it forth, an oracle of Yahweh of hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of one who swears by my name falsely, and it will lodge in the midst of his house it will consume it and its timber and its stones.	3d	4B	30 20
וַיֵּצֵ֕א הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י שָׂ֣א נָ֤א עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְאֵ֔ה מָ֖ה הַיּוֹצֵ֥את הַזֹּֽאת	5		So the angel of the one speaking in me came forth, and said to me, Lift up, please, your eyes, and see what this is that is coming forth.	3e	4C	10 18
וָאֹמַ֖ר מַה־הִ֑יא וַיֹּ֗אמֶר זֹ֤את הָֽאֵיפָה֙ הַיּוֹצֵ֔את וַיֹּ֕אמֶר זֹ֥את עֵינָ֖ם בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ	6		And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah coming forth. And he said, this is their eye in all the land.	3e	4C	5 21
וְהִנֵּ֛ה כִּכַּ֥ר עֹפֶ֖רֶת נִשֵּׂ֑את וְזֹאת֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה אַחַ֔ת יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בְּת֥וֹךְ הָאֵיפָֽה	7		And behold a talent of lead being lifted up, and this one woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.	3d	4B	10 14
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ זֹ֣את הָרִשְׁעָ֔ה וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ אֹתָ֖הּ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הָֽאֵיפָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁלֵ֛ךְ אֶת־אֶ֥בֶן הָעֹפֶ֖רֶת אֶל־פִּֽיהָ ס	8		And he said, This is wickedness, and he cast her into the centre of the ephah, and he cast the stone of the lead into her mouth.	3d	4B	17 14
וָאֶשָּׂ֨א עֵינַ֜י וָאֵ֗רֶא וְהִנֵּה֩ שְׁתַּ֨יִם נָשִׁ֤ים יֽוֹצְאוֹת֙ וְר֣וּחַ בְּכַנְפֵיהֶ֔ם וְלָהֵ֥נָּה כְנָפַ֖יִם כְּכַנְפֵ֣י הַחֲסִידָ֑ה וַתִּשֶּׂ֙אנָה֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֵיפָ֔ה בֵּ֥ין הָאָ֖רֶץ וּבֵ֥ין הַשָּׁמָֽיִם	9		And I lifted up my eyes and I saw, and behold two women coming forth and wind in their wings, and they had wings as the wings of the stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.	3e	4C	38 18
וָאֹמַ֕ר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י אָ֛נָה הֵ֥מָּה מֽוֹלִכ֖וֹת אֶת־הָאֵיפָֽה	10		And I said to the angel of the one speaking in me, Where are they making the ephah go?	3d	4B	11 11
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י לִבְנֽוֹת־לָ֥הֿ בַ֖יִת בְּאֶ֣רֶץ שִׁנְעָ֑ר וְהוּכַ֛ן וְהֻנִּ֥יחָה שָּׁ֖ם עַל־מְכֻנָתָֽהּ ס	11		And he said to me, To build for her a house in the land of Shinar. And it is established, and she is left there on her base.	3d	4B	15 14

Zechariah 4 - the vision of the lamp stand and the olive trees

Zechariah is a visionary. I should add this to my book on the music as a commentary on Exodus 25, but the book is long enough. Yet surely this visionary is returning to a hope that was from the beginning.  Yet we must imagine the vision. Chose for yourself an image. The music has a clear frame.

The opening of verse 1 has a similar beginning to the opening of verse 14. It is not uncommon. It occurs 96 times, five of them in Zechariah.

[2018.01] globe, to agree with the image and word in Ecclesiastes 12, the golden globe. And with the words concerning Solomon's temple, 1 Chronicles 4 and others. I am reading the stem as גלה. It could be merged with גלל. The separation of stems can lead to confusion. My tendency now is to merge and to separate later when usage is identified by word form. (Most emphatically not by part of speech. Hebrew nouns verbs and verbs nouns even more than English.)

Zechariah 4		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וַיָּ֕שָׁב הַמַּלְאָ֖ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֑י וַיְעִירֵ֕נִי כְּאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יֵע֥וֹר מִשְּׁנָתֽוֹ	1		And the angel of the one speaking in me turned, and aroused me, as a person who is roused from its sleep.	3e	4B	10 13
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י מָ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה רֹאֶ֑ה וָאֹמַ֡ר רָאִ֣יתִי ׀ וְהִנֵּ֣ה מְנוֹרַת֩ זָהָ֨ב כֻּלָּ֜הּ וְגֻלָּ֣הּ עַל־רֹאשָׁ֗הּ וְשִׁבְעָ֤ה נֵרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ עָלֶ֔יהָ שִׁבְעָ֤ה וְשִׁבְעָה֙ מֽוּצָק֔וֹת לַנֵּר֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־רֹאשָֽׁהּ	2		And he said to me, What are you seeing? And I said, I saw and behold a lamp stand of gold, all of her, and a globe on her top, and her seven lamps on her are seven, and seven infusions to the lamps that are on her top.	3e	4C	10 48
וּשְׁנַ֥יִם זֵיתִ֖ים עָלֶ֑יהָ אֶחָד֙ מִימִ֣ין הַגֻּלָּ֔ה וְאֶחָ֖ד עַל־שְׂמֹאלָֽהּ	3		And two olive trees by her, one on the right hand of the globe and one on her left.	3e	4B	7 14
וָאַ֙עַן֙ וָֽאֹמַ֔ר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר מָה־אֵ֖לֶּה אֲדֹנִֽי	4		Then I answered, and I said to the angel of the one speaking in me, saying, What are these, my Lord?	3d	4A	16 6
וַ֠יַּעַן הַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּי֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י הֲל֥וֹא יָדַ֖עְתָּ מָה־הֵ֣מָּה אֵ֑לֶּה וָאֹמַ֖ר לֹ֥א אֲדֹנִֽי	5	~	And the angel of the one speaking in me answered and said to me, Do you not know what they are, these? And I said, No, my Lord.	3e	4B	25 7
וַיַּ֜עַן וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלַי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר זֶ֚ה דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֤א בְחַ֙יִל֙ וְלֹ֣א בְכֹ֔חַ כִּ֣י אִם־בְּרוּחִ֔י אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת	6		And he answered and he said to me, saying, This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force and not by power, but rather, by my spirit, says Yahweh of hosts.	3e	4C	22 21
מִֽי־אַתָּ֧ה הַֽר־הַגָּד֛וֹל לִפְנֵ֥י זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל לְמִישֹׁ֑ר וְהוֹצִיא֙ אֶת־הָאֶ֣בֶן הָרֹאשָׁ֔ה תְּשֻׁא֕וֹת חֵ֥ן חֵ֖ן לָֽהּ	7		Who are you, great hill, in the presence of Zerubbabel? A level place. And he will bring forth her head-stone, ruinous grace, grace for her.	3c	4B	15 16
וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר	8		And the word of Yahweh happened to me, saying,	3e	3g	10
יְדֵ֣י זְרֻבָּבֶ֗ל יִסְּד֛וּ הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה וְיָדָ֣יו תְּבַצַּ֑עְנָה וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחַ֥נִי אֲלֵיכֶֽם	9		The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house so his own hands will gain, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts sent me to you.	3d	4B	20 18
כִּ֣י מִ֣י בַז֮ לְי֣וֹם קְטַנּוֹת֒ וְשָׂמְח֗וּ וְרָא֞וּ אֶת־הָאֶ֧בֶן הַבְּדִ֛יל בְּיַ֥ד זְרֻבָּבֶ֖ל שִׁבְעָה־אֵ֑לֶּה עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה הֵ֥מָּה מְשׁוֹטְטִ֖ים בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ	10	B	For who is contemptuous of the day of lesser things? And they will be glad and see the stone smelted by the hand of Zerubbabel, these seven. They are the eyes of Yahweh roving in all the land.	3c	4B	30 14
וָאַ֖עַן וָאֹמַ֣ר אֵלָ֑יו מַה־שְּׁנֵ֤י הַזֵּיתִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶה עַל־יְמִ֥ין הַמְּנוֹרָ֖ה וְעַל־שְׂמֹאולָֽהּ	11		Then I answered and said to him, What are these two olive trees on the right hand of the lamp stand and on her left?	3e	4C	8 20
וָאַ֣עַן שֵׁנִ֔ית וָאֹמַ֖ר אֵלָ֑יו מַה־שְׁתֵּ֞י שִׁבֲּלֵ֣י הַזֵּיתִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּיַ֗ד שְׁנֵי֙ צַנְתְּר֣וֹת הַזָּהָ֔ב הַֽמְרִיקִ֥ים מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַזָּהָֽב	12		And I answered a second time and said to him, What are two stalks of the olive trees, that by the hand of two gold culverts, empty from themselves the gold?	3e	4B	10 31
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלַי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הֲל֥וֹא יָדַ֖עְתָּ מָה־אֵ֑לֶּה וָאֹמַ֖ר לֹ֥א אֲדֹנִֽי	13		And he said to me, saying, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my Lord.	3e	4C	15 7
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֵ֖לֶּה שְׁנֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־הַיִּצְהָ֑ר הָעֹמְדִ֖ים עַל־אֲד֥וֹן כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ	14		And he said, These are the two children of midday, those standing by the Lord of all the land.	3e	4B	11 10

Zechariah 3, the incendiary and the sprout

Every verse memorized in ignorance is reframed, reinterpreted, rethought, and reworked when you read it in Hebrew. If YHWH is against the accuser then the same is against Jerusalem. You cannot have it both ways. The preposition is the same ב. So the preposition in English must also be the same even if prepositions are notorious for failing concordance. (And they must fail - such is, it seems, the nature of language in translation.)

Chapter 3 of Zechariah thus causes changes to chapters 1 and 2. (Beware the translator who posts a chapter at a time.) And try to figure out here also who is speaking to whom about what or whom.

How are you, Bob? I am heavy. Lourd. כבד. Depressed מה־תּשׁתּוחחי נפשׁי?
It is not my exile, but the exile of that other who is also me. כי אך אנחנו שׁנים אהד.
If you know me, you will know my circumstance.

Zechariah 3 is a short chapter. And the incendiary is again to be delivered from fire. But what will I do about the servant Sprout?  Really the capitalized BRANCH of KJV is a bit much. Perhaps I will discover this Messianic title later and have to revise this section. But the name won't be 'branch'. 'I think I will name him Growth' (A. A. Milne). Don't worry, if this is real, it will turn up again, for the one that is in me, though troubled and troubling, will point it out to me again.

But don't think for a minute that you have the answer already. We have scarcely begun even after three score and ten years.

Zechariah 3		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וַיַּרְאֵ֗נִי אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ הַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֔וֹל עֹמֵ֕ד לִפְנֵ֖י מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֑ה וְהַשָּׂטָ֛ן עֹמֵ֥ד עַל־יְמִינ֖וֹ לְשִׂטְנֽוֹ	1		And he showed me Joshua the great priest standing in the presence of the angel of Yahweh, and the accuser standing at his right hand to accuse him.	3d	4B	23 13
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־הַשָּׂטָ֗ן יִגְעַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה בְּךָ֙ הַשָּׂטָ֔ן וְיִגְעַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ בְּךָ֔ הַבֹּחֵ֖ר בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הֲל֧וֹא זֶ֦ה א֖וּד מֻצָּ֥ל מֵאֵֽשׁ	2		And Yahweh said to the accuser, may Yahweh give rebuke against you who accuse, and may Yahweh give rebuke against you, the one who chose against Jerusalem. Is not this incendiary delivered from fire?	3c	4C	32 8
וִיהוֹשֻׁ֕עַ הָיָ֥ה לָבֻ֖שׁ בְּגָדִ֣ים צוֹאִ֑ים וְעֹמֵ֖ד לִפְנֵ֥י הַמַּלְאָֽךְ	3		And Joshua was clothed in filthy garments, and he stood in the presence of the angel.	3e	4B	13 8
וַיַּ֣עַן וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶל־הָעֹמְדִ֤ים לְפָנָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הָסִ֛ירוּ הַבְּגָדִ֥ים הַצֹּאִ֖ים מֵעָלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו רְאֵ֨ה הֶעֱבַ֤רְתִּי מֵעָלֶ֙יךָ֙ עֲוֺנֶ֔ךָ וְהַלְבֵּ֥שׁ אֹתְךָ֖ מַחֲלָצֽוֹת	4		And he answered and said to those standing in his presence, saying, Put aside the filthy garments from him. And he said to him, See, I have made to pass from over you, your iniquity, and I will clothe you with rescue.	3d	4C	26 28
וָאֹמַ֕ר יָשִׂ֛ימוּ צָנִ֥יף טָה֖וֹר עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַיָּשִׂימוּ֩ הַצָּנִ֨יף הַטָּה֜וֹר עַל־רֹאשׁ֗וֹ וַיַּלְבִּשֻׁ֙הוּ֙ בְּגָדִ֔ים וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה עֹמֵֽד	5		And I said, Let them set a clean turban on his head, and they set the clean turban on his head and they clothed him with garments and the angel of Yahweh was standing.	3d	4A	13 28
וַיָּ֙עַד֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה בִּיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לֵאמֹֽר	6		And the angel of Yahweh testified against Joshua, saying,	3e	4B	13
כֹּה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת אִם־בִּדְרָכַ֤י תֵּלֵךְ֙ וְאִ֣ם אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣י תִשְׁמֹ֔ר וְגַם־אַתָּה֙ תָּדִ֣ין אֶת־בֵּיתִ֔י וְגַ֖ם תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר אֶת־חֲצֵרָ֑י וְנָתַתִּ֤י לְךָ֙ מַהְלְכִ֔ים בֵּ֥ין הָעֹמְדִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה	7		Thus says Yahweh of hosts, If in my ways you will walk and if my watch you will keep, and also you will advocate for my house, and also you will keep my courts, then I will give to you promenades between these who are standing.	3e	4C	39 16
שְֽׁמַֽע־נָ֞א יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ ׀ הַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֗וֹל אַתָּה֙ וְרֵעֶ֙יךָ֙ הַיֹּשְׁבִ֣ים לְפָנֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־אַנְשֵׁ֥י מוֹפֵ֖ת הֵ֑מָּה כִּֽי־הִנְנִ֥י מֵבִ֛יא אֶת־עַבְדִּ֖י צֶֽמַח	8		Hear if you will, Joshua the great priest, you and your associates sitting here in your presence, for persons of portent they are, for note me well, I will bring my servant, Growth.	3d	4B	33 10
כִּ֣י ׀ הִנֵּ֣ה הָאֶ֗בֶן אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָתַ֙תִּי֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ עַל־אֶ֥בֶן אַחַ֖ת שִׁבְעָ֣ה עֵינָ֑יִם הִנְנִ֧י מְפַתֵּ֣חַ פִּתֻּחָ֗הּ נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וּמַשְׁתִּ֛י אֶת־עֲוֺ֥ן הָאָֽרֶץ־הַהִ֖יא בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָֽד	9	B	For behold the stone that I gave in the presence of Joshua. On one stone are seven eyes. Note me well carving what is carved, an oracle of Yahweh of hosts, and I will extricate the iniquity of the land that in one day.	3c	4C	27 31
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת תִּקְרְא֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ אֶל־תַּ֥חַת גֶּ֖פֶן וְאֶל־תַּ֥חַת תְּאֵנָֽה	10	B	On that day, an oracle of Yahweh of hosts, you will call each to his associate, to be under vine and to be under fig tree.	3e	4B	19 12

Saturday

I think I tend to do links on Saturday but it's not a needed thing. Doug Chaplin's articles on the articles are always of interest to me. This one has some reasoning toward openness that I concur with:

"The particular historical life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth is the defining centre of creation, the fullest possible contact point between the eternal and the temporal, the necessary and the contingent, God and humanity."

Read the whole musing for his teasing out of this sentence.

Zechariah 2

You know, friends, if such you are, this skim-boarding is both tiring and difficult. There are so many decisions made for us who read in translation, I can see why the process might never complete. Anyone could easily spend a lifetime with any one of the myriad of questions that occur to me as I slide by the dunes on the smooth waves after they have broken. There are rocks, but I avoid them by turning the skim-board around and finding another direction. It's easy to jump on and jump off again and balance for a few seconds an inch above the sand. And if the wave is too big, I ride it in and it shrinks. It always returns to the sea smaller in any case. But I don't ride them out for fear of being caught in the undertow.

Now to Zechariah, should I interpret the ב as with? I could, but then you wouldn't have to do any reading. Who are these angels / messengers anyway? Is the prophet suffering a schizophrenic reaction to the stress of life? What voices are within that come and go and how do we hear them? Who is the angel speaking in the prophet? This is one strange encounter for me. It sounds like possession. I ask, who is speaking, whose voice in whose body, and to whom. And the suggestions within me are legion.

ידה thanks, is derived from יד hand and a host of other possibilities - so it becomes almost possible to make a little sense of verse 4. (1:21 in English versions).

I am hushed into silence by the openness of the last verse.

Zechariah 2		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וָאֶשָּׂ֥א אֶת־עֵינַ֖י וָאֵ֑רֶא וְהִנֵּ֖ה אַרְבַּ֥ע קְרָנֽוֹת	1		And I lifted up my eyes and I saw. And behold, four horns.	3e	4A	9 8
וָאֹמַ֗ר אֶל־הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י מָה־אֵ֑לֶּה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י אֵ֤לֶּה הַקְּרָנוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר זֵר֣וּ אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וִירוּשָׁלָֽם ס	2		And I said to the angel of the one speaking in me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns that estranged Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.	3d	4C	14 27
וַיַּרְאֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֖ה חָרָשִֽׁים	3		And Yahweh showed me four smiths.	3e	4B	12
וָאֹמַ֕ר מָ֛ה אֵ֥לֶּה בָאִ֖ים לַֽעֲשׂ֑וֹת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאמֹ֗ר אֵ֣לֶּה הַקְּרָנ֞וֹת אֲשֶׁר־זֵ֣רוּ אֶת־יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּפִי־אִישׁ֙ לֹא־נָשָׂ֣א רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ אֵ֙לֶּה֙ לְהַחֲרִ֣יד אֹתָ֔ם לְיַדּ֞וֹת אֶת־קַרְנ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֗ם הַנֹּשְׂאִ֥ים קֶ֛רֶן אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ יְהוּדָ֖ה לְזָרוֹתָֽהּ	4		And I said, What have these come to do? And he said, saying, These are the horns that estranged Judah, such that no person could lift up his head. And these have come to apprehend them, as the means for the horns of the nations lifting up a horn to the land of Judah to estrange it.	3d	4C	11 60
וָאֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֛י וָאֵ֖רֶא וְהִנֵּה־אִ֑ישׁ וּבְיָד֖וֹ חֶ֥בֶל מִדָּֽה	5		And I lifted up my eyes and I saw, and behold someone, and in his hand a measuring rope.	3d	4A	12 7
וָאֹמַ֕ר אָ֖נָה אַתָּ֣ה הֹלֵ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י לָמֹד֙ אֶת־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִרְא֥וֹת כַּמָּֽה־רָחְבָּ֖הּ וְכַמָּ֥ה אָרְכָּֽהּ	6		And I said, Where you are going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem to see what is her breadth and what is her length.	3e	4B	9 23
וְהִנֵּ֗ה הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י יֹצֵ֑א וּמַלְאָ֣ךְ אַחֵ֔ר יֹצֵ֖א לִקְרָאתֽוֹ	7		And behold, the angel of the one speaking in me went out, and another angel went out to encounter him.	3d	4B	12 10
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔ו רֻ֗ץ דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־הַנַּ֥עַר הַלָּ֖ז לֵאמֹ֑ר פְּרָזוֹת֙ תֵּשֵׁ֣ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם מֵרֹ֥ב אָדָ֛ם וּבְהֵמָ֖ה בְּתוֹכָֽהּ	8		And he said to him, Race. Speak to this lad, saying, Hamlets are the habitable shape of Jerusalem, given the multitude of human and beast in her midst.	3d	4B	16 19
וַאֲנִ֤י אֶֽהְיֶה־לָּהּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה ח֥וֹמַת אֵ֖שׁ סָבִ֑יב וּלְכָב֖וֹד אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה בְתוֹכָֽהּ פ	9		And myself, I will become for her, an oracle of Yahweh, a wall of fire surrounding, and for glory, I will be in the midst of her.	3e	4C	15 9
ה֣וֹי ה֗וֹי וְנֻ֛סוּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ צָפ֖וֹן נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֠י כְּאַרְבַּ֞ע רוּח֧וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם פֵּרַ֥שְׂתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה	10	B	Ho! ho! and withdraw from the land of the north, an oracle of Yahweh, for as the four spirits of the heavens, I have spread you, an oracle of Yahweh.	3c	4B	16 18
ה֥וֹי צִיּ֖וֹן הִמָּלְטִ֑י יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת בַּת־בָּבֶֽל ס	11	f	Ho! Zion, escape, you who sit with the daughter of Babel.	3e	4A	7 7
כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ אַחַ֣ר כָּב֔וֹד שְׁלָחַ֕נִי אֶל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם הַשֹּׁלְלִ֣ים אֶתְכֶ֑ם כִּ֚י הַנֹּגֵ֣עַ בָּכֶ֔ם נֹגֵ֖עַ בְּבָבַ֥ת עֵינֽוֹ	12	B	Because thus says Yahweh of hosts, Following glory, he sent me to the nations spoiling you, for who touches among you, touches the apple of his eye.	3e	4C	26 15
כִּ֠י הִנְנִ֨י מֵנִ֤יף אֶת־יָדִי֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָי֥וּ שָׁלָ֖ל לְעַבְדֵיהֶ֑ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחָֽנִי ס	13	~	For note me well, I will elevate my hand over them and they will be spoil to their servants, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts sent me.	3e	4C	20 15
רָנִּ֥י וְשִׂמְחִ֖י בַּת־צִיּ֑וֹן כִּ֧י הִנְנִי־בָ֛א וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֥י בְתוֹכֵ֖ךְ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה	14		Shout for joy and be glad, daughter of Zion, for note me well, I come, and I will dwell in your midst, an oracle of Yahweh.	3c	4A	8 14
וְנִלְווּ֩ גוֹיִ֨ם רַבִּ֤ים אֶל־יְהוָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא וְהָ֥יוּ לִ֖י לְעָ֑ם וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֣י בְתוֹכֵ֔ךְ וְיָדַ֕עַתְּ כִּי־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁלָחַ֥נִי אֵלָֽיִךְ	15		And many nations will be allied to Yahweh in that day and they will be to me for a people, and I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts sent me to you.	3e	4C	20 25
וְנָחַ֨ל יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ חֶלְק֔וֹ עַ֖ל אַדְמַ֣ת הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וּבָחַ֥ר ע֖וֹד בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם	16		And Yahweh will inherit Judah, his share, on the holy ground, and he chose still against Jerusalem.	3e	4C	17 8
הַ֥ס כָּל־בָּשָׂ֖ר מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֥י נֵע֖וֹר מִמְּע֥וֹן קָדְשֽׁוֹ ס	17	f	Hush, all flesh, from the presence of Yahweh, for he is aroused from his holy habitation.	3e	4B	8 8

Zechariah 1

What's in a gloss? Is for example ארץ land or is it earth? How can one tell? Even if it is land, is it a specific land? The frequency of the word in Zechariah (one in every 5 verses .2) is among the highest. The count is shared by Genesis and Jeremiah. Only Deuteronomy exceeds them at .21.

More accurately, the frequency for Deuteronomy is 0.205, for Genesis, 0.201, Jeremiah, 0.2, and Zechariah 0.199.

Does it matter? So far I have preferred earth over land in 315 chapters by about 2 to 1.

I think I will use land here.

What's in a three letter stem? When is it a misreading? ידה and ירה both seem to be glossed (occasionally) as throw, cast, or shoot. Reminds me of a recent book title, Eats shoots and leaves. And the importance of commas. The primary use of ירה is instruct (it is the root of Torah) and the primary use of ידה is thanks. It is easy to see how resh (ר) and dalet (ד) could be confused with each other, one wonders if the manuscript reading is just wrong. I have occasionally changed a reading, but rarely. In Zechariah 1:21 (Hebrew 2:4) I wonder what is going on with readings. And I wonder what I will do. Undoubtedly it will be an interpretive move made by my own biased preconception of what the text should say. (But what reading isn't?)

But in the meanwhile here is Zechariah 1 according to the Hebrew numbering.

Zechariah 1		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשְּׁמִינִ֔י בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּן־בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔ה בֶּן־עִדּ֥וֹ הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר	1		In the eighth new moon in the second year of Darius, it happened that Yahweh spoke to Zechariah, child of Berechiah, child of Iddo the prophet, saying,	3e	4B	14 22
קָצַ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה עַל־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם קָֽצֶף	2		Enraged, Yahweh was, over your ancestors, enraged.	3c	3g	11
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֗ם כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת שׁ֣וּבוּ אֵלַ֔י נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְאָשׁ֣וּב אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת	3		So say to them, Thus says Yahweh of hosts, Turn to me, an oracle of Yahweh of hosts, and I will turn to you, says Yahweh of hosts.	3e	4C	26 13
אַל־תִּהְי֣וּ כַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֡ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרְאֽוּ־אֲלֵיהֶם֩ הַנְּבִיאִ֨ים הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת שׁ֤וּבוּ נָא֙ מִדַּרְכֵיכֶ֣ם הָרָעִ֔ים וּמַֽעֲלְלֵיכֶ֖ם הָֽרָעִ֑ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֛וּ וְלֹֽא־הִקְשִׁ֥יבוּ אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה	4		Do not be like your ancestors to whom the former prophets called, saying, Thus says Yahweh of hosts, Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil wantonness. And they did not hear and they did not attend to me, an oracle of Yahweh.	3d	4C	49 15
אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם אַיֵּה־הֵ֑ם וְהַ֨נְּבִאִ֔ים הַלְעוֹלָ֖ם יִֽחְיֽוּ	5		Your ancestors, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?	3e	4A	7 9
אַ֣ךְ ׀ דְּבָרַ֣י וְחֻקַּ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוִּ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־עֲבָדַ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים הֲל֥וֹא הִשִּׂ֖יגוּ אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר זָמַ֜ם יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֔נוּ כִּדְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ וּכְמַ֣עֲלָלֵ֔ינוּ כֵּ֖ן עָשָׂ֥ה אִתָּֽנוּ ס	6	B	Surely my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did not they overtake your ancestors? And they returned and they said, As Yahweh of hosts intended to do to us according to our ways and according to our practice, so he dealt with us. S	3e	4C	28 39
בְּיוֹם֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֜ה לְעַשְׁתֵּֽי־עָשָׂ֥ר חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ שְׁבָ֔ט בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּן־בֶּ֣רֶכְיָ֔הוּ בֶּן־עִדּ֥וֹא הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר	7		On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh new moon (this is the month of Shebat) in the second year of Darius, it happened that Yahweh spoke to Zechariah, child of Berechiah, child of Iddo the prophet, saying,	3e	4B	27 23
רָאִ֣יתִי ׀ הַלַּ֗יְלָה וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ֙ רֹכֵב֙ עַל־ס֣וּס אָדֹ֔ם וְה֣וּא עֹמֵ֔ד בֵּ֥ין הַהֲדַסִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּמְּצֻלָ֑ה וְאַחֲרָיו֙ סוּסִ֣ים אֲדֻמִּ֔ים שְׂרֻקִּ֖ים וּלְבָנִֽים	8		I saw in the night, and behold a man riding upon a ruddy horse and he stood between the myrtle that are in a shady place, and behind him horses, ruddy, sorrel, and white.	3e	4B	30 15
וָאֹמַ֖ר מָה־אֵ֣לֶּה אֲדֹנִ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֔י אֲנִ֥י אַרְאֶ֖ךָּ מָה־הֵ֥מָּה אֵֽלֶּה	9		And I said, What are these, my Lord? And the angel of the one speaking in me said to me, I myself will show you what they are, these.	3e	4B	9 22
וַיַּ֗עַן הָאִ֛ישׁ הָעֹמֵ֥ד בֵּין־הַהַדַסִּ֖ים וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֵ֚לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁלַ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה לְהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ	10		And answered the man standing between the myrtle and said, These, that Yahweh sent to walk in the land.	3d	4C	16 15
וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ אֶת־מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה הָֽעֹמֵד֙ בֵּ֣ין הַהֲדַסִּ֔ים וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ הִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּ בָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֥ה כָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת וְשֹׁקָֽטֶת	11		And they answered the angel of Yahweh standing between the myrtle, and they said, We have walked in the land, and behold all the land sits and is quiet.	3e	4B	27 14
וַיַּ֣עַן מַלְאַךְ־יְהוָה֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת עַד־מָתַ֗י אַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־תְרַחֵ֣ם אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר זָעַ֔מְתָּה זֶ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה	12		And the angel of Yahweh answered and said, Yahweh of hosts, long how will you not have compassion on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation this seventy year span.	3e	4B	36 10
וַיַּ֣עַן יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י דְּבָרִ֣ים טוֹבִ֑ים דְּבָרִ֖ים נִחֻמִֽים	13		And Yahweh answered the angel of the one speaking in me good things, things that are comforting.	3d	4B	18 6
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר בִּ֔י קְרָ֣א לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת קִנֵּ֧אתִי לִירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם וּלְצִיּ֖וֹן קִנְאָ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה	14		And the angel of the one speaking in me said to me, Call, saying, Thus says Yahweh of hosts, I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion a great jealousy.	3c	4B	24 15
וְקֶ֤צֶף גָּדוֹל֙ אֲנִ֣י קֹצֵ֔ף עַל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם הַשַּֽׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִי֙ קָצַ֣פְתִּי מְּעָ֔ט וְהֵ֖מָּה עָזְר֥וּ לְרָעָֽה	15		And with rage great I am enraged concerning the tranquil nations, that I was enraged against a little but they helped the injury.	3e	4C	18 17
לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה שַׁ֤בְתִּי לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בְּֽרַחֲמִ֔ים בֵּיתִי֙ יִבָּ֣נֶה בָּ֔הּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְקָ֥ו יִנָּטֶ֖ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם	16		Therefore thus says Yahweh, I have returned to Jerusalem with compassions. My house will be built in her, an oracle of Yahweh of hosts, and a line will be stretched out to Jerusalem.	3e	4C	30 10
ע֣וֹד ׀ קְרָ֣א לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת ע֛וֹד תְּפוּצֶ֥ינָה עָרַ֖י מִטּ֑וֹב וְנִחַ֨ם יְהוָ֥ה עוֹד֙ אֶת־צִיּ֔וֹן וּבָחַ֥ר ע֖וֹד בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם ס	17	B	Still call, saying, Thus says Yahweh of hosts, Still my cities will be dispersed from good, and Yahweh still comforts Zion and he chose still against Jerusalem.	3d	4C	22 18