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-\v 1 When Darius had been the emperor of Persia for two years, in the eighth month his reign, Yahweh gave Zechariah the prophet, son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo the prophet, this message:
+\v 1 When Darius had been the emperor of Persia for two years, in the eighth month his reign, Yahweh gave Zechariah the prophet, who was the son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo the prophet, this message:
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 \v 2 "I was very angry with your ancestors.
 \v 3 So tell this to the people: Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says this: 'Return to me, and if you do that, I will help you again.
 
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-\v 4 Do not be like your ancestors. Prophets, who have now died, continually proclaimed to your ancestors that they should stop doing the evil things that they were always doing. But they refused to pay attention to what I said.
+\v 4 Do not be like your ancestors. Prophets who have now died continually proclaimed to your ancestors that they should stop doing the evil things that they were always doing. But they refused to pay attention to what I said.
 \v 5 Your ancestors have died and are now in their graves. Even the prophets did not live forever either.
-\v 6 But the commands and the decrees that I had instructed my servants the prophets to tell them—your ancestors did not obey them, so I punished them.
-So then they repented and said that I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, had done to them what they deserved for their evil behavior, just like I had said I would do.'"
+\v 6 But the commands and the decrees that I had instructed my servants the prophets to tell them—your ancestors did not obey them, so I punished them. So then they repented and said that I, Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, had done to them what they deserved for their evil behavior, just as I had said I would do.'"
 
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-\v 7 Shebat is the eleventh month of the year. On that month, on the twenty-fourth day of that month a message from Yahweh came to Zechariah. The message came on the second year when Darius was ruling as king. Yahweh gave his message to Zechariah son of Berekiah who was the son of the prophet Iddo. This is the message: 
+\v 7 Shebat is the eleventh month of the year. On the twenty-fourth day of that month, a message from Yahweh came to Zechariah. The message came in the second year that Darius was ruling as king. Yahweh gave his message to Zechariah, who was the son of Berekiah and grandson of the prophet Iddo. This is the message: 
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 \v 8 During the night I had a vision. In the vision I saw an angel who was on a red horse. He was in a narrow valley among some myrtle trees. Behind him were angels on other horses—red, reddish-brown, and white horses.
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 \v 10 Then the angel who had stopped under the myrtle trees explained. He said, "They are the angels whom Yahweh has sent to patrol the entire world."
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-\v 11 Then those angels reported to the angel of Yahweh who was under the myrtle trees, "We have traveled throughout the world, and we have found out that the army of the emperor has conquered nations throughout the world, and that they are now helpless and inactive."
+\v 11 Then those angels reported to the angel of Yahweh who was under the myrtle trees, "We have traveled throughout the world, and we have found out that the army of the emperor has conquered nations throughout the world and that they are now helpless and inactive."
 
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-\v 12 Then the angel asked, "Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, how long will you continue to not act mercifully toward Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah? You have been angry with them for seventy years!"
+\v 12 Then the angel asked, "Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, how long will you continue to not act mercifully toward Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah? You have been angry with them for seventy years!"
 \v 13 So Yahweh spoke kindly to the angel who had talked to me, saying things that comforted him.
 
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 \v 14 Then the angel who had been talking with me said to me, "Proclaim this to the people of Jerusalem: Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says that he is very concerned about the people who live on Mount Zion and in the other parts of Jerusalem.
-\v 15 And he is very angry with the nations that are proud and feel safe. He was only a little bit angry with Judah, but they caused them to suffer much more.
+\v 15 And he is very angry with the nations that are proud and feel safe. He was only a little angry with Judah, but they caused them to suffer much more.
 
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-\v 16 Therefore, he says that
-he will go back to Jerusalem and help the people. It will be as if he himself had surveyed and measured all the land in the city.
+\v 16 Therefore, he says that he will go back to Jerusalem and help the people. It will be as if he himself had surveyed and measured all the land in the city.
 \v 17 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, also said to tell people in his cities in Judah that they will soon be very prosperous again.
 He will encourage the people of Jerusalem again, and he will again choose Jerusalem as his special city."
 
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 \v 20 Then Yahweh showed me four blacksmiths.
 \v 21 I asked, "What are those men coming to do?"
-\p He replied, "The nations that those horns represent scattered the people of Judah, so they suffered greatly. But these blacksmiths are coming to frighten and destroy those nations and to throw down their horns, their power—all those nations who had attacked the land of Judah."
+\p He replied, "The nations that those horns represent scattered the people of Judah so that they suffered greatly. But these blacksmiths are coming to frighten and destroy those nations and to throw down the horns—the power—of all those nations who had attacked the land of Judah."
 
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 \v 1 Then I looked up and saw a man with a surveyor's line.
 \v 2 I asked him, "Where are you going?"
-\p He replied, "I am going to survey Jerusalem, to determine how wide it is and how long it is."
+\p He replied, "I am going to survey Jerusalem to determine how wide it is and how long it is."
 
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-\v 10 Yahweh says, "You people of Jerusalem, shout and be happy, because I will come to you and live among you!"
+\v 10 Yahweh says, "You people of Jerusalem, shout and be happy because I will come to you and live among you!"
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-\v 11 At that time, people of many nations will join with Yahweh and become his people. He will live among all of you; and you will know that Yahweh, powerful Commander of the angel armies, is the one who sent me to you as a prophet.
+\v 11 At that time, people of many nations will join with Yahweh and become his people. He will live among all of you, and you will know that Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, is the one who sent me to you as a prophet.
 
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 \v 12 The people of Judah will be a very special part of his own land, and Jerusalem will again be the city that he has chosen.
-\v 13 Everyone, everywhere, should be silent in the presence of Yahweh, because he is about to come down again from where he lives in heaven to do great things for us.
+\v 13 Everyone everywhere should be silent in the presence of Yahweh, because he is about to come down again from where he lives in heaven to do great things for us.
 
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-\v 1 Then Yahweh showed me Joshua, the high priest, who was standing in front of the angel that Yahweh had sent. And Satan was standing at Joshua's right side, ready to accuse him of having sinned.
-\v 2 But the angel of Yahweh said to Satan, "Satan, may Yahweh rebuke you! He has chosen Jerusalem to be his special city, and may he rebuke you! This man, Joshua, has been brought back from Babylonia; he is certainly like a burning stick that someone has snatched from a fire."
+\v 1 Then Yahweh showed me Joshua the high priest, who was standing in front of the angel that Yahweh had sent. And Satan was standing at Joshua's right side, ready to accuse him of having sinned.
+\v 2 But the angel of Yahweh said to Satan, "Satan, may Yahweh rebuke you! He has chosen Jerusalem to be his special city, and may he rebuke you! This man Joshua has been brought back from Babylonia; he is certainly like a burning stick that someone has snatched from a fire."
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 \v 3 Now as Joshua was standing in front of the angel, he was wearing filthy clothes.
 
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 \v 6 Then the same angel said this to Joshua:
-\v 7 "Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, says that if you do what I want you to do and obey my instructions, you will be in charge of my temple and its courtyard. And I will allow you to be part of this group of angels who are always standing near to me and can speak with me at any time.
+\v 7 "Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says that if you do what I want you to do and obey my instructions, you will be in charge of my temple and its courtyard. And I will allow you to be with these angels who are always standing near to me and can speak with me at any time.
 
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