Zechariah 1:7-9

New International Reader's Version

A Vision of a Horseman Among Some Myrtle Trees

⁷ A message from the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet. Zechariah was the son of Berekiah. Berekiah was the son of Iddo. The message came during the second year that Darius was king. It was the 24th day of the 11th month. That’s the month of Shebat.

⁸ I had a vision at night. I saw a man sitting on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in a valley. Behind him were red, brown and white horses.

⁹ An angel was talking with me. I asked him, “Sir, what are these?”

He answered, “I will show you what they are.”