Zechariah 1:8
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 red, brown, and white horses.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
7Three months later, on February 15, Yahweh gave another message to me.
Cross References
Genesis 20:3But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”
Numbers 12:6Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I usually reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.
1 Kings 3:5That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?”
Psalms 45:3You who are a mighty warrior, put on your sword! You are glorious and majestic.
Song of Solomon 6:2The one who loves me has now come to me, who am like [MET, EUP] his garden, He has come to enjoy my ◄charms/physical attractions► which are like [MET, EUP] spices, to enjoy cuddling up to me [EUP, MET], and kissing my lips, which are like [MET] lilies.
Isaiah 55:13Instead of thornbushes and briers, pine/cypress trees and myrtle trees will grow in your land. As a result of that, people will honor me much more; and what I do will remind everyone that I do what I have promised.”
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 1:8-18
The Vision of the Horse and Myrtles; Intercession for Jerusalem. ( b. c. 520.) 7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. 9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And… Read the whole commentary →