Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.(Zechariah 1:4)

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?(Zechariah 1:5)

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.(Zechariah 1:6)

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.(Zechariah 1:8)

Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.(Zechariah 1:9)

And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.(Zechariah 1:10)