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Zechariah

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Introduction to Zechariah:
Author: Zechariah (1:1).Time of His Ministry: From about 520 B.C., the second year of Darius Hystaspes (1:1; Ezra 4—6; different from both the Darius in Daniel 9:1; 11:1 and the one in Nehemiah 12:22), to about 518 B.C., the fourth year of Darius (7:1).Place of His Ministry: Jerusalem (7:2-4).Object of His Ministry: The captives returning to Jerusalem.

Subject of Zechariah:
Jehovah's Hearty Consolation and Promise to His Chastised Chosen People
through the Redemption of Christ, Who in His Humiliation
Became Their Suffering Companion in Their Captivity

Zechariah

Chapter 1 of 14

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I.  The introductory word — 1:1-6

Zec 1:1 - In the eighth month, in the asecond year of 1Darius, the word of Jehovah came to 2bZechariah the prophet, the son of 3Berechiah, the son of 4Iddo, saying,
Zec 1:2 - Jehovah was extremely angry with your fathers;
Zec 1:3 - Therefore say to them, Thus says Jehovah 1of hosts, 2aReturn to Me, declares Jehovah of hosts, and I will return to you, says Jehovah of hosts.
Zec 1:4 - Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets acried, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Turn from your evil ways and from your evil deeds; but they did not hear nor hearken to Me, declares Jehovah.
Zec 1:5 - Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Zec 1:6 - But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers, so that they returned and said, As Jehovah of hosts has athought to do with us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so has He done with us?

II.  The visions of consolation and promise — 1:7-6:15

A.  The vision of a man as the Angel of Jehovah riding on a red horse and standing among the myrtle trees — 1:7-17
Zec 1:7 - On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
Zec 1:8 - I saw during the night, and behold, a 1man was riding upon a 2ared horse; and He was standing among the 3myrtle trees that were in the bottoms; and behind Him there were 4red, reddish-brown, and white horses.
Zec 1:9 - Then I said, What are these, sir? And the angel who spoke with me said to me, I will show you what these are.
Zec 1:10 - And the man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are those whom Jehovah has 1sent to go to and fro on the earth.
Zec 1:11 - And they answered the Angel of Jehovah, who was standing among the myrtle trees, and they said, We have gone to and fro on the earth, and indeed all the earth sits astill and is quiet.
Zec 1:12 - Then the Angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long will You not have compassion on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant for these aseventy years?
Zec 1:13 - And Jehovah answered the angel who spoke with me with good words, with comforting words.
Zec 1:14 - So the angel who spoke to me said to me, Cry out, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts: I am greatly 1ajealous for Jerusalem and for Zion;
Zec 1:15 - And I am extremely angry with the nations, who are at ease; for I was only a little aangry, but their help increased the affliction.
Zec 1:16 - Therefore thus says Jehovah, I return to Jerusalem with acompassions; My bhouse will be built in it, declares Jehovah of hosts, and a 1cmeasuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.
Zec 1:17 - Cry out again, saying, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, My cities will again overflow with good, and Jehovah will again acomfort Zion and will again choose Jerusalem.
B.  The vision of the four horns and the four craftsmen — 1:18-21
Zec 1:18 - Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there were 1four horns.
Zec 1:19 - And I said to the angel who spoke with me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the ahorns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
Zec 1:20 - Then Jehovah showed me 1four craftsmen.
Zec 1:21 - And I said, What do these come to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns that have so ascattered Judah that no man lifts up his head, but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations who have lifted up the horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.

Zechariah

Chapter 2 of 14

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C.  The vision of a man with a measuring line in His hand — 2:1-13
Zec 2:1 - Then I lifted up my eyes and I looked, and there was a 1man, and in His hand was a 2ameasuring line.
Zec 2:2 - And I said, Where are you going? And He said to me, To ameasure 1Jerusalem; to see how great its breadth is and how great its length is.
Zec 2:3 - Then at that point the angel who spoke with me went forth and another angel came forth to meet him.
Zec 2:4 - And he said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem will lie as an open region due to the multitude of men and cattle within it,
Zec 2:5 - For I will be her 1wall of fire round about, declares Jehovah, and I will be the 1aglory within her.
Zec 2:6 - Ho! Ho! aFlee from the land of the north, declares Jehovah, for I have 1spread you out like the bfour winds of the heavens, declares Jehovah.
Zec 2:7 - Ho, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Zec 2:8 - For thus says Jehovah of hosts, 1After the glory 2He has sent 2Me against the nations who plunder you; for he who touches you touches the 3apupil of His eye.
Zec 2:9 - For I am now waving My hand over them, and they will be plunder for those who served them; and you will aknow that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me.
Zec 2:10 - Give a aringing shout and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for now 1I am coming, and I will dwell in your bmidst, declares Jehovah.
Zec 2:11 - And many anations will join themselves to Jehovah in that day and will become My people; and I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me to you.
Zec 2:12 - And Jehovah will inherit Judah as His aportion upon the holy land, and He will again choose Jerusalem.
Zec 2:13 - 1aHush, all flesh, before Jehovah! For He is roused up from His bholy habitation.

Zechariah

Chapter 3 of 14

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D.  The vision of Joshua the high priest perfected, established, and strengthened by the Angel of Jehovah with Zerubbabel the governor of Judah — 3:1-10
Zec 3:1 - Then He showed me 1aJoshua the high priest standing before the Angel of Jehovah and 2Satan standing at his bright hand to be his adversary.
Zec 3:2 - And Jehovah said to Satan, Jehovah arebuke you, Satan! Indeed, Jehovah, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the bfire?
Zec 3:3 - Now Joshua was clothed with 1filthy agarments and was standing before the Angel.
Zec 3:4 - And He answered and spoke to those standing before Him, saying, 1Remove the filthy garments from him. Then He said to him, See, I hereby make your iniquity pass from you and aclothe you with stately robes.
Zec 3:5 - And 1He said, Let them put a 2clean aturban upon his head. And they put the clean turban upon his head and clothed him with garments while the Angel of Jehovah stood by.
Zec 3:6 - And the Angel of Jehovah testified to Joshua, saying,
Zec 3:7 - Thus says Jehovah of hosts, If you will walk in My ways and if you will keep My charge, then you will both judge My house and keep My courts, and I will grant you to walk among these standing here.
Zec 3:8 - Hear then, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you—for they are men of symbol—for I am about to bring forth My 1aservant, the bshoot.
Zec 3:9 - For here is the 1astone that I have set before Joshua—upon one stone are 2bseven eyes. I will 3engrave its engraving, declares Jehovah of hosts, and I will 4remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Zec 3:10 - In that day, declares Jehovah of hosts, each of you will invite his neighbor to come under the 1avine and under the fig tree.

Zechariah

Chapter 4 of 14

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E.  The vision of the lampstand of gold and two olive trees — 4:1-14
Zec 4:1 - 1Then the angel who spoke with me returned and roused me as a man is roused from his sleep.
Zec 4:2 - And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see that there is a 1alampstand all of gold, with its bowl on top of it and its bseven lamps upon it, with 2seven pipes for each of the lamps on top of it;
Zec 4:3 - And there are 1two aolive trees beside it, one to the right of the bowl and one to the left.
Zec 4:4 - And I answered and spoke to the angel who spoke with me, saying, What are these, sir?
Zec 4:5 - And the angel who spoke with me answered and said to me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, sir.
Zec 4:6 - And he answered and spoke to me, saying, 1This is the word of Jehovah to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by amight nor by power, but by My 2Spirit, says Jehovah of hosts.
Zec 4:7 - Who are you, O great amountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain, and he will 1bring forth the btopstone with cshouts of Grace, grace to it.
Zec 4:8 - Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Zec 4:9 - The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the afoundation of this house, and his hands will bfinish it; and you will cknow that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me to you.
Zec 4:10 - For who has despised the day of asmall things? For these 1seven rejoice when they see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; they are the beyes of Jehovah running to and fro on the whole earth.
Zec 4:11 - Then I answered and said to him, What are these two aolive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?
Zec 4:12 - And I answered a second time and said to him, What are the two olive 1branches that are by the side of the two golden spouts, 2which empty the 3gold from themselves?
Zec 4:13 - And he spoke to me, saying, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, sir.
Zec 4:14 - And he said, These are the two asons of oil, who stand by the bLord of the whole earth.

Zechariah

Chapter 5 of 14

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F.  The vision of the flying scroll — 5:1-4
Zec 5:1 - 1Then I lifted up my eyes again and I saw, and there was a 2flying ascroll.
Zec 5:2 - And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see a flying scroll, its 1length twenty cubits and its breadth ten cubits.
Zec 5:3 - Then he said to me, This is the 1acurse that goes forth over the face of all the land; for everyone who 2steals will be purged according to what is on one side, and everyone who 2swears will be purged according to what is on the other side.
Zec 5:4 - I will cause 1it to go forth, declares Jehovah of hosts; and it will enter the house of him who steals and the house of him who swears falsely by My name; and it will lodge overnight within his house and aconsume it, both with its timbers and its stones.
G.  The vision of the ephah vessel — 5:5-11
Zec 5:5 - Then the angel who spoke with me went forth and said to me, Lift up now your eyes and see what this is that goes forth.
Zec 5:6 - And I said, What is it? And he said, This is 1the ephah vessel that goes forth; and he said, This is their 2appearance in all the land;
Zec 5:7 - (Then a lead cover was lifted up) and this is a 1woman sitting within the ephah vessel.
Zec 5:8 - Then he said, This is Wickedness. And he threw her down into the midst of the ephah vessel and threw the 1lead weight over its opening.
Zec 5:9 - Then I lifted up my eyes and I looked, and there were 1two women going forth, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork. And they lifted up the ephah vessel between the earth and the heavens.
Zec 5:10 - And I said to the angel who spoke with me, Where are they taking the ephah vessel?
Zec 5:11 - And he said to me, 1To build a house for her in the land of aShinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there in her own place.

Zechariah

Chapter 6 of 14

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H.  The vision of the four chariots — 6:1-8
Zec 6:1 - Then I lifted up my eyes again and I looked, and there were 1four chariots coming forth from between the 2two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of 3bronze.
Zec 6:2 - With the first chariot were ared 1horses, and with the second chariot were black horses,
Zec 6:3 - And with the third chariot were white horses, and with the fourth chariot were strong, speckled horses.
Zec 6:4 - And I answered and said to the angel who spoke with me, What are these, sir?
Zec 6:5 - And the angel answered and said to me, These are the afour winds of heaven who go forth from presenting themselves to the Lord of the whole earth.
Zec 6:6 - With 1one of the winds the black horses went forth to the land of the anorth, and the white horses went forth after them, and the speckled horses went forth to the land of the south.
Zec 6:7 - And the strong horses went forth and sought to proceed to go to and fro on the earth. And He said, Proceed to ago to and fro on the earth; and they went to and fro on the earth.
Zec 6:8 - Then He called out to me and spoke to me, saying, See, these who are going forth to the land of the north have given My Spirit 1arest in the land of the north.
I.  The concluding word to confirm the eight visions by the crowning of Joshua as a type of Christ — 6:9-15
Zec 6:9 - And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
Zec 6:10 - Take from them of the captivity, from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, and go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have come from Babylon.
Zec 6:11 - Indeed, take the silver and gold, and make a 1splendid acrown and put it upon the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest,
Zec 6:12 - And speak to him, saying, Thus speaks Jehovah of hosts, saying, Here is a man, whose name is the aShoot; and he will shoot forth from his place and will 1build the btemple of Jehovah.
Zec 6:13 - Indeed, it is he who will build the temple of Jehovah; and he will bear majesty and will sit and rule on his throne; and he will be a apriest on his throne; and the counsel of peace will be 1between the two of them.
Zec 6:14 - And the splendid crown will be as a 1reminder in the temple of Jehovah to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah.
Zec 6:15 - And those who are afar off will come and build the temple of Jehovah, and you will bknow that Jehovah of hosts has sent Me to you. And it will happen, if you fully obey the voice of Jehovah your God.

Zechariah

Chapter 7 of 14

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III.  The advice to Israel to turn from the vanity of their ritualistic religion of a godly life, and the desire of Jehovah to restore Israel — 7:1-8:23

Zec 7:1 - And in the fourth year of Darius the king the word of Jehovah came to aZechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month Chislev.
Zec 7:2 - Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their men to entreat the favor of Jehovah
Zec 7:3 - By speaking to the priests who belong to the house of Jehovah of hosts and to the prophets, saying, Shall I 1weep in the fifth month and separate myself, as I have done these many years?
Zec 7:4 - Then the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,
Zec 7:5 - Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, When you afasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months, even for these bseventy years, was it at all for Me that you fasted?
Zec 7:6 - And when you eat and when you drink, are you not the ones eating and are you not the ones drinking?
Zec 7:7 - Are not these the words which Jehovah proclaimed by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous and had cities round about her, when the 1Negev and the lowlands were inhabited?
Zec 7:8 - And the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah, saying,
Zec 7:9 - Thus speaks Jehovah of hosts, saying, Judge with judgment of truth, and show lovingkindness and compassion each to his brother;
Zec 7:10 - And do not oppress the widow and the orphan, the stranger and the poor; and let none of you think evil in your hearts about his brother.
Zec 7:11 - But they refused to listen, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and closed their ears from hearing;
Zec 7:12 - And they set their hearts like adamant so as not to hear the instruction and the words which Jehovah of hosts sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from Jehovah of hosts.
Zec 7:13 - And as He called and they would not hear, so they called and I would not hear, says Jehovah of hosts;
Zec 7:14 - But with a storm I ascattered them away upon all the nations, whom they did not know. Thus the land is desolate behind them, so that no one passes through it and no one returns to it; for they have made the bdesirable land desolate.

Zechariah

Chapter 8 of 14

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Zec 8:1 - 1And the word of Jehovah of hosts came, saying,
Zec 8:2 - Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I am ajealous for Zion with great jealousy; indeed, I am jealous for her with great wrath.
Zec 8:3 - Thus says Jehovah, I areturn to Zion, and I will dwell bwithin Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be called the cCity of Truth, and the dmountain of Jehovah of hosts, the Holy Mountain.
Zec 8:4 - Thus says Jehovah of hosts, Yet again old men and old women will dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, each with his staff in his hand due to the multitude of his days.
Zec 8:5 - And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
Zec 8:6 - Thus says Jehovah of hosts, If it seems too 1wonderful in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be too wonderful in My sight? declares Jehovah of hosts.
Zec 8:7 - Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I am about to asave My people from the land of the east and from the land of the going down of the sun.
Zec 8:8 - And I will bring them, and they will dwell within Jerusalem; and they will be My apeople and I will be their God in btruth and in righteousness.
Zec 8:9 - Thus says Jehovah of hosts, 1Let your hands be strong, you who in these days hear these words from the mouth of the prophets who were there in the aday when the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts, that is, the temple, was laid so that it might be built.
Zec 8:10 - For before those days a man’s awages amounted to nothing, and an animal’s wages were nothing; and for him who went out or came in there was no peace, because of the adversary; for I set all men each against his neighbor.
Zec 8:11 - But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as I was in the former days, declares Jehovah of hosts;
Zec 8:12 - For there will be peace for the seed: The vine will give forth its afruit, and the land will give forth its produce, and the heavens will give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
Zec 8:13 - And just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.
Zec 8:14 - For thus says Jehovah of hosts, Just as I intended to do harm to you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, says Jehovah of hosts, and I did not repent,
Zec 8:15 - So again I intend in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; do not fear.
Zec 8:16 - These are the things which you shall do: Each man speak atruth to his neighbor; judge with truth and the judgment of peace in your gates;
Zec 8:17 - And let none of you think evil in your hearts about his neighbor; and do not love a false oath; for all these are the things I hate, declares Jehovah.
Zec 8:18 - Then the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,
Zec 8:19 - Thus says Jehovah of hosts, The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the afifth month and the fast of the bseventh month and the fast of the tenth month will become joy and rejoicing and cheerful feasts to the house of Judah; therefore love truth and peace.
Zec 8:20 - Thus says Jehovah of hosts, 1Peoples will again come, even the inhabitants of many cities;
Zec 8:21 - And the inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, Let us go at once to entreat the favor of Jehovah and to seek Jehovah of hosts; and the other: I will go too.
Zec 8:22 - Indeed, many peoples and strong nations will come to aseek Jehovah of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of Jehovah.
Zec 8:23 - Thus says Jehovah of hosts, In those days, from all the 1languages of the anations, ten men will take hold, indeed, they will take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.

Zechariah

Chapter 9 of 14

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IV.  The prophecies of encouragement centered on Christ — 9:1-14:21

A.  The prophecy concerning the nations around Judah in relation to Israel — 9:1-17
1.  Concerning the destruction carried out on the nations around Judah by Alexander the Great, the king of the Grecian empire (336-323 B.C., with the influence of his four successors extending to 44 B.C.) — vv. 1-7
Zec 9:1 - 1The burden of the word of Jehovah against the 2land of Hadrach,And aDamascus will be its resting place(For Jehovah has an eye on man,Especially on the tribes of Israel),Zec 9:2 - And Hamath also, which borders on it;Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.Zec 9:3 - For aTyre built herself a strongholdAnd heaped up silver like dustAnd gold like the mire of the streets.
Zec 9:4 - The Lord is about to take possession of her,And He will strike her might in the sea,And she will be consumed with fire.
Zec 9:5 - aAshkelon will see it and be afraid;Gaza also, and it will writhe much in anguish;And Ekron, for her expectation will have been confounded.And the king will perish from Gaza,And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
Zec 9:6 - And a mixed race will dwell in Ashdod,And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.Zec 9:7 - And I will remove his blood from his mouthAnd his detestable things from between his teeth;And he also will remain unto our God;And he will be like a leader in Judah,And Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
2.  The Lord protecting Jerusalem with its temple as His house — v. 8
Zec 9:8 - And I will aencamp around My 1house because of an army,Because of him who passes by and returns;And no oppressor will pass over them any more;For now I see with My eyes.
3.  Christ temporarily welcomed as the King into Jerusalem in a lowly form — vv. 9-10
Zec 9:9 - 1Exult greatly, O adaughter of Zion;Shout, O bdaughter of Jerusalem!Now your cKing comes to you.He is righteous and bears salvation,Lowly and riding upon a donkey,Even upon a dcolt, the foal of a donkey,Zec 9:10 - 1And I will cut off the chariot from EphraimAnd the horse from Jerusalem,And the battle bow will be cut off;And He will speak peace unto the nations,And His adominion will be from sea to seaAnd from the 2River unto the ends of the earth.
4.  Concerning the victory of the Jewish Maccabean heroes over Antiochus Epiphanes the king of Syria (175-164 B.C.) — vv. 11-17
Zec 9:11 - 1As for you also, because of the ablood of your covenant,I have breleased your captives from the pit, where there is no water.Zec 9:12 - Turn to the stronghold, O prisoners with hope.This very day I am declaring that I will restore adouble to you.Zec 9:13 - For I will bend Judah for Myself,And I will fill a bow with Ephraim;And I will stir up your asons, O Zion,Against your sons, O 1Javan;And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
Zec 9:14 - And Jehovah will appear above 1them,And His arrow will go forth like lightning;And the Lord Jehovah will blow the atrumpet,And He will go in the whirlwinds of the south.Zec 9:15 - Jehovah of hosts will adefend them;And they will devour and trample the sling stones.And they will drink; they will be noisy as if with wine;And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin,Like the corners of the altar.
Zec 9:16 - And Jehovah their God will save them in 1that day as the flock of His people,For they will be like the stones of a crown, sparkling in His land.Zec 9:17 - For how 1great is their goodness, and how great their beauty!Grain will make the young men flourish,And new wine, the virgins.

Zechariah

Chapter 10 of 14

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B.  The prophecy concerning the Lord's loving visitation to Israel — 10:1-12
Zec 10:1 - Ask 1arain of JehovahAt the time of spring rain,Of Jehovah who makes the lightning,And He will give them showers of rain,To everyone herbage in the field.
Zec 10:2 - For the 1teraphim have spoken 2vanity,And the diviners have seen a lieAnd have spoken false dreams;They comforted in vain.Therefore the people have wandered like sheep;They are afflicted because there is ano shepherd.Zec 10:3 - My anger is kindled against the shepherds,And I will punish the 1amale goats;For Jehovah of hosts has 2visited His flock, the house of Judah,And will make them like His 3horse of majesty in battle.Zec 10:4 - From 1him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the apeg,From him the battle bow,From him every ruler together.
Zec 10:5 - And they will be as mighty men trampling their enemiesIn the mire of the streets in the battle;And they will fight, for Jehovah is with them;And the riders of horses will be put to shame.Zec 10:6 - And I will strengthen the house of Judah,And I will save the house of Joseph;And I will abring them back, for I have had compassion on them;And they will be as though I had not rejected them;For I am Jehovah their God, and I will answer them.
Zec 10:7 - And they of Ephraim will be like a mighty man,And their hearts will rejoice as if with wine;Indeed, their children will see it and rejoice;Their heart will exult in Jehovah.Zec 10:8 - I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them;And they will amultiply as they have multiplied.Zec 10:9 - And I will asow them among the peoples; and in distant lands they willbremember Me;And they will live with their children and return.
Zec 10:10 - I will also bring them back from the land of aEgyptAnd gather them out of Assyria;And to the land of Gilead and Lebanon I will bring them;And there will not be enough room found for them.Zec 10:11 - And He will pass through the sea of distressAnd strike the waves in the sea,And all the depths of the Nile will adry up;And the pride of Assyria will be brought down,And the scepter of Egypt will depart.
Zec 10:12 - And 1I will strengthen them in Jehovah,And they will awalk about in His name,Declares Jehovah.

Zechariah

Chapter 11 of 14

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C.  The prophecy concerning the living of Israel under the oppression of the Roman Empire — 11:1-17
1.  The destruction carried out in the neighborhood of Israel by the Roman Empire — vv. 1-3
Zec 11:1 - Open your doors, O Lebanon,That the 1fire may devour your cedars.Zec 11:2 - Howl, O fir tree, for the cedar has fallen,Because the majestic trees are devastated.Howl, O oaks of Bashan,For the impenetrable forest is brought down.Zec 11:3 - The sound of the howling of shepherds!For their majesty is devastated.The sound of the roaring of young lions!For the pride of Jordan is devastated.
2.  The children of Israel falling into their neighbor's hand and into the hand of their neighbor's king—living under the tyranny of the Roman Empire — vv. 4-6
Zec 11:4 - Thus says Jehovah my God, Shepherd the flock of slaughter,
Zec 11:5 - Whose owners slaughter them and are not punished; and they who sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds do not spare them.
Zec 11:6 - For I will no longer spare the inhabitants of the land, declares Jehovah; but I am about to cause each man to fall into his 1neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king; and they will strike the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.
3.  Jehovah (as Jesus) shepherding the afflicted of the flock of Israel — vv. 7-11, 14
Zec 11:7 - So 1I shepherded the flock of slaughter, and thereby the afflicted of the flock. And I took to myself two staffs; one I called 2Favor, and the other I called Bonds; and I shepherded the flock.
Zec 11:8 - Then I destroyed the 1three shepherds in one month; for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also detested me.
Zec 11:9 - Then I said, I will not shepherd you. What is to die will die, and what is to be destroyed will be destroyed, and those who are left will each eat one another’s flesh.
Zec 11:10 - And I took my staff, Favor, and I 1broke it in pieces so as to break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
Zec 11:11 - And it was broken in that day; and thus the afflicted of the flock, who watched me, knew that it was the word of Jehovah.
4.  The Messiah, as the proper Shepherd of Israel, detested, attacked, rejected, and sold for the price of a slave — vv. 12-13
Zec 11:12 - And I said to them, If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, 1do not bother. So they weighed out my wages, 2athirty pieces of silver.
Zec 11:13 - And Jehovah said to me, Throw it to the apotter, that magnificent price that I am priced with by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter, into the house of Jehovah.
3.  Jehovah (as Jesus) shepherding the afflicted of the flock of Israel (cont'd) — v. 14
Zec 11:14 - Then I 1broke my second staff, Bonds, in pieces, so as to break the brotherhood abetween Judah and Israel.
5.  The children of Israel left to the foolish and worthless shepherds — vv. 15-17
Zec 11:15 - And Jehovah said to me, Again, take the equipment of a 1foolish shepherd.
Zec 11:16 - For I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not visit those who are perishing, nor seek the scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor sustain what stands, but will devour the flesh of the fat ones and tear off their hooves.
Zec 11:17 - Woe to the worthless ashepherd,Who abandons the flock!The sword will fall on his armAnd on his right eye.His arm will be utterly withered,And his right eye will be totally darkened.

Zechariah

Chapter 12 of 14

Verses
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D.  The prophecy concerning Israel's destiny in the great war of Armageddon, in their household salvation, and in the millennium — 12:1-14:21
1.  In the great war of Armageddon — 12:1-14
Zec 12:1 - 1The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus declares Jehovah, who astretches forth the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth and forms the 2bspirit of man within him,
Zec 12:2 - I am about to make Jerusalem a acup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples; and when what happens in 1siege is upon Jerusalem, it will be upon Judah as well.
Zec 12:3 - And in that aday I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all the peoples; all who burden themselves with her will be cut up. Indeed all the nations of the earth will be bgathered against her.
Zec 12:4 - In that day, declares Jehovah, I will strike every horse with bewilderment and its arider with madness; and I will open My eyes upon the house of Judah and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
Zec 12:5 - Then the leaders of Judah will say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem, by Jehovah of hosts their God, are my strength.
Zec 12:6 - In that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a afire pot on wood and like a torch of fire among sheaves, and they will consume all the surrounding peoples on the right and on the left. And Jerusalem will dwell again in her own place, in Jerusalem.
Zec 12:7 - And Jehovah will save the tents of Judah first, so that the beauty of the house of David and the beauty of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be magnified above Judah.
Zec 12:8 - In that day Jehovah will adefend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the 1Angel of Jehovah before them.
Zec 12:9 - And in that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that acome against Jerusalem.
Zec 12:10 - And I will apour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the 1bSpirit of grace and of supplications; and they will 2look upon Me, whom 3they have 4cpierced; and they will wail over Him with wailing as for an 5only dson and cry bitterly over Him with bitter crying as for a 5firstborn son.
Zec 12:11 - In that day there will be great awailing in Jerusalem, like the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of bMegiddon.
Zec 12:12 - And the land will awail, every family by itself: the 1family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of bNathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;
Zec 12:13 - The family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves;
Zec 12:14 - All the families that remain, every family by itself, and their wives by themselves.

Zechariah

Chapter 13 of 14

Verses
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2.  The divine provision and the sovereign preparation for the household salvation of Israel — 13:1-9
a.  The divine provision of a Redeemer with His redemption — vv. 1-7a
Zec 13:1 - In that day there will be an 1opened afountain for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, bfor sin and for impurity.
Zec 13:2 - And in that day, declares Jehovah of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass from the land.
Zec 13:3 - And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother, who begot him, will say to him, You shall not live, for you have spoken falsely in the name of Jehovah; and his father and mother, who begot him, will pierce him through when he prophesies.
Zec 13:4 - And in that day the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; and they will not wear a ahairy garment in order to deceive.
Zec 13:5 - But He will say, I am 1ano prophet; I am a tiller of the ground; for a man sold Me in My youth.
Zec 13:6 - And someone will say to Him, What are these awounds between Your arms? And He will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of those who 1love Me.
Zec 13:7a - Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,And against the man who is My 1Fellow,Declares Jehovah of hosts.a
b.  The sovereign preparation of a people to receive the Redeemer with His redemption — vv. 7b-9
Zec 13:7b - Strike the Shepherd,That the sheep may be bscattered;And I will turn My hand upon the 2little ones.
Zec 13:8 - And in all the land, declares Jehovah,1Two parts in it will be cut off and will die,But the third part will be left in it.
Zec 13:9 - And I will bring the third part through afireAnd brefine them as silver is refinedAnd try them as gold is tried.They will call on My name,And I will answer them;I will say, They are My cpeople,And they will say, Jehovah is my God.

Zechariah

Chapter 14 of 14

Verses
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3.  In the millennium — 14:1-21
Zec 14:1 - Indeed a day is coming for Jehovah when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you.
Zec 14:2 - For I will agather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be captured, and the houses plundered, and the women ravished; and 1half of the city will go forth into captivity, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
Zec 14:3 - Then Jehovah will go forth and afight against those nations, as when He fights in a day of battle.
Zec 14:4 - And His 1feet will stand in that day on the aMount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split at its middle toward the east and toward the west into a very great valley, so that half of the mountain will remove to the north and half of it to the south.
Zec 14:5 - And you will flee into the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach unto Azel; yes, you will flee, just as you fled before the aearthquake in the days of Uzziah the king of Judah. And Jehovah my God will bcome, and all the saints with 1Him.
Zec 14:6 - And in that day there will be ano light; 1the shining ones will withdraw.
Zec 14:7 - For it will be a kind of day aknown only to Jehovah, neither day nor night; but at evening time there will be light.
Zec 14:8 - And in that day 1living awaters will go forth from Jerusalem; half of them toward the 2eastern sea and half of them toward the 3western sea; it will be there in summer and in winter.
Zec 14:9 - And Jehovah will be 1aKing over all the earth; and in that day Jehovah will be the one God and His name the one name.
Zec 14:10 - All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be raised and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin’s Gate to the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of aHananel to the king’s winepresses.
Zec 14:11 - And people will dwell in her, and there will be ano more curse, for Jerusalem will bdwell securely.
Zec 14:12 - And this will be the plague with which Jehovah will strike all the peoples who have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.
Zec 14:13 - And in that day a great panic from Jehovah will be among them; and each will seize his neighbor’s hand, and his hand will rise up against his neighbor’s hand.
Zec 14:14 - And Judah will also fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together, gold and silver and garments, in great abundance.
Zec 14:15 - And as this plague is, so will the plague be on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey, and all the cattle that are in those camps.
Zec 14:16 - And everyone left from all the nations that went forth against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to aworship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the bFeast of Tabernacles.
Zec 14:17 - And whichever of the families of the earth does anot go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, upon them there will be 1no rain.
Zec 14:18 - And if the family of Egypt does not go up and enter, there will be no rain upon them; there will be the plague with which Jehovah strikes the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
Zec 14:19 - This will be the sin of Egypt and the sin of all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
Zec 14:20 - In that day on the horses’ bells will be, aHoliness to Jehovah; and the 1pots in the house of Jehovah will be like the basins before the altar.
Zec 14:21 - Indeed every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holiness to Jehovah of hosts; and all those who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them; and there will never again be a 1aCanaanite in the house of Jehovah of hosts in that day.
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