The occurrence of a new heading, The burden of the word of the Lord, which occurs again in Zechariah 12:1, and elsewhere only in Malachi 1:1, warns us that a new section begins here. We are no longer concerned with Joshua and Zerubbabel, the small community of Judah, and the hopes and aspirations of... [ Continue Reading ]
This paragraph, of which the beginning is mutilated and the text is otherwise corrupt, is written in verse, lines of three beats each, arranged in tristichs. This form of verse is unusual, the more common consisting of lines of six beats falling into two parallel members of three beats each arranged... [ Continue Reading ]
ZECHARIAH 9:9 F. A short prophecy having no direct connexion with the preceding, which it resembles only in its poetical structure. Its tone is entirely different, being as free from thoughts of vengeance as Psalms 22. The poet looks forward to a king who will belong apparently not to the Maccabæ an... [ Continue Reading ]
A fragment, mutilated at the beginning, apparently slightly earlier than Zechariah 9:9 f., from which it differs in its bellicose tone. The Jewish nation is told that the Lord is now releasing its members confined in the waterless dungeon, _i.e._ in heathen districts where they are cut off from wors... [ Continue Reading ]
An independent section belonging to the same period as Zechariah 9:11, of which it may be a later expansion. The imagery of Zechariah 9:14 is derived from older prophecy, _e.g._ Amos 1:14; Amos 2:2. By the whirlwinds of the south perhaps merely violent storms are intended, but there may be a referen... [ Continue Reading ]