The Tanakh prophet Zechariah, or the book by the same name (not the New Testament Zechariah, or the priest killed by Joash).
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The significance of the designations of families who will mourn in Zechariah 12
As the prophet Zechariah proclaims the greatness of Jerusalem's mourning, he says:
12“All Israel will mourn, each clan by itself, and with the husbands separate from their wives. The clan of David ...
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The splitting of the Mount of Olives
Daniel Block, in his commentary on Ezekiel, speaks of a style in that book of resumptive exposition, in which a theme is initially dealt with briefly, and later examined in much more detail. Zechariah ...
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What is special about the Feast of Tabernacles in Zechariah 14?
In his closing vision of the end-times prosperity of the people of God, Zechariah writes,
Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship ...
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Zechariah 9:6-7 What is the meaning of Philistine and Jebusite?
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of
the Philistines. And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and
his abominations from between his teeth: but he that ...
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How many animals is the King of Zion to ride according to Zechariah?
I've read that Zechariah prophesied that the King of Zion would enter the city on a donkey with another donkey in tow. But the passage seems to indicate just one animal to me:
Rejoice greatly, O ...
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Who is the good and beautiful person in Zechariah 9:17?
There seem to be two main variants of English translations of Zechariah 9:17a:
The newer one, of which the NLT is a prime representative:
16On that day the Lord their God will rescue his people,
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Who is the wounded farmer in Zechariah 13:6?
Zechariah 13:6 speaks of a man wounded in the house of friends. Taken by itself, I would immediately interpret this as a Messianic reference.
However, the context is the cessation of prophecy (verse ...
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What is the story behind mourning for Hadad-rimmon in Zechariah 12:11?
Zechariah, like Revelation which draws on it, is a tough nut to crack but very rich. In the twelfth chapter, the prophet records the word of Yahweh that
The sorrow and mourning in Jerusalem on ...
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The number two in the book of Zechariah
Reading Zechariah, I have been struck by the frequency of the occurrences, explicit and implicit, of the number two. The most prominent are:
Two angels in chapters 1 and 2
Two dimensions:
"To ...
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Apparent inconsistencies in the vision of the four chariots
In Zechariah's vision of four chariots in chapter 6 of his book, an angel tells him that the chariots are going to go to the "four winds of heaven," (verse 5)—in every direction. However, in verse 6, ...
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Why is the man going to measure Jerusalem in Zechariah 2:2?
In the second chapter of his book, Zechariah records a vision in which he saw a man with a measuring line going to measure Jerusalem. I'm not sure what this is supposed to signify. Two verses later, ...
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What are the two bronze mountains in Zechariah 6?
I've already asked a broad question about the number two in the book of Zechariah. I've received some helpful input on that and made progress in my own thinking regarding it. However, some of the ...
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Did God shut up Satan before he had the chance to accuse Yeshua?
Growing up with the the New Living Translation, I had alway thought that Zechariah 3:1 said that Satan was accusing Yeshua:
Then the angel showed me Jeshua the high priest standing before the ...
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Who repents in Zechariah 1:6?
The first oracle the prophet Zechariah receives is this:
2"The Lord was very angry with your fathers. 3Therefore say to them, Thus declares Yahweh of hosts: Return to me, says Yahweh of hosts, and ...
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The two winged women in Zechariah 5
Angels are often portrayed as winged women. Even aside from the fact that those who are clearly angels in the Bible do not appear as winged women, I have not seen any evidence that the winged women ...
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The meaning of “I” in Zechariah 7:3
Zechariah 7:2-3 (with my emphasis)
The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, together with their men, to entreat the LORD by asking the priests of the house of the LORD Almighty ...
