Zechariah 3:8
3:8 Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you 1 are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch. 2
Zechariah 7:3
7:3 by asking both the priests of the temple 3 of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month, 4 fasting as we have done over the years?”
Zechariah 8:13
8:13 And it will come about that just as you (both Judah and Israel) were a curse to the nations, so I will save you and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid! Instead, be strong!’
Zechariah 14:8
14:8 Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, 5 half of them to the eastern sea 6 and half of them to the western sea; 7 it will happen both in summer and in winter.
1 tn Heb “these men.” The cleansing of Joshua and his elevation to enhanced leadership as a priest signify the coming of the messianic age.
2 sn The collocation of servant and branch gives double significance to the messianic meaning of the passage (cf. Isa 41:8, 9; 42:1, 19; 43:10; 44:1, 2, 21; Ps 132:17; Jer 23:5; 33:15).
3 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
4 sn This lamentation marked the occasion of the destruction of Solomon’s temple on August 14, 586 b.c., almost exactly 70 years earlier (cf. 2 Kgs 25:8).
5 sn Living waters will flow out from Jerusalem. Ezekiel sees this same phenomenon in conjunction with the inauguration of the messianic age (Ezek 47; cf. Rev 22:1-5; also John 7:38).
6 sn The eastern sea is a reference to the Dead Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
7 sn The western sea is a reference to the Mediterranean Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).