Discovery BoxZechariah 1:12 
Context1:12 The angel of the Lord then asked, “Lord who rules over all, 1 how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem 2 and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?” 3
Zechariah 1:17
Context1:17 Speak up again with the message of the Lord who rules over all: ‘My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the Lord will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.’”
Zechariah 2:4
Context2:4 and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man 4 as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls 5 because of the multitude of people and animals there.
Zechariah 3:2
Context3:2 The Lord 6 said to Satan, “May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, 7 rebuke you! Isn’t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
Zechariah 7:7
Context7:7 Should you not have obeyed the words that the Lord cried out through the former prophets when Jerusalem 8 was peacefully inhabited and her surrounding cities, the Negev, and the Shephelah 9 were also populated?
Zechariah 8:4
Context8:4 Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says, ‘Old men and women will once more live in the plazas of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age.
Zechariah 9:9
Context9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!
Look! Your king is coming to you:
he is legitimate 10 and victorious, 11
humble and riding on a donkey 12 –
on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.
Zechariah 12:3
Context12:3 Moreover, on that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy burden 13 for all the nations, and all who try to carry it will be seriously injured; 14 yet all the peoples of the earth will be assembled against it.
Zechariah 12:5
Context12:5 Then the leaders of Judah will say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a means of strength to us through their God, the Lord who rules over all.’
Zechariah 12:7-8
Context12:7 The Lord also will deliver the homes 15 of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship 16 of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah. 12:8 On that day the Lord himself will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like mighty David, and the dynasty of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them. 17
Zechariah 14:8
Context14:8 Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, 18 half of them to the eastern sea 19 and half of them to the western sea; 20 it will happen both in summer and in winter.
Zechariah 14:16-17
Context14:16 Then all who survive from all the nations that came to attack Jerusalem will go up annually to worship the King, the Lord who rules over all, and to observe the Feast of Tabernacles. 21 14:17 But if any of the nations anywhere on earth refuse to go up to Jerusalem 22 to worship the King, the Lord who rules over all, they will get no rain.
1 sn Note that here the angel of the
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 sn The seventy years refers to the predicted period of Babylonian exile, a period with flexible beginning and ending points depending on the particular circumstances in view (cf. Jer 25:1; 28:1; 29:10; Dan 9:2). Here the end of the seventy years appears to be marked by the completion of the temple in 516
4 sn That is, to Zechariah.
5 tn Heb “Jerusalem will dwell as open regions (פְּרָזוֹת, pÿrazot)”; cf. NAB “in open country”; CEV “won’t have any boundaries.” The population will be so large as to spill beyond the ancient and normal enclosures. The people need not fear, however, for the
6 sn The juxtaposition of the messenger of the
7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
9 sn The Shephelah is the geographical region between the Mediterranean coastal plain and the Judean hill country. The Hebrew term can be translated “lowlands” (cf. ASV), “foothills” (NAB, NASB, NLT), or “steppes.”
10 tn The Hebrew term צַדִּיק (tsadiq) ordinarily translated “righteous,” frequently occurs, as here, with the idea of conforming to a standard or meeting certain criteria. The Messianic king riding into Jerusalem is fully qualified to take the Davidic throne (cf. 1 Sam 23:3; Isa 9:5-6; 11:4; 16:5; Jer 22:1-5; 23:5-6).
11 tn The Hebrew term נוֹשָׁע (nosha’) a Niphal participle of יָשַׁע (yasha’, “to save”) could mean “one delivered” or, if viewed as active, “one bringing salvation” (similar KJV, NIV, NKJV). It is preferable to take the normal passive use of the Niphal and understand that the king, having been delivered, is as a result “victorious” (so also NRSV, TEV, NLT).
12 sn The NT understands this verse to be a prophecy of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, and properly so (cf. Matt 21:5; John 12:15), but reference to the universal rule of the king in v. 10 reveals that this is a “split prophecy,” that is, it has a two-stage fulfillment. Verse 9 was fulfilled in Jesus’ earthly ministry but v. 10 awaits a millennial consummation (cf. Rev 19:11-16).
13 tn Heb “heavy stone” (so NRSV, TEV, NLT); KJV “burdensome stone”; NIV “an immovable rock.”
14 sn In Israel’s and Judah’s past they had been uprooted by various conquerors such as the Assyrians and the Babylonians. In the eschaton, however, they will be so “heavy” with God’s glory and so rooted in his promises that no nation will be able to move them.
15 tn Heb “the tents” (so NAB, NRSV); NIV “the dwellings.”
16 tn Heb “house,” referring here to the dynastic line. Cf. NLT “the royal line”; CEV “the kingdom.” The same expression is translated “dynasty” in the following verse.
17 sn The statement the dynasty of David will be like God is hyperbole to show the remarkable enhancements that will accompany the inauguration of the millennial age.
18 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).
19 sn The eastern sea is a reference to the Dead Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
20 sn The western sea is a reference to the Mediterranean Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
21 sn Having imposed his sovereignty over the earth following the Battle of Armageddon, the
22 sn The reference to any…who refuse to go up to Jerusalem makes clear the fact that the nations are by no means “converted” to the
