Discovery BoxZechariah 1:13 
Context1:13 The Lord then addressed good, comforting words to the angelic messenger who was speaking to me.
Zechariah 4:4
Context4:4 Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, “What are these, 1 sir?”
Zechariah 4:8
Context4:8 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me as follows:
Zechariah 5:10
Context5:10 I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, “Where are they taking the basket?”
Zechariah 6:4
Context6:4 Then I asked the angelic messenger 2 who was speaking with me, “What are these, sir?”
Zechariah 7:4
Context7:4 The word of the Lord who rules over all then came to me,
Zechariah 8:1
Context8:1 Then the word of the Lord who rules over all 3 came to me as follows:
Zechariah 8:18
Context8:18 The word of the Lord who rules over all came to me as follows:
Zechariah 11:15
Context11:15 Again the Lord said to me, “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 4
1 sn Here these must refer to the lamps, since the identification of the olive trees is left to vv. 11-14.
2 tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in 1:9.
3 sn
4 sn The grammar (e.g., the incipient participle מֵקִים, maqim, “about to raise up,” v. 16) and overall sense of vv. 15-17 give the incident a future orientation. Zechariah once more is role-playing but this time he is a “foolish” shepherd, i.e., one who does not know God and who is opposed to him (cf. Prov 1:7; 15:5; 20:3; 27:22). The individual who best represents this eschatological enemy of God and his people is the Antichrist (cf. Matt 24:5, 24; 2 Thess 2:3-4; 1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 7).
