Discovery BoxZechariah 1:16 
Context1:16 “‘Therefore,’ says the Lord, ‘I have become compassionate 1 toward Jerusalem 2 and will rebuild my temple 3 in it,’ says the Lord who rules over all. ‘Once more a surveyor’s measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
Zechariah 6:7
Context6:7 All these strong ones 4 are scattering; they have sought permission to go and walk about over the earth.” The Lord had said, “Go! Walk about over the earth!” So they are doing so.
Zechariah 7:3
Context7:3 by asking both the priests of the temple 5 of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month, 6 fasting as we have done over the years?”
Zechariah 8:14
Context8:14 “For the Lord who rules over all says, ‘As I had planned to hurt 7 you when your fathers made me angry,’ says the Lord who rules over all, ‘and I was not sorry,
1 tn Heb “I have turned.” This suggests that 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 tn Heb “house.”
4 tn The present translation takes אֲמֻצִּים (’amutsim, “strong”) to be a descriptive of all the horses – white, black, red, and spotted (cf. NAB, NIV, NLT).
5 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
6 sn This lamentation marked the occasion of the destruction of Solomon’s temple on August 14, 586
7 tn The verb זָמַם (zamam) usually means “to plot to do evil,” but with a divine subject (as here), and in light of v. 15 where it means to plan good, the meaning here has to be the implementation of discipline (cf. NCV, CEV “punish”). God may bring hurt but its purpose is redemptive and/or pedagogical.
