Discovery BoxZechariah 1:19 
Context1:19 So I asked the angelic messenger 1 who spoke with me, “What are these?” He replied, “These are the horns 2 that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.” 3
Zechariah 2:12-13
Context2:12 The Lord will take possession of 4 Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again. 2:13 Be silent in the Lord’s presence, all people everywhere, 5 for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place. 6
Zechariah 4:12
Context4:12 Before he could reply I asked again, “What are these two extensions 7 of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?”
Zechariah 5:11
Context5:11 He replied, “To build a temple 8 for her in the land of Babylonia. 9 When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”
Zechariah 13:5-6
Context13:5 Instead he will say, ‘I am no prophet – indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’ 10 13:6 Then someone will ask him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ 11 and he will answer, ‘Some that I received in the house of my friends.’
1 tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in v. 9.
2 sn An animal’s horn is a common OT metaphor for military power (Pss 18:2; 75:10; Jer 48:25; Mic 4:13). The fact that there are four horns here (as well as four blacksmiths, v. 20) shows a correspondence to the four horses of v. 8 which go to four parts of the world, i.e., the whole world.
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn Heb “will inherit” (so NIV, NRSV).
5 tn Heb “all flesh”; NAB, NIV “all mankind.”
6 sn The sense here is that God in heaven is about to undertake an occupation of his earthly realm (v. 12) by restoring his people to the promised land.
7 tn The usual meaning of the Hebrew term שְׁבֹּלֶת (shÿbolet) is “ears” (as in ears of grain). Here it probably refers to the produce of the olive trees, i.e., olives. Many English versions render the term as “branches,” but cf. NAB “tufts.”
8 tn Heb “house” (so NIV, NRSV, CEV).
9 sn The land of Babylonia (Heb “the land of Shinar”) is another name for Sumer and Akkad, where Babylon was located (Gen 10:10). Babylon throughout the Bible symbolizes the focus of anti-God sentiment and activity (Gen 11:4; 14:1; Isa 13–14; 47:1-3; Jer 50–51; Rev 14:8; 17:1, 5, 18; 18:21).
10 tn Or perhaps “for the land has been my possession since my youth” (so NRSV; similar NAB).
11 tn Heb “wounds between your hands.” Cf. NIV “wounds on your body”; KJV makes this more specific: “wounds in thine hands.”
sn These wounds on your chest. Pagan prophets were often self-lacerated (Lev 19:28; Deut 14:1; 1 Kgs 18:28) for reasons not entirely clear, so this false prophet betrays himself as such by these graphic and ineradicable marks.
