Discovery BoxZechariah 1:21 
Context1:21 I asked, “What are these going to do?” He answered, “These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen. 1 But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah’s enemies 2 and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.” 3
Zechariah 3:9
Context3:9 As for the stone 4 I have set before Joshua – on the one stone there are seven eyes. 5 I am about to engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord who rules over all, ‘to the effect that I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. 6
Zechariah 7:14
Context7:14 ‘Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.’ Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful 7 land a waste.”
Zechariah 8:23
Context8:23 The Lord who rules over all says, ‘In those days ten people from all languages and nations will grasp hold of – indeed, grab – the robe of one Jew and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’” 8
Zechariah 11:16
Context11:16 Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. 9 Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep 10 and tear off their hooves.
1 tn Heb “so that no man lifts up his head.”
2 tn Heb “terrify them”; the referent (Judah’s enemies) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “to scatter it.” The word “people” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 sn The stone is also a metaphor for the Messiah, a foundation stone that, at first rejected (Ps 118:22-23; Isa 8:13-15), will become the chief cornerstone of the church (Eph 2:19-22).
5 tn Some understand the Hebrew term עַיִן (’ayin) here to refer to facets (cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT) or “faces” (NCV, CEV “seven sides”) of the stone rather than some representation of organs of sight.
sn The seven eyes are symbolic of divine omniscience and universal dominion (cf. Zech 1:10; 4:10; 2 Chr 16:9).
6 sn Inscriptions were common on ancient Near Eastern cornerstones. This inscription speaks of the redemption achieved by the divine resident of the temple, the Messiah, who will in the day of the
7 tn Or “desirable”; traditionally “pleasant” (so many English versions; cf. TEV “This good land”).
8 sn This scene of universal and overwhelming attraction of the nations to Israel’s God finds initial fulfillment in the establishment of the church (Acts 2:5-11) but ultimate completion in the messianic age (Isa 45:14, 24; 60:14; Zech 14:16-21).
9 tn Heb “the broken” (so KJV, NASB; NRSV “the maimed”).
10 tn Heb “the fat [ones].” Cf. ASV “the fat sheep”; NIV “the choice sheep.”
