Discovery BoxZechariah 1:4 
Context1:4 “Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, ‘The Lord who rules over all says, “Turn now from your evil wickedness,”’ but they would by no means obey me,” says the Lord.
Zechariah 1:11
Context1:11 The riders then agreed with the angel of the Lord, 1 who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.”
Zechariah 3:8
Context3:8 Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you 2 are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch. 3
Zechariah 8:3
Context8:3 The Lord says, ‘I have returned to Zion and will live within Jerusalem. 4 Now Jerusalem will be called “truthful city,” “mountain of the Lord who rules over all,” “holy mountain.”’
Zechariah 9:8
Context9:8 Then I will surround my temple 5 to protect it like a guard 6 from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it.
1 sn The angel of the
2 tn Heb “these men.” The cleansing of Joshua and his elevation to enhanced leadership as a priest signify the coming of the messianic age.
3 sn The collocation of servant and branch gives double significance to the messianic meaning of the passage (cf. Isa 41:8, 9; 42:1, 19; 43:10; 44:1, 2, 21; Ps 132:17; Jer 23:5; 33:15).
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
6 tn Though a hapax legomenon, the מִצָּבָה (mitsavah) of the MT (from נָצַב, natsav, “take a stand”) is preferable to the suggestion מַצֵּבָה (matsevah, “pillar”) or even מִצָּבָא (mitsava’, “from” or “against the army”). The context favors the idea of the
