Discovery BoxZechariah 1:9-10 
Context1:9 Then I asked one nearby, “What are these, sir?” The angelic messenger 1 who replied to me said, “I will show you what these are.” 1:10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about 2 on the earth.”
Zechariah 1:14
Context1:14 Turning to me, the messenger then said, “Cry out that the Lord who rules over all says, ‘I am very much moved 3 for Jerusalem and for Zion.
Zechariah 4:1
Context4:1 The angelic messenger 4 who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep.
Zechariah 5:8
Context5:8 He then said, “This woman represents wickedness,” and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top.
Zechariah 6:11
Context6:11 Then take some silver and gold to make a crown 5 and set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
Zechariah 6:14
Context6:14 The crown will then be turned over to Helem, 6 Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen 7 son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the Lord.
Zechariah 10:8
Context10:8 I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before.
Zechariah 11:10
Context11:10 Then I took my staff “Pleasantness” and cut it in two to annul my covenant that I had made with all the people.
Zechariah 11:14
Context11:14 Then I cut the second staff “Binders” in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Zechariah 13:6
Context13:6 Then someone will ask him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ 8 and he will answer, ‘Some that I received in the house of my friends.’
Zechariah 14:9
Context14:9 The Lord will then be king over all the earth. In that day the Lord will be seen as one with a single name. 9
1 tn Heb “messenger” or “angel” (מַלְאָךְ, mal’akh). This being appears to serve as an interpreter to the prophet (cf. vv. 13, 14).
2 sn The stem used here (Hitpael) with the verb “walk” (הָלַךְ, halakh) suggests the exercise of dominion (cf. Gen 13:17; Job 1:7; 2:2-3; Ezek 28:14; Zech 6:7). The
3 tn Heb “jealous for” (so KJV, ASV); NIV, NRSV “very jealous for”; CEV “very protective of.” The meaning is that Jerusalem/Zion is the special object of God’s grace and purposes. This results in his unusual protection of his people, a protection not accorded others with whom he does not have such a close relationship.
4 tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in 1:9.
5 tn Heb “crowns” (so KJV, ASV; also in v. 14). The Hebrew word for “crown” here is עֲטֶרֶת (’ateret), a term never used in the OT for the priestly crown or mitre. Thus, the scene here describes the investing of the priest with royal authority.
6 tn “Helem” is probably the same individual as “Heldai” in v. 10. Since the MT and the major ancient versions leave the apparent conflict unresolved it is probably best to view “Helem” as interchangeable with “Heldai” (cf. “Heled” in 1 Chr 11:30 with “Heleb” [2 Sam 23:29] and “Heldai” [1 Chr 27:15]). A number of modern English versions use “Heldai” here (e.g., NAB, NIV, NRSV, TEV, NLT).
7 tn Since the “son of Zephaniah” in v. 10 is Josiah, it might be best here to understand “Hen” in its meaning “grace” (חֵן, khen); that is, “Hen” is a nickname for Josiah – “the gracious one.” A number of modern English translations use “Josiah” here (e.g., NCV, NRSV, NLT).
8 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.
9 sn The expression the
