Zechariah 2:3
Context2:3 At this point the angelic messenger 1 who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him
Zechariah 5:5
ContextVision Seven: The Ephah
5:5 After this the angelic messenger 2 who had been speaking to me went out and said, “Look, see what is leaving.”
Zechariah 6:8
Context6:8 Then he cried out to me, “Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me 3 peace about the northland.” 4
Zechariah 12:9
Context12:9 So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations 5 that come against Jerusalem.”
1 tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in 1:9.
2 tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in 1:9.
3 tn Heb “my spirit.” The subject appears to be the
4 sn The immediate referent of peace about the northland is to the peace brought by Persia’s conquest of Babylonia, a peace that allowed the restoration of the Jewish people (cf. 2 Chr 36:22-23; Isa 44:28; 45:1-2). However, there is also an eschatological dimension, referring to a time when there will be perfect and universal peace.
5 tn Or “peoples.”