Overview Of Zechariah - Zechariah (Part 1)

Overview of Zechariah Zechariah 1:1–3 (ESV) 1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying, 2“The LORD was very angry with your fathers. 3Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. Theme of Zechariah Return to Yahweh of Armies who returns (1:3; 14:5) with fury for His foes (1:15; 14:3, 12-13) and comfort for His children (1:13-14, 16-17; 10:6) to universally establish (14:9) His immediate (2:5, 10,11), holy presence (8:3, 23; 14:20-21). Zechariah 1:1–3 (ESV) 1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying, 2“The LORD was very angry with your fathers. 3Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. Zechariah 9:10–13 (ESV) will cut o the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be 11 cut o . . . As for you also . . . I will set your prisoners 12 free from the waterless pit. Return to your 13 stronghold, O prisoners of hope. . . For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion . . . and wield you like a warrior’s sword. f ff 10I Zechariah 9:14–15a (ESV) the LORD will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; the Lord GOD will sound the trumpet and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the 15 south. The LORD of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, 14Then Zechariah 14:3 (ESV) fi fi Then the LORD will go out and ght against those nations as when he ghts on a day of battle. Zechariah 14:12–13a (ESV) this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their esh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. 13And on that day a great panic from the LORD shall fall on them. fl 12And Zechariah 1:2 (ESV) The LORD was very angry with your fathers. Zechariah 1:12 (ESV) Then the angel of the LORD said, ‘O LORD of hosts, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which angry these seventy years?’ Zechariah 1:15 (ESV) And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little, they furthered the disaster. Zechariah 7:12c (ESV) Therefore great anger came from the LORD of hosts. fl Zechariah 10:3a (ESV) My anger is hot against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the LORD of hosts cares for his ock. Zechariah 1:13 (ESV) And the LORD answered gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me. Zechariah 1:17 (ESV) fl Cry out again, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again over ow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.’ ” Zechariah 8:11–15 (ESV) now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days, declares the Lord of 12 hosts. For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. 11But Zechariah 8:11–15 (ESV) as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let 14 your hands be strong.” For thus says the LORD of hosts: “As I purposed to bring disaster to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the LORD 15 of hosts, so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not. 13And Zechariah 10:3b (ESV) fl For the LORD of hosts cares for his ock, the house of Judah, and will make them like his majestic steed in battle. Zechariah 10:6 (ESV) I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them. Zechariah 12:8a (ESV) On that day the LORD will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Zechariah 14:11 (ESV) And it [Jerusalem] shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction. Jerusalem shall dwell in security. Zechariah 2:6-7 (ESV) Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the LORD. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds 7 of the heavens, declares the LORD. Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. Zechariah 7:4-6 (ESV) the word of the LORD of hosts came to me: 5“Say to all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me 6 that you fasted? And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? fi 4Then Zechariah 1:12 (ESV) Then the angel of the LORD said, ‘O LORD of hosts, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which angry these seventy years?’ Zechariah 7:9-11 (ESV) 9“Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, 10do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil 11 against another in your heart.” But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear. Zechariah 8:16–17 (ESV) 16These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments 17 that are true and make for peace; do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the LORD.” 1 John 4:20 (ESV) If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. Zechariah 3:3-4 (ESV) fi fi Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed 4 with lthy garments. And the angel said to those who were standing before him, “Remove the lthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments.” Zechariah 3:9c (ESV) I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. Zechariah 13:1 (ESV) On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness. Zechariah 4:6 (ESV) 1I Then he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.