The Book of Zechariah
Zechariah is the great encouragement of the prophets who returned from exile. To a discouraged remnant rebuilding a small temple, God sends visions in the night and oracles of hope, calling them back to himself and lifting their eyes far beyond their own day. Through a horseman among the myrtle trees, a high priest clothed in clean garments, a golden lampstand, and a man called the Branch, Zechariah promises that God has returned to Jerusalem with mercy. And again and again the book points forward to Christ—the righteous King who comes lowly on a donkey, the shepherd sold for thirty pieces of silver, the pierced one his people mourn, the fountain opened for sin, and the LORD who will be King over all the earth.
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Whole-Book Overview
See the whole sweep of Zechariah, from night visions of a city restored to the coming of the humble King and the LORD reigning over all the earth.
Open overview → Chapter 1Return to Me
God calls the returned exiles to repent and shows Zechariah horsemen and craftsmen, promising mercy on Jerusalem and judgment on the nations that scattered Judah.
Open study → Chapter 2A City Without Walls
A man with a measuring line pictures a Jerusalem overflowing with people, where God himself will be a wall of fire around her and the glory in her midst.
Open study → Chapter 3Clean Garments for the Priest
The high priest Joshua, accused by Satan and dressed in filthy clothes, is cleansed and reclothed by God, who promises to bring his servant the Branch.
Open study → Chapter 4Not by Might, but by My Spirit
A golden lampstand fed by two olive trees assures Zerubbabel that he will finish God's temple not by human strength but by the Spirit of the Lord.
Open study → Chapter 5The Scroll and the Basket
A flying scroll of curses and a basket carrying Wickedness away to Babylon show that God will purge sin from his restored land.
Open study → Chapter 6The Branch Who Builds the Temple
Four chariots patrol the earth, and Joshua is crowned as a sign of the Branch who will build God's temple and rule as both priest and king.
Open study → Chapter 7Fasting or Faithfulness?
When the people ask whether to keep fasting, God exposes self-serving religion and recalls his old demand for justice, kindness, and compassion.
Open study → Chapter 8Joy Returns to Zion
God promises to return to dwell in Jerusalem, fill her streets with old and young, turn fasts into feasts, and draw the nations to seek him.
Open study → Chapter 9Behold, Your King Comes
After judgment on surrounding nations, God promises a righteous King who comes lowly on a donkey, speaking peace and setting prisoners free.
Open study → Chapter 10The Lord Will Restore His Flock
God rebukes false shepherds and idols and promises to strengthen, gather, and redeem his scattered people from every land.
Open study → Chapter 11The Shepherd Rejected
Zechariah enacts the role of a good shepherd who is despised and dismissed for thirty pieces of silver, foreshadowing the rejection of Christ.
Open study → Chapter 12They Will Look on the Pierced One
God promises to defend Jerusalem and to pour out a spirit of grace, so that his people look on the one they pierced and mourn for him.
Open study → Chapter 13A Fountain for Sin
God opens a cleansing fountain, removes idols and false prophets, and foretells the shepherd struck and a refined remnant who call him God.
Open study → Chapter 14The Lord Will Be King
The day of the Lord brings his feet to the Mount of Olives, living waters from Jerusalem, and the LORD reigning as King over all the earth.
Open study →Study together
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