- 1 Zechariah 1 1 Zechariah 1 (17 verses in the MT) opens: In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of YHWH to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, The middle of the chapter continues: Then said I, O my lord, what these? And the angel that talked with me said to me, I will shew you what these . It closes: Cry yet, saying, Thus says YHWH of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and YHWH shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
- 2 Zechariah 2 2 Zechariah 2 (17 verses in the MT) opens: Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. The middle of the chapter continues: For I, says YHWH, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. It closes: Be silent, O all flesh, before YHWH: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
- 3 Zechariah 3 3 Zechariah 3 (10 verses in the MT) opens: And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of YHWH, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. The middle of the chapter continues: And the angel of YHWH protested to Joshua, saying, It closes: In that day, says YHWH of hosts, shall you call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
- 4 Zechariah 4 4 Zechariah 4 (14 verses in the MT) opens: And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, The middle of the chapter continues: Moreover the word of YHWH came to me, saying, It closes: Then said he, These the two anointed ones, that stand by YHWH of the whole earth.
- 5 Zechariah 5 5 Zechariah 5 (11 verses in the MT) opens: Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. The middle of the chapter continues: And I said, What it? And he said, This an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This their resemblance through all the earth. It closes: And he said to me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
- 6 Zechariah 6 6 Zechariah 6 (15 verses in the MT) opens: And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains mountains of brass. The middle of the chapter continues: Then cried he upon me, and spake to me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. It closes: And they far off shall come and build in the temple of YHWH, and you shall know that YHWH of hosts has sent me to you. And shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of YHWH your God.
- 7 Zechariah 7 7 Zechariah 7 (14 verses in the MT) opens: And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, the word of YHWH came to Zechariah in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu; The middle of the chapter continues: And the word of YHWH came to Zechariah, saying, It closes: But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
- 8 Zechariah 8 8 Zechariah 8 (23 verses in the MT) opens: Again the word of YHWH of hosts came , saying, The middle of the chapter continues: For the seed prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these . It closes: Thus says YHWH of hosts; In those days , that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard God with.
- 9 Zechariah 9 9 Zechariah 9 (17 verses in the MT) opens: The burden of the word of YHWH in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, toward YHWH. The middle of the chapter continues: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King cometh to you: he just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. It closes: For how great his goodness, and how great his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
- 10 Zechariah 10 10 Zechariah 10 (12 verses in the MT) opens: Ask you of YHWH rain in the time of the latter rain; YHWH shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. The middle of the chapter continues: And Ephraim shall be like a mighty , and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see , and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in YHWH. It closes: And I will strengthen them in YHWH; and they shall walk up and down in his name, says YHWH.
- 11 Zechariah 11 11 Zechariah 11 (17 verses in the MT) opens: Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars. The middle of the chapter continues: Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. It closes: Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
- 12 Zechariah 12 12 Zechariah 12 (14 verses in the MT) opens: The burden of the word of YHWH for Israel, says YHWH, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. The middle of the chapter continues: In that day shall YHWH defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David as God, as the angel of YHWH before them. It closes: All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
- 13 Zechariah 13 13 Zechariah 13 (9 verses in the MT) opens: In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. The middle of the chapter continues: But he shall say, I no prophet, I an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. It closes: And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It my people: and they shall.
- 14 Zechariah 14 14 Zechariah 14 (21 verses in the MT) opens: Behold, the day of YHWH cometh, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you. The middle of the chapter continues: And shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. It closes: Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness to YHWH of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house.