This is the third chapter for our Zechariah study.
We spend all of our time in the fourth vision of the eight that Zechariah received.
In the first vision, Zechariah gives a very specific date, which by our calendar looks to be February 15, 519 BC.
In this vision we see Joshua the high priest being connected to the work of the Branch – who will take away the iniquity of Israel “in one day.”
Below is an outline of Zechariah:
A. Oracles and Visions (Zech. 1:1–8:23)
1. Introduction: return to me and I will return to you (Zech. 1:1–6)
2. Eight night visions and a sign-act (Zech. 1:7–6:15)
a. Vision one: the Lord’s hidden horsemen (Zech. 1:7–17)
b. Vision two: Judah’s oppressors oppressed (Zech. 1:18–21)
c. Vision three: Jerusalem unwalled (Zech. 2:1–13)
d. Vision four: the reclothing of Joshua (Zech. 3:1–10)
e. Vision five: the olive trees and the lampstand (Zech. 4:1–14)
f. Vision six: the flying scroll—wickedness judged (Zech. 5:1–4)
g. Vision seven: the flying ephah—wickedness removed (Zech. 5:5–11)
h. Vision eight: the Lord’s army on the move (Zech. 6:1–8)
i. A sign-act: the crowning of Joshua (Zech. 6:9–15)
3. From fasts to feasts (Zech. 7:1–8:23)
a. Ritual or reality (Zech. 7:1–14)
b. The promise of the future (Zech. 8:1–23)
B. The Return of the King (Zech. 9:1–14:21)
1. The first oracle: leaders and their people (Zech. 9:1–11:17)
a. The return of the king (Zech. 9:1–17)
1. The divine warrior comes (Zech. 9:1–8)
2. The king enters Jerusalem (Zech. 9:9–11)
3. The king’s enemies destroyed and his people redeemed (Zech. 9:12–17)
b. The shepherds and the flock (Zech. 10:1–12)
1. Judgment on Judah’s shepherds (Zech. 10:1–5)
2. The restoration of the flock (Zech. 10:6–12)
c. The shepherds and one shepherd (Zech. 11:1–17)
1. Judgment on Judah’s shepherds (Zech. 11:1–3)
2. A sign-act: the shepherd rescues his flock but is rejected (Zech. 11:4–17)
2. The second oracle: the people and their leaders (Zech. 12:1–14:21)
a. The restoration and renewal of God’s people (Zech. 12:1–13:6)
1. Jerusalem’s triumph and the nations’ doom (Zech. 12:1–9)
2. Mourning for sin (Zech. 12:10–14)
3. Cleansing from sin and idolatry (Zech. 13:1–6)
b. Judgment and transformation (Zech. 13:7–14:21)
1. The shepherd struck and the flock scattered (Zech. 13:7–9)
2. Jerusalem’s judgment, deliverance, and exaltation (Zech. 14:1–11)
3. The nations humbled and brought into submission (Zech. 14:12–21)