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1Zechariah joins a call to repentance with God’s promise to restore Jerusalem and overthrow the powers that scattered his people.2Zechariah announces Jerusalem’s expansion under God’s protection, the overthrow of its plunderers, and God’s presence among a people including many nations.3God silences Joshua’s accuser, removes his iniquity, and restores his priestly service while promising cleansing for the land.4Zechariah’s vision grounds the promise of the temple’s completion in God’s Spirit and challenges contempt for its small beginnings.5Zechariah’s two visions portray God’s judgment entering the houses of wrongdoers and wickedness being carried away from the land.6Zechariah joins a vision of God’s rule over the earth to a promise of the Branch’s temple and priestly kingship.7Zechariah turns a question about fasting toward God’s demand for justice and compassion, exposing the cost of refusing his word.8God promises to restore Jerusalem as a place of truth and peace, where his presence draws people from many nations.9Zechariah announces God’s judgment on surrounding powers and the coming of a humble king whose rule brings peace and deliverance.10YHWH confronts false guidance and failed leaders, promising to gather his scattered people and strengthen them in his name.11Zechariah portrays rejected shepherding, broken bonds, and God’s judgment on a flock’s exploiters and the shepherd who abandons it.12YHWH promises to defend Jerusalem, then turns its people toward the pierced one in grief through his gift of grace.13Zechariah sets God’s promise of cleansing beside severe judgment, ending with a refined remnant whom God claims as his people.14Zechariah portrays YHWH bringing besieged Jerusalem through judgment into safety, with his kingship acknowledged across the earth.
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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).