Zechariah
God raised up certain "prophets" who were His mouthpieces.
They would speak out against their sin and idolatry and would
continually warn of God's judgment. Some of the prophets spoke
out in the North and some in the South, but God was faithfully
warning them of certain catastrophe if they would not turn to
him....
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The Book of Zechariah is a book of the Hebrew Bible attributed
to the prophet Zechariah. Zechariah’s ministry took place
during the reign of Darius the Great (Zechariah 1:1 ), and was
contemporary with Haggai in a post-exilic world after the fall
of Jerusalem in 586/7 BC.[1] Ezekiel and Jeremiah wrote prior
to the fall of Jerusalem, while cont...
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LITERATURE
Few books of the Old Testament are as difficult of
interpretation as the Book of Zechariah; no other book is as
Messianic. Jewish expositors like Abarbanel and Jarchi, and
Christian expositors such as Jerome, are forced to concede
that they have failed "to find their hands" in the
exposition of it, and that in their investigations t...
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The book of Zechariah, in its existing form, consists of
three principal parts, vis. chs. 1-8; chs. 9-11; chs. 12-14.
1. The first of these divisions is allowed by the
critics to be the genuine work of Zechariah the son of Iddo.
It consists, first, of a short introduction or preface in
which the prophet announces his commission; then of a seri...
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1. The eleventh in order of the twelve minor prophets. He is
called in his prophecy the son of Berechiah and the grandson
of Iddo, whereas in the book of Ezra, Ezr 5:1; 6:14 he is
said to have been the son of Iddo. It is natural to suppose
as the prophet himself mentions his father's name, whereas
the book of Ezra mentions only Iddo, that Bere...
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Jehovah is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah,
the
eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel,
he was of
priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as
"the son of
Berechiah." In Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 he is called "the
son of Iddo,"
who was properly his grandfather. His prophetical
career began
in the second year of ...
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The Jewish saying was, "the spirit of Jeremiah dwelt in
Zechariah." Like Ezekiel and Daniel, Zechariah delights in
symbols, allegories, and visions of angels ministering
before Jehovah and executing His commands on earth.
Zechariah, like Genesis, Job, and Chronicles, brings Satan
personally into view. The mention of myrtles (representing
the ...
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1. Eleventh of the 12 minor prophets. Son of Berechiah,
grandson of Iddo; Ezra (Ezra 5:1; Exr 6:14) says son of
Iddo, omitting Berechiah the intermediate link, as less
known, and perhaps having died early. Zechariah was
probably, like Ezekiel, priest as well as prophet, Iddo
being the priest who returned with Zerubbabel and Joshua
from Babylo...
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