Yesaya 28:5

28:5 At that time ¹  the Lord who commands armies will become a beautiful crown

and a splendid diadem for the remnant of his people.

Yesaya 41:16

41:16 You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away;

the wind will scatter them.

You will rejoice in the Lord;

you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

Yesaya 45:25

45:25 All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord

and will boast in him. ² 

Yesaya 60:19

60:19 The sun will no longer supply light for you by day,

nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you;

the Lord will be your permanent source of light –

the splendor of your God will shine upon you. ³ 

Yehezkiel 48:35

48:35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. ⁴  The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’” ⁵ 

Zakharia 2:5

2:5 But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem ⁶  and the source of glory in her midst.’”

Zakharia 1:1

Introduction

1:1 In the eighth month of Darius’ ⁷  second year, ⁸  the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, ⁹  son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:

[28:5]  ¹ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[45:25]  ² tn Heb “In the Lord all the offspring of Israel will be vindicated and boast.”

[60:19]  ³ tn Heb “and your God for your splendor.”

[48:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “eighteen thousand cubits” (i.e., 9.45 kilometers).

[48:35]  ⁵ sn See Rev 21:12-21.

[2:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “her”; the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:1]  ⁷ sn Darius is Darius Hystaspes, king of Persia from 522-486 b.c.

[1:1]  ⁸ sn The eighth month of Darius’ second year was late October – late November, 520 b.c., by the modern (Julian) calendar. This is two months later than the date of Haggai’s first message to the same community (cf. Hag 1:1).

[1:1]  ⁹ sn Both Ezra (5:1; 6:14) and Nehemiah (12:16) speak of Zechariah as a son of Iddo only. A probable explanation is that Zechariah’s actual father Berechiah had died and the prophet was raised by his grandfather Iddo. The “Zechariah son of Barachiah” of whom Jesus spoke (Matt 23:35; Luke 11:51) was probably the martyred prophet by that name who may have been a grandson of the priest Jehoiada (2 Chr 24:20-22).