Zakharia 2:13

2:13 Be silent in the Lord’s presence, all people everywhere, ¹  for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place. ² 

Zakharia 6:8

6:8 Then he cried out to me, “Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me ³  peace about the northland.” ⁴ 

[2:13]  ¹ tn Heb “all flesh”; NAB, NIV “all mankind.”

[2:13]  ² sn The sense here is that God in heaven is about to undertake an occupation of his earthly realm (v. 12) by restoring his people to the promised land.

[6:8]  ³ tn Heb “my spirit.” The subject appears to be the Lord who exclaims here that the horsemen have accomplished their task of bringing peace.

[6:8]  ⁴ sn The immediate referent of peace about the northland is to the peace brought by Persia’s conquest of Babylonia, a peace that allowed the restoration of the Jewish people (cf. 2 Chr 36:22-23; Isa 44:28; 45:1-2). However, there is also an eschatological dimension, referring to a time when there will be perfect and universal peace.