Zakharia 5:5

Vision Seven: The Ephah

5:5 After this the angelic messenger ¹  who had been speaking to me went out and said, “Look, see what is leaving.”

Zakharia 7:1

The Hypocrisy of False Fasting

7:1 In King Darius’ fourth year, on the fourth day of Kislev, the ninth month, ²  the word of the Lord came to Zechariah.

Zakharia 11:8

11:8 Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, ³  for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.

[5:5]  ¹ tn See the note on the expression “angelic messenger” in 1:9.

[7:1]  ² sn The fourth day of Kislev, the ninth month would be December 7, 518 b.c., 22 months after the previous eight visions.

[11:8]  ³ sn Zechariah is only dramatizing what God had done historically (see the note on the word “cedars” in 11:1). The “one month” probably means just any short period of time in which three kings ruled in succession. Likely candidates are Elah, Zimri, Tibni (1 Kgs 16:8-20); Zechariah, Shallum, Menahem (2 Kgs 15:8-16); or Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah (2 Kgs 24:1–25:7).