Zechariah

Portrait of Zechariah

Serving as both prophet and priest after the return from Babylonian exile, Zechariah delivered a series of striking visions that urged the people to rebuild the temple and renew their covenant faithfulness. His words blend urgent calls to repentance with vivid promises of divine protection and future glory, showing how the restored community fit into God's larger plan of redemption. Through images of a coming Branch, a pierced Savior, and a universal kingdom, the prophecy directs hearts toward the Messiah who would accomplish full deliverance for Israel and the nations.

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Books written: Zechariah

Read Through Zechariah's Writings

14 chapters total

Zechariah

1 A Call to Return to the Lord 2 A Man with a Measuring Line 3 Clean Garments for the High Priest 4 The Gold Lampstand and Olive Trees 5 The Flying Scroll 6 The Crown for Joshua 7 Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting 8 The Lord Promises to Bless Jerusalem 9 The Coming King 10 The Lord Will Restore Israel 11 The Two Shepherds 12 Jerusalem's Enemies Destroyed 13 Cleansing from Sin 14 The Lord Comes and Reigns

Key Passages

Not by Might, Nor by Power

Zechariah 4:6-7

T6hen he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

Your King Comes Riding on a Donkey

Zechariah 9:9-10

R9ejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.