Zechariah Outline

I. Zechariah’s Encouragement to Reconstruct the Temple (1:1-8:23)

  • A. Call For Repentance (1:1-6)
  • B. Eight Visions at Night (1:7-6:15)
    1. The Man in the Myrtle Trees (1:7-17)
    2. Four Horns and Four Craftsmen (1:18-21)
    3. A Man with a Measuring Line (2:1-13)
    4. Joshua, the High Priest (3:1-10)
    5. The Gold Lampstand (4:1-14)
    6. The Flying Scroll (5:1-4)
    7. The Woman in the Measuring Basket (5:5-11)
    8. Four Chariots (6:1-8)
  • C. A Crown for Joshua (6:9-15)
  • D. A Question About Fasting (7:1-14)
  • E. The LORD Will Bless Jerusalem (8:1-23)

II. Oracles About the Future of God’s Kingdom (9:1-14:21)

  • A. The First Oracle (9:1-11:17)
    1. Judgment of the Nations (9:1-8)
    2. Zion’s Coming King (9:9-17)
    3. The LORD’S Provision for Judah (10:1-11:3)
    4. The Two Shepherds (11:4-17)
  • B. The Second Oracle (12:1-14:21)
    1. Jerusalem’s Enemies Destroyed (12:1-9)
    2. Descriptions of the Messiah (12:10-13:9)
    3. The Day of the LORD (14:1-21)