Zechariah 6:11

6:11 Then take some silver and gold to make a crown ¹  and set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

Zechariah 1:6

1:6 But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? ²  Then they paid attention ³  and confessed, ‘The Lord who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”

Zechariah 7:9

7:9 “The Lord who rules over all said, ‘Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

Zechariah 8:16

8:16 These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts. ⁴ 

Zechariah 10:1

The Restoration of the True People

10:1 Ask the Lord for rain in the season of the late spring rains ⁵  – the Lord who causes thunderstorms – and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

Zechariah 7:3

7:3 by asking both the priests of the temple ⁶  of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month, ⁷  fasting as we have done over the years?”

Zechariah 1:21

1:21 I asked, “What are these going to do?” He answered, “These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen. ⁸  But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah’s enemies ⁹  and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.” ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “crowns” (so KJV, ASV; also in v. 14). The Hebrew word for “crown” here is עֲטֶרֶת (’ateret), a term never used in the OT for the priestly crown or mitre. Thus, the scene here describes the investing of the priest with royal authority.

² tc BHS suggests אֶתְכֶם (’etkhem, “you”) for the MT אֲבֹתֵיכֶם (’avotekhem, “your fathers”) to harmonize with v. 4. In v. 4 the ancestors would not turn but in v. 6 they appear to have done so. The subject in v. 6, however, is to be construed as Zechariah’s own listeners.

³ tn Heb “they turned” (so ASV). Many English versions have “they repented” here; cf. CEV “they turned back to me.”

³ sn For a similar reference to true and righteous judgment see Mic 6:8.

⁴ tn Heb “the latter rain.” This expression refers to the last concentration of heavy rainfall in the spring of the year in Palestine, about March or April. Metaphorically and eschatologically (as here) the “latter rain” speaks of God’s outpouring of blessing in the end times (cf. Hos 6:3; Joel 2:21-25).

⁵ tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

⁶ sn This lamentation marked the occasion of the destruction of Solomon’s temple on August 14, 586 b.c., almost exactly 70 years earlier (cf. 2 Kgs 25:8).

⁶ tn Heb “so that no man lifts up his head.”

⁷ tn Heb “terrify them”; the referent (Judah’s enemies) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “to scatter it.” The word “people” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.