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Zechariah 11:1

Context
The History and Future of Judah’s Wicked Kings

11:1 Open your gates, Lebanon,

so that the fire may consume your cedars. 1 

Zechariah 12:6

Context
12:6 On that day 2  I will make the leaders of Judah like an igniter 3  among sticks and a burning torch among sheaves, and they will burn up all the surrounding nations right and left. Then the people of Jerusalem will settle once more in their place, the city of Jerusalem.

Zechariah 2:5

Context
2:5 But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem 4  and the source of glory in her midst.’”

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[11:1]  1 sn In this poetic section, plants and animals provide the imagery for rulers, especially evil ones (cf. respectively Isa 10:33-34; Ezek 31:8; Amos 2:9; Nah 2:12).

[12:6]  2 sn On that day (referring to the day of the Lord) the Davidic monarchy will be restored and the Lord’s people will recognize once more the legitimacy and divine sanction of David’s dynasty. But there will also be a democratizing that will not give Jerusalem and its rulers undue priority over the people of the countryside (v. 7).

[12:6]  3 tn Heb “a firepot” (so NASB, NIV); NRSV “a blazing pot”; NLT “a brazier.”

[2:5]  3 tn Heb “her”; the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.



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