Zechariah.
Visions of the rebuilt Jerusalem and the messianic future — culminating in a coming king on a donkey.
Who wrote Zechariah?
Zechariah, son of Berechiah, contemporary of Haggai.
Who was it written for?
The returned exiles.
Structure
- Eight night visions (1–6)
- Questions about fasting (7–8)
- Two oracles about the coming king (9–14)
Key verses
Why Zechariah matters
Zechariah's 9:9 ("your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey") is the prophecy the Gospels quote when Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Chapter 12:10 — "they will look on me, on him whom they have pierced" — is quoted by John at the crucifixion. The book's imagery is dense and strange, but its messianic outline is unmistakable.
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