Interpretive Commentary: Zechariah
OBST 520-DO7 LUO
Old Testament Orientation II
Jacob G. McClung
December 02, 2023
Contents
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………1
Historical Setting and Date………………………………………………………………………..1
Authorship and Audience…………………………………………………………………………2
Major Theological Themes………………………………………………………………………..2
Exegetical Outline of the Book of Zechariah…………………………………………………..3
Interpretive Commentary……………………………………………………………………….5
The Impending Deliverance and Defense of Judah (Zechariah 12:1-9)…………………..5
Jerusalem will be Victorious over Surrounding Nations (Zechariah 12:2)……….5
Judah’s Political Figures will be “like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery
torch in the sheaves (Zechariah 12:6).”…………………………………………………………...5
