Zechariah #catechesis/bible/zechariah
Old Testament · Minor Prophets · part of Old Testament → Bible
Chapters
- Zechariah 1 — The prophet exhorts the people to return to God, and declares his visions, by which he puts them in hopes of better times.
- Zechariah 2 — Under the name of Jerusalem, he prophesies the progress of the Church of Christ, by the conversion of some Jews and many Gentiles.
- Zechariah 3 — In a vision Satan appears accusing the high priest. He is cleansed from his sins. Christ is promised, and great fruit from his passion.
- Zechariah 4 — The vision of the golden candlestick and seven lamps, and of the two olive trees.
- Zechariah 5 — The vision of the flying volume, and of the woman in the vessel.
- Zechariah 6 — The vision of the four chariots. Crowns are ordered for the high priest, as a type of Christ.
- Zechariah 7 — The people inquire concerning fasting, and they are admonished to fast from sin.
- Zechariah 8 — Joyful promises to Jerusalem, fully verified in the Church of Christ.
- Zechariah 9 — God will defend his Church, and bring over even her enemies to the faith. The meek coming of Christ, to bring peace, to deliver the captives by his blood, and to give us all good things.
- Zechariah 10 — God is to be worshipped, and not idols. The victories of his Church, which shall arise originally from the Jewish nation.
- Zechariah 11 — The destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. God’s dealings with the Jews, and their reprobation.
- Zechariah 12 — God shall protect his Church against her persecutors. The mourning of Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 13 — The fountain of Christ. Idols and false prophets shall be destroyed, Christ shall suffer, and his people shall be tried by fire.
- Zechariah 14 — After the persecutions of the Church shall follow great prosperity. Persecutors shall be punished: so shall all that will not serve God in his Church.
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New Advent na2 — Septuagint/Greek · Douay-Rheims · Clementine Vulgate.
