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3. The Structure of Individual Sections of Zechariah 155
atf', 7.7 (2x), 8.4, 20, 21, looks hopeful. The first two references
are participles expressing the fact that in former (good) times
Jerusalem and also the Negeb and Shephelah were inhabited.
Zech. 8.4 speaks of old men and old women again (TiiO sitting in the
streets of Jerusalem in the age to come; 8.20 and 8.21 speak of the
inhabitants of other cities who will go up to Jerusalem. Perhaps we
may discern some movement from past (Jerusalem with its own
people) to present (virtually uninhabited) to future (even people
settled permanently elsewhere will come to Jerusalem). However they
do not come to dwell in Jerusalem, and the usage in 8.4 is different, so
we probably should not consider atf* as a structuring word. Still we
ought to plot it.
Ti>, 7.7, 8.3, 5, 20, occurs in the same locations as ae)* and similar
remarks apply to it.
oatf, 7.9 (2x), 8.16, occurs in passages which seem to be parallel. 1
Each time the phrase used is oattfa QStzJ, and not* occurs in close
conjuction in each case. There are no other instances of OSKJ in
Zechariah.
DDK occurs with oatf, as stated above (actually twice in v. 16,
though the second of these is often deleted as dittography. This does
not seriously weaken the impression that the sections are intended as
parallel). In addition nafc is found in 8.3, 8 which have already been
noted as the beginning and end of a major subsection. Note that the
second of these occurs outside the inclusio (8.3a, 8a), which itself
leads to the climax expressed in 8.8.##6-12. 'Truth' then is at the
heart of God's requirements for his people, and truth is what he will
achieve in the city and in his relationship to his people.
CIR 7.9-10, should be considered with in (see above under tfn*).
DDaa^a latfnrr^K... [run] occurs only in 7.10 and 8.17. atfn occurs
nowhere else in Zechariah (and Dnb only in 7.12; 10.7 [2x]; 12.5; aab
does not occur elsewhere).
]H] only occurs in 7.11; 8.12 (3x), which do not seem to be
connected: 'they gave a stubborn shoulder' compared to the coming
1. This is recognized by many commentators, including Petitjean. He presents
comparison of 7.7, 9-10 and 8.16-17 (Les oracles, p. 413) stating that, 'Les deux
pericopes presentent la meme structure: une phrase introductoire, suivie de quatre
commandements. Dans les deux codes, les deux premiers preceptes sont formulas a
1'imperitif, les deux derniers au "vetitif' 'al + jussif.'