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3. The Structure of Individual Sections of Zechariah 179
p», vv. 15-16. Unfortunately 9.15 is obscure, but the meaning of
J^p-'aaK is 'slingstones'. It is possible that there is an intended contrast
in v. 16 (especially since the same construction is used: 33K). They
will tread down slingstones; they will be stones in a crown. 1
na, v. 17.##2,4, may be ignored.
The Structure of Zechariah 9.9-10 and 11-17
The results for this section are quite meagre. Repeating words in
vv. 9-10, D^tfw, na, aai, n-o and is, do not yield any obvious
pattern. In the case of vv. 11-17, despite the appearance in the list of
»"?D and p«, nothing can be proved from this collection.
If we consider vv. 9-17 together, the words that stand out are 'save'
in vv. 9 and 16, and both 'bow' and 'Ephraim' in vv. 10 and 13. This
could be significant, since the movement of this section is:
9-10 Promise of peace
11-12 ?Continues the promi se 2
13-16 How the peace will come about: victory in battle
Any scheme that asks to be taken seriously must account for these
corresponding words.
We have again found contact with the rest of the chapter and with
ch. 10 in particular. This confirms the decision above (in the
summary of results for 9.1-8) that 9.1-11.3 should be considered as a
whole.
making Ephraim the quiver and not the arrow. This seems to demand too logical an
approach of the poet. It seems better to accept Rudolph's explanation of MT: 'I have
bent Judah as my bow; I have filled (it) with Ephraim'.
1. Verse 15 is notoriously difficult to translate. The most commonly accepted
emendation is o[n]l instead of ion (as LXX; 'they shall drink their blood [like
wine]. ..', not 'they shall drink, they shall be boisterous'). We should keep MT,
which Baldwin (Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, pp. 169-70) makes a good attempt to
explain.
2. nK-ffl casus pendens links the verse with v. 9 (cf. I. Willi-Plein, Prophetic
am Ende: Untersuchungen zu Sacharja 9-14 [BBB, 42; Bonn: Peter Hanstein,
1974], p. 9; G. Gaide, Jerusalem, void ton roi: Commentaire de Zacharie 9-14
[LectioDivina, 49; Paris: Cerf, 1968], p. 73). Some older commentators (e.g. Sellin)
regarded vv. 9-10 as an insertion, but the connection of vv. 11-12 with v. 8 is difficult.
Sellin referred the 'blood of the covenant' (v. 11) to the bloody sacrifices of
v. 7a, omitting v. 8 as a gloss (Das Zwolfprophetenbuch [Leipzig: Deichert, 1922],
pp. 495,499-501). This over-confident adjustment of the text need not be accepted.