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3. The Structure of Individual Sections of Zechariah 235
20 On that day
there will be on the horse bells
20ap holy to Yahweh
And it will be
the household vessels in the house of Yahweh
(will be) like the bowls before the altar
21 And it will be
every household vessel in Judah and Jerusalem
21 act holy to Yahweh Sebaoth
21a(3 And all sacrificers will come
and will take from them
and boil (sc. sacrifices) in them
And there will not be
a trader any more in the house of Yahweh
Sebaoth
on that day.
Note that this is not a chiastic structure in the straightforward sense
although there is an overall inclusio, and a chiasmus could be read in
to the section 20a-21a: holy to Yahweh—household vessels—household
vessels—holy to Yahweh Sebaoth. This, however, would confuse the
structure that the sense of the passage implies:
On that day
Horse bells will have 'holy to Yahweh'
Household vessels will have 'holy to Yahweh Sebaoth'
Expansion concerning household vessels
General expansion illustrating holiness of the Temple
on that day.
It is interesting to note the 'growing phrase' from 'Yahweh' to
'Yahweh Sebaoth' here twice ('holy to...'; 'house of...').
There are several contacts between this final section and important
earlier statements: v. 6, Yahweh and holy ones; cf. v. 20-21, 'holy to
Yahweh'; v. 11, TU) rrrr »*? Dim, cf. v. 21, TU> '»» rrrr tfn; v. 12,
to* used of the nations, cf. m«as mrr, vv. 16-17, 20-21 only.
It seems clear that ch. 14 as a whole, despite its uncertain text,
displays a logic and structure that must be presumed to have been
intended by its author/editor(s). The plans of Lamarche and Lacocque,
though they do not do justice to the many links between different parts
of the chapter, are partly successful in showing its main concerns.