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judgment, 1.17 envisages a scattering that is due to his blessing:
'Again my cities will be scattered—because of good'. 1 It is not clear
how much we can make of this. It might be that the editor of 1.17 was
aware of 13.7, but we need more evidence than we have so far found.
D^KJVT "ira occurs in 1.17, 2.16 and 3.2. The first two instances are
clearly redactional. This might mean that the redactor prepared for the
statement of 3.2, 'Yahweh has chosen Jerusalem', by the repeated 'will
again choose Jerusalem' at the end of the first vision and the next pair
of visions. It could, of course, be the case that he was responsible for
all three instances. The word in 9.17, onim, is completely different
and may be ignored.
Summary and Conclusions
Of the distinctive words found in ch. 1 and elsewhere in Zechariah 1-8
the greatest number occur in either ch. 6 or chs. 7-8, but there are
some contacts with chs. 2 and 3. In ch. 2 the repetitions are either
concerned with Jerusalem, or else occur in the oracular section 2.10-
16 (the only exceptions being ntoi) and '13). In the case of ch. 3 we
have four words linking 1.4-6 with 3.7-10, plus nar and Dbtfvra ~im
linking 1.8 and 17 with 3.1-7 and 3.2 respectively. The only references
outside these sections in chs. 2-8 are aitf in 4.1 and 5.1, which
is different from other occurrences and may be ignored; n"?tf which
occurs in 4.9, part of the editorial section; and nnnjj, 4.14, which may
also be redactional.
The contacts between chs. 1, 6, and 7-8 may be divided as follows:
1. Zech. 1.1-6 + 10 (11? 12? 13? 14? 15?)-17 dealing with
Yahweh's past action expressing his wrath and his future
compassion. This has strong contact with Zechariah 7-8 but
little with Zechariah 6.
2. Zech. 1.7-11 dealing with the description of the visions of
horses of various colours and riders/chariots. These verses
have clear parallels in Zechariah 6 but little verbal contact
with Zechariah 7-8.
1. It is better, I think, to keep the meaning 'be scattered' since: (1) it makes for a
very effective surprise with man at the end of the clause; (2) the meaning (over)flow
is only suggested here and in Prov. 5.16 (BOB, p. 807), where it can equally well
mean 'be scattered'; and (3) the picture is consonant with Zech. 2.8.