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4. Connections Between Sections ofZechariah 1-14 255
Babylon (cf. 2.11) go to the house of Josiah max n, the one whose
name mysteriously becomes |n in v. 14. This is speculative. However,
the exiles from Babylon are a visible sign of the fulfilment of the
prophecy in 2.10-11. Both passages, of course, are additions to the
series of night visions. 1
D'otfn mrm in~iK occurs in 2.10, 'I have spread you abroad as the
four winds', and in 6.5, 'These are going forth as the four winds of
heaven'. In other places m~i means 'spirit'. There is presumably a
deliberate reference to this by the one who added 2.10.
'PID occurs in the exhortation: 'Escape to Zion, you who dwell with
the daughter of Babylon' (2.11) and in the reference to '.. .the exiles
who have arrived from Babylon' (6.10). They are a visible sign of the
fulfilment of the prophecy of 2.11, and the phrase thereby gains in
significance. Both passages, again, are additions to the vision reports.
The most obvious parallel is that between the centres of 2.13-15 and
the whole section Zechariah 7-8: '[many nations]... shall be my
people' and '.. .they shall be my people and I will be their God'. We
noted above the similar passage in 13.9b. Closely associated with this is
the phrase 'I will dwell in the midst of you/Jerusalem' (2.14, 15; 8.3, 8).
It is noteworthy that the parallels which exist are only brought
about by redactional passages. This adds weight to the view that we
are dealing with an editor different from Zechariah himself. It also
seems likely that we have further evidence of his concern to produce a
logical overall structure. In the original visions themselves we have
discovered few verbal parallels that would link them together. The
introductory formulae cannot definitely be regarded as part of the
original visions.
A look at the table above also reveals a number of words that occur
in 2.10-17 and ch. 14. Most of these are not significant: 013, pax, W3,
ITP, pbn are used differently in the two sections. There is some
parallel between the reversal of plundered and plunderer in 2.13 and
14.1 C?"?ttf) but there is not enough to indicate a conscious attempt to
link the two. The same applies to the mention of ehp in the climax to
2.10-16 and 14.16-21. The only clear link between Zechariah 2 and
9-14 is 2.14.##l-7. 2
1. I have not found support for this suggestion in any commentary and should
not lay any weight on it.
2. Mason (Zechariah 9-14, pp. 40-41), draws attention to the similarity