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2. Division of Zechariah 75
10.Iff.
As argued above 10.1 must be regarded as the start of a new unit. 1
Verse 2 is joined to v. 1 by "O and by subject matter: the contrast
between Yahweh and other supposed sources of supernatural help.
Verse 2b is fittingly joined to 2a by p *?o.
Where the section ends is a matter of considerable disagreement. A
connection between v. 2 and v. 3a is made by the word run, but the
use is different, even formally contradictory (nm ]'«: D'jrin *?jj), and
it seems best to regard it as a secondary catchword continuation.
Mason 2 admits this as a possibility, but thinks that the change of
speech from first to third person in v. 3b is more weighty. One
suspects that Lamarche and Baldwin opt for 10.2-3a because an exact
structure can be seen 'between the outworking of retribution and the
wrong done'. 3 A crucial question is whether npa, used with the
opposite meaning in v. 3a and 3b, is due to the intention of the
prophet or whether we have another catchword association. The
theme of the verse also changes from judgment for the shepherds to
salvation for the flock. These considerations together make the
division at v. 3a reasonable. On the other hand, Yahweh is referred to
Saeb0, who gives a detailed analysis of the form of chs. 9-14, divides this section
into verses: 9-10, 11-12, 13-16a, 16b-17; he then takes 10.1-2 and 3-12 together.
His divisions are too small for us to analyse but we note his results.
1. The connection between 'rain' here and the 'waterless pit' of 9.11 seems, on
the face of it, to be too subtle to be a significant guide to structure (Lamarche,
Zacharie 9-14, pp. 49-52), although R. Mason ('The Use of Earlier Biblical
Material in Zechariah 9-14: A Study of Inner Biblical Exegesis' [dissertation, King's
College, London, 1973, pp. 68-72) makes a good case for seeing here rich allusion
to traditions such as Jer. 2.13; Isa. 49.9-10; Gen. 37.24. Cf. G. Gaide, Jerusalem,
void ton Roi (Commentaire de Zacharie 9-14) (Lectio Divina, 49; Paris: Cerf,
1968), p. 73. Otzen, Studien, pp. 216-18, takes Lamarche as his starting point and
produces his own structure:
9.16 'positives' Hirtcnbild
9.17-10.1 'positives' Fruchtbarkeitsmotiv
10.2a 'negatives' Fruchtbarkcitsmotiv
10.2b-3a 'negatives' Hirtcnbild.
I investigate this in Chapter 3, as part of the consideration of 9.1-11.3.
2. Zechariah 9-14, p. 96.
3. Lamarche, Zacharie 9-14, p. 54; J.G. Baldwin, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
(London: Tyndale Press, 1972), p. 172.