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2. Division of Zechariah 77
10.1-11.3, 1 and note the difference that would result by excluding
11.1-3. Zech. 11.1-3 must also be considered separately.
11.4-14 + 15-17
Despite the acute problems of interpretation, there is no dispute about
the fact that vv. 4-17 belong together, and that the section falls into
two unequal parts: vv. 4-14, 15-17. The word TU> in v. 15 makes the
connection explicit (see also below on 13.7-9).
72.7-73.6
The word KtoD which begins both 9.1 and 12.1, coupled with m.T -Qi
and mrr DR3, make this the clearest possible beginning of a new
section. Most modern commentators see it as extending to the end of
13.1. Yet 13.1 does introduce the theme of cleansing, not explicitly
stated in 12.1-14, and this is continued in a different way in 13.2-6.
The twin DTH rrm of 13.2 reads strangely after 13.1 Kinn DVH, and it
may be that v. 1 was added after vv. 2-6 had been placed in their
present position. On the other hand the same phrases occur frequently
throughout the section: »inn ova rrm (12.3, 9; 13.2, 4). ninn nva
(12.4, 6, 8, 11; 13.1). Several commentators subdivide the passage
somewhere in the middle: after v. 7, 8, or 9. 2 It seems that the most
likely place is between vv. 9 and 10, where a new theme, compassion
and mourning, begins. The best solution for us is to consider the
following units: 12.1-14; 12.1-13.1; 12.1-13.6. This means that the
main analysis will be carried out on the last (inclusive) unit.
73.7-9
This section, in its present place, is a clearly defined unit: poetry
bounded by prose, with a consistent theme, different from both 13.1-6
and 14.Iff.; it begins with an imperative and reaches a fitting climax
in v. 9. The only question is whether it originally belonged in a
different place, viz. after 11.4-17. 3 There is no harm in investigating
1. This does not mean giving support to Lamarche's division 10.3b-11.3,
which will be considered below.
2. Verse 7: Otzen, G.A. Smith; v. 8: Mitchell, R.L. Smith; v. 9: Baldwin,
Mason, Perowne; Willi-Plein treats vv. 4-11 and 12-14 together, regarding torn ova
as a leitmotif (pp. 57-58).
3. Mason, Mitchell, Rudolph, G.A. Smith. The view of Keil that 13.7-14.21
forms a complete section which is an expansion of 12.1-13.6 is interesting and may