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212 Structure and the Book ofZechariah
the people is restored. The words of v. 9b are similar to those used in
expressing the covenant goal throughout the Bible (Gen. 17.8b; Exod.
6.7; Hos. 1.9-2.1; Jer. 31.33 etc.). We have already seen an emphasis
on this in the first part of Zechariah (2.15; 8.8b).
We need to ask whether the editor has a specific purpose in separating
13.7-9 from the previous 'shepherd' passages. It would not be surprising
to find this. We shall investigate this in Chapter 4.
Zechariah 12.1-13.6
Figure 14 gives the table of repeating words, from which the following
have been omitted: »DJK, Da, rrn, "JIB, |i)ab. This section must be
considered as a whole, for:
1. To subdivide it would produce rather brief passages, particularly
13.2-6, which has very few repeated words that do not
also occur in 12.1-13.1.
2. Commentaries disagree on the subdivision (e.g. 12.1-14 or
12.1-13.1).
3. The phrase 'and on that day' (12.3-4, 6, 8-9, 11; 13.1-2, 4)
occurs throughout the whole section.
The words in the table seem to be potentially significant, either
because of their distinctiveness, or because of their position or use in
distinctive phrases. We shall discuss individual words only as we consider
the structure and thought of the section.
The structure of the whole is as follows. CF signifies 'Continuation
Formula'. It is convenient to give Lamarche's structure, 1 at the
same time.
1. Zacharie 9-14, pp. 78-79, 86-87, 89-90. Lacocque has a different scheme
(pp. 181-82). Here is a comparison of the two:
Verses 12: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12-14 13: 1 2 3 4 to 6
Lamarche I a a' b b' c c' C ab b' a 1 A A'
[ab c cTj'a']
Lacocque a b c c 1 b' a' d e e'