Thursday, February 23, 2023

Reading for March 3rd

 Read Zechariah 1.1-6. In 1.1-6: Zechariah's opening speech. Zechariah's visions (1.7-6.8) are introduced and concluded (chs. 7-8) by speeches in which Zechariah urges his listeners to embrace the social responsibilities and just behavior preached by the prophets before him. In verse 1; Zechariah's opening and closing speeches 1.1; 7.1), together with his vision (1.70, are dated. the second year of Darius (522-486 BCE) is 520 BCE, the same year in which Haggai preached ((Hag 1.1; 2.1, 10). In verse 4: The former prophets are Zechariah's predecessors who preached before the fall of Jerusalem. Zechariah quotes words similar to Jeremiah's (Jer 25.5). Comments or Questions..

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