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Zechariah

14 Chapters · Douay-Rheims Bible · Old Testament

About This Book

Zechariah began to prophesy in the same year as Aggeus, and upon the same occasion. His prophecy is full of mysterious figures and promises of blessings, partly relating to the synagogue, and partly to the church of Christ. (For more information, see the article ZACHARIAS in the Catholic Encyclopedia.)

Chapter Directory

  1. Chapter 1The prophet exhorts the people to return to God, and declares his visions, by which he puts them in hopes of better times.
  2. Chapter 2Under the name of Jerusalem, he prophesies the progress of the Church of Christ, by the conversion of some Jews and many Gentiles.
  3. Chapter 3In a vision Satan appears accusing the high priest. He is cleansed from his sins. Christ is promised, and great fruit from his passion.
  4. Chapter 4The vision of the golden candlestick and seven lamps, and of the two olive trees.
  5. Chapter 5The vision of the flying volume, and of the woman in the vessel.
  6. Chapter 6The vision of the four chariots. Crowns are ordered for the high priest, as a type of Christ.
  7. Chapter 7The people inquire concerning fasting, and they are admonished to fast from sin.
  8. Chapter 8Joyful promises to Jerusalem, fully verified in the Church of Christ.
  9. Chapter 9God will defend his Church, and bring over even her enemies to the faith. The meek coming of Christ, to bring peace, to deliver the captives by his blood, and to give us all good things.
  10. Chapter 10God is to be worshipped, and not idols. The victories of his Church, which shall arise originally from the Jewish nation.
  11. Chapter 11The destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. God's dealings with the Jews, and their reprobation.
  12. Chapter 12God shall protect his Church against her persecutors. The mourning of Jerusalem.
  13. Chapter 13The fountain of Christ. Idols and false prophets shall be destroyed, Christ shall suffer, and his people shall be tried by fire.
  14. Chapter 14After the persecutions of the Church shall follow great prosperity. Persecutors shall be punished: so shall all that will not serve God in his Church.

Edition Record

Book
Zechariah
Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible
Old Testament
First published at Douay in 1609
New Testament
First published at Rheims in 1582
Revision and Notes
Bishop Richard Challoner, 1749
Historical Imprimatur
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, 1 September 1899