Old Testament · Minor Prophets
Zechariah
Written by Zechariah. Written for The same builders Haggai encouraged.
Big picture in three sentences
Zechariah gives night visions to a tired group of builders.
He says the work will be finished not by might or power, but by God's Spirit.
He looks ahead to a king riding into Jerusalem on a donkey.
Palm Sunday quotes Zechariah's picture of a gentle king.
Key verse · Zechariah 4:6
“Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.”
Stories families know from this book
- Not by might
- A king on a donkey
- Return to me