Zechariah 2:5-9, 14-15a
#454 Weekday Year I Context (Saturday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time)
I, Zechariah, raised my eyes and looked:
there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
I asked, “Where are you going?”
He answered, “To measure Jerusalem,
to see how great is its width and how great its length.”
Then the angel who spoke with me advanced,
and another angel came out to meet him and said to him,
“Run, tell this to that young man:
People will live in Jerusalem as though in open country,
because of the multitude of men and beasts in her midst.
But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD,
and I will be the glory in her midst.”
Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion!
See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD.
Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day,
and they shall be his people and he will dwell among you.
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Commentary on Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a
This first selection from the Book of the Prophet Zechariah is the third vision the prophet has described. The vision anticipates the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Its size requires an angel (the man with the measuring line was also an angel) to measure the expanse of the New Jerusalem, God’s heavenly Kingdom (see also Ezekiel 40:2-3 and 41:13). In the broader sense, it predicts the coming of the Messiah providing a rather unique glimpse of the messianic expectation: he comes to unify and bring security to the faithful. This passage also demonstrates the “true man, true God” essence of the Lord by saying “I am coming to dwell among you.”
CCC: Zec 2:14 722
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Zechariah 2:14-17
#601 Proper of Saints Context (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Jul 16)
#680 Proper of Saints Context (Presentation of the Virgin Mary Nov 21)
#690A Proper of Saints Context (Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 12)
#707 Commons Context (Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
#34O-2 BVM Context (The Blessed Virgin Mary, Cause of Our Joy)
Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion!
See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD.
Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day,
and they shall be his people,
and he will dwell among you,
and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
The LORD will possess Judah as his portion in the holy land,
and he will again choose Jerusalem.
Silence, all mankind, in the presence of the LORD!
For he stirs forth from his holy dwelling.
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Commentary on Zec 2:14-17
This selection from the Book of the Prophet Zechariah is seen as predicting the coming of the Messiah. It provides a rather unique glimpse at the messianic expectation: He comes to unify and bring security to the faithful. This passage also demonstrates the “true man, true God” essence of the Lord by first saying, “I am coming to dwell among you,” followed by, “Silence, all mankind, in the presence of the Lord! For he stirs forth from his holy dwelling.”
CCC: Zec 2:14 722; Zec 2:17 2143
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Zechariah 8:1-8
#455 Weekday Year I Context (Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time)-
This word of the LORD of hosts came:
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
I am intensely jealous for Zion,
stirred to jealous wrath for her.
Thus says the LORD:
I will return to Zion,
and I will dwell within Jerusalem;
Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city,
and the mountain of the LORD of hosts,
the holy mountain.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Old men and old women,
each with staff in hand because of old age,
shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem.
The city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
Even if this should seem impossible
in the eyes of the remnant of this people,
shall it in those days be impossible in my eyes also,
says the LORD of hosts?
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
Lo, I will rescue my people from the land of the rising sun,
and from the land of the setting sun.
I will bring them back to dwell within Jerusalem.
They shall be my people, and I will be their God,
with faithfulness and justice.
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Commentary on Zec 8:1-8
The Prophet Zechariah was a contemporary of Ezra and Haggai. In these first five of the ten prophecies found in Zechariah, there are a series of pronouncements about what God wants from his scattered people (not just the Babylonian exiles but all the Jewish people). The prophet issues God’s call to the people to come back from exile to Zion. He calls the future Jerusalem a faithful city, one of great importance to the faith: a holy mountain, a high place, dedicated to God where he resides in a special way. He issues God’s call for the people to return in faith, that the city might be reborn in greatness. We may see it as a call to conversion, a return to a more steadfast faith in the New Jerusalem – Christ’s Kingdom.
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Zechariah 8:20-23
#456 Weekday Year I Context (Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time)-
#872 Mass for Various Needs Context (I. For the Holy Church, 11. For the Evangelization of Peoples, 5)
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
There shall yet come peoples,
the inhabitants of many cities;
and the inhabitants of one city shall approach those of another,
and say, “Come! let us go to implore the favor of the Lord”;
and, “I too will go to seek the Lord.”
Many peoples and strong nations shall come
to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem
and to implore the favor of the Lord.
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
In those days ten men of every nationality,
speaking different tongues, shall take hold,
yes, take hold of every Jew by the edge of his garment and say,
“Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
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Commentary on Zec 8:20-23
The Prophet Zechariah continues to exhort the Jews of the Diaspora to return to Israel and be faithful to their Lord and God. He predicts that others of every nation shall see the devotion and the salvation God has shown to his people and wish to worship him as well. We, as Christians, see this plan fulfilled in Christ, whose invitation has spread through his apostles throughout the world.
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Zechariah 9:9-10
#100A Solemnities A Context (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time A)
#897 Mass for Various Needs Context (II. For Public Needs, 16. In Time of War or Civil Disturbance, Third Option)
#3A BVM Context (The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Advent 3)
#454 Weekday Year I Context (Saturday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time)
I, Zechariah, raised my eyes and looked:
there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
I asked, “Where are you going?”
He answered, “To measure Jerusalem,
to see how great is its width and how great its length.”
Then the angel who spoke with me advanced,
and another angel came out to meet him and said to him,
“Run, tell this to that young man:
People will live in Jerusalem as though in open country,
because of the multitude of men and beasts in her midst.
But I will be for her an encircling wall of fire, says the LORD,
and I will be the glory in her midst.”
Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion!
See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD.
Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day,
and they shall be his people and he will dwell among you.
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Commentary on Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a
This first selection from the Book of the Prophet Zechariah is the third vision the prophet has described. The vision anticipates the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Its size requires an angel (the man with the measuring line was also an angel) to measure the expanse of the New Jerusalem, God’s heavenly Kingdom (see also Ezekiel 40:2-3 and 41:13). In the broader sense, it predicts the coming of the Messiah providing a rather unique glimpse of the messianic expectation: he comes to unify and bring security to the faithful. This passage also demonstrates the “true man, true God” essence of the Lord by saying “I am coming to dwell among you.”
CCC: Zec 2:14 722
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Zechariah 2:14-17
#601 Proper of Saints Context (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Jul 16)
#680 Proper of Saints Context (Presentation of the Virgin Mary Nov 21)
#690A Proper of Saints Context (Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 12)
#707 Commons Context (Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
#34O-2 BVM Context (The Blessed Virgin Mary, Cause of Our Joy)
Sing and rejoice, O daughter Zion!
See, I am coming to dwell among you, says the LORD.
Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD on that day,
and they shall be his people,
and he will dwell among you,
and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
The LORD will possess Judah as his portion in the holy land,
and he will again choose Jerusalem.
Silence, all mankind, in the presence of the LORD!
For he stirs forth from his holy dwelling.
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Commentary on Zec 2:14-17
This selection from the Book of the Prophet Zechariah is seen as predicting the coming of the Messiah. It provides a rather unique glimpse at the messianic expectation: He comes to unify and bring security to the faithful. This passage also demonstrates the “true man, true God” essence of the Lord by first saying, “I am coming to dwell among you,” followed by, “Silence, all mankind, in the presence of the Lord! For he stirs forth from his holy dwelling.”
CCC: Zec 2:14 722; Zec 2:17 2143
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Zechariah 8:1-8
#455 Weekday Year I Context (Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time)-
This word of the LORD of hosts came:
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
I am intensely jealous for Zion,
stirred to jealous wrath for her.
Thus says the LORD:
I will return to Zion,
and I will dwell within Jerusalem;
Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city,
and the mountain of the LORD of hosts,
the holy mountain.
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Old men and old women,
each with staff in hand because of old age,
shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem.
The city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
Even if this should seem impossible
in the eyes of the remnant of this people,
shall it in those days be impossible in my eyes also,
says the LORD of hosts?
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
Lo, I will rescue my people from the land of the rising sun,
and from the land of the setting sun.
I will bring them back to dwell within Jerusalem.
They shall be my people, and I will be their God,
with faithfulness and justice.
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Commentary on Zec 8:1-8
The Prophet Zechariah was a contemporary of Ezra and Haggai. In these first five of the ten prophecies found in Zechariah, there are a series of pronouncements about what God wants from his scattered people (not just the Babylonian exiles but all the Jewish people). The prophet issues God’s call to the people to come back from exile to Zion. He calls the future Jerusalem a faithful city, one of great importance to the faith: a holy mountain, a high place, dedicated to God where he resides in a special way. He issues God’s call for the people to return in faith, that the city might be reborn in greatness. We may see it as a call to conversion, a return to a more steadfast faith in the New Jerusalem – Christ’s Kingdom.
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Zechariah 8:20-23
#456 Weekday Year I Context (Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time)-
#872 Mass for Various Needs Context (I. For the Holy Church, 11. For the Evangelization of Peoples, 5)
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
There shall yet come peoples,
the inhabitants of many cities;
and the inhabitants of one city shall approach those of another,
and say, “Come! let us go to implore the favor of the Lord”;
and, “I too will go to seek the Lord.”
Many peoples and strong nations shall come
to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem
and to implore the favor of the Lord.
Thus says the Lord of hosts:
In those days ten men of every nationality,
speaking different tongues, shall take hold,
yes, take hold of every Jew by the edge of his garment and say,
“Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
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Commentary on Zec 8:20-23
The Prophet Zechariah continues to exhort the Jews of the Diaspora to return to Israel and be faithful to their Lord and God. He predicts that others of every nation shall see the devotion and the salvation God has shown to his people and wish to worship him as well. We, as Christians, see this plan fulfilled in Christ, whose invitation has spread through his apostles throughout the world.
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Zechariah 9:9-10
#100A Solemnities A Context (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time A)
#897 Mass for Various Needs Context (II. For Public Needs, 16. In Time of War or Civil Disturbance, Third Option)
#3A BVM Context (The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Advent 3)
#29O-1 BVM Context (The Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of All Creation)
#1-8 BVM Apendix (Context)
Thus says the LORD:
Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion,
shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king shall come to you;
a just savior is he,
meek, and riding on an ass,
on a colt, the foal of an ass.
He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim,
and the horse from Jerusalem;
the warrior’s bow shall be banished,
and he shall proclaim peace to the nations.
His dominion shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
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Commentary on Zec 9:9-10
The oracle of the Prophet Zechariah speaks of the restoration of Israel following the great exile. In this section he speaks of the coming of the Messiah. “The Messiah will come, not as a conquering warrior, but in lowliness and peace. Not like the last kings of Judah, who rode in chariots and on horses (Jeremiah 17:25; 22:4), but like the princes of old (Genesis 49:11; Judges 5:10; 10:4), the Messiah will ride on an ass. The Evangelists see a literal fulfillment of this prophecy in the Savior's triumphant entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:4-5; John 12:14-15).”[1]
CCC: Zec 9:9 559
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Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1
#96C Solemnities C Context (12th Sunday in Ordinary Time C)
Thus says the LORD:
I will pour out on the house of David
and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem
a spirit of grace and petition;
and they shall look on him whom they have pierced,
and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only son,
and they shall grieve over him as one grieves over a firstborn.
On that day the mourning in Jerusalem shall be as great
as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
On that day there shall be open to the house of David
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
a fountain to purify from sin and uncleanness.
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Commentary on Zec 12:10-11; 13:1
In this selection from the oracle of the Prophet Zechariah (referred to in some scholarly texts as part of deutero-Zechariah, added later but codified by 200 BC at the latest), we hear a prophetic vision of the Messiah who is to come. The author sees the coming of the Messiah as a blessing upon earth, emanating from the “house of David.” The prophet envisions the passion of the Messiah (recounted in John 19:37), and the mourning that follows his rejection. He is mourned as “an only son” (see John 1:18, John 3:13-19, and Colossians 1:15), the “firstborn.”
The reference to “Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo” probably refers to the storm god Hadad, whose death was mourned each year at the return of the dry season, which caused great hardship for the people. Jerome identified the term as a city very near Megiddo, later called Maximianopolis, and today Tell Mutesellim.[2]
The selection concludes, in Chapter 13, with the statement: “On that day…” the Messiah will purify the sins of the people. Water flowing across the land is a reference to repentance and Baptism (see Ezekiel 36:24ff and John 4:1ff).
CCC: Zec 12:10 1432, 2561; Zec 13:1 2561
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Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:6-7
#969 Votive Mass (Mystery of the Holy Cross, 5.)
Thus says the LORD:
I will pour out on the house of David
and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem
a Spirit of grace and petition;
and they shall look on him whom they have thrust through,
and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only son,
and they shall grieve over him as one grieves over a firstborn.
On that day the mourning in Jerusalem shall be as great
as the mourning of Hadadrimmon, in the plain of Megiddo.
And if anyone asks him,
"What are these wounds on your chest?" he shall answer,
"With these I was wounded in the house of my dear ones."
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate,
says the LORD of hosts.
Strike the shepherd
that the sheep may be dispersed,
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
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Commentary on Zec 12:10-11; 13:6-7
In this selection from the oracle of the Prophet Zechariah (referred to in some scholarly texts as part of deutero-Zechariah, added later but codified by 200 BC at the latest), we hear a prophetic vision of the Messiah who is to come. The author sees the coming of the Messiah as a blessing upon earth, emanating from the “house of David.” The prophet envisions the passion of the Messiah (recounted in John 19:37), and the mourning that follows his rejection. He is mourned as “an only son” (see John 1:18, John 3:13-19, and Colossians 1:15), the “firstborn.”
The reference to “Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo” probably refers to the storm god Hadad, whose death was mourned each year at the return of the dry season, which caused great hardship for the people. Jerome identified the term as a city very near Megiddo, later called Maximianopolis, and today Tell Mutesellim.[2]
The selection concludes, in Chapter 13, with the statement about wounds received. From the Christian perspective these wounds would be prophetic of the Messiah, wounded and crucified by those he loves. At the time it would have referred to self inflicted wounds of repentance (not to be confused with pagan practices of the day).
CCC: Zec 12:10 1432, 2561; Zec 13:1 2561
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[1] See NAB footnote on Zechariah 9:9
[2] See Jerome Biblical Commentary, Prentice Hall, Inc., © 1968, 23:47, pp. 396
#1-8 BVM Apendix (Context)
Thus says the LORD:
Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion,
shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king shall come to you;
a just savior is he,
meek, and riding on an ass,
on a colt, the foal of an ass.
He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim,
and the horse from Jerusalem;
the warrior’s bow shall be banished,
and he shall proclaim peace to the nations.
His dominion shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
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Commentary on Zec 9:9-10
The oracle of the Prophet Zechariah speaks of the restoration of Israel following the great exile. In this section he speaks of the coming of the Messiah. “The Messiah will come, not as a conquering warrior, but in lowliness and peace. Not like the last kings of Judah, who rode in chariots and on horses (Jeremiah 17:25; 22:4), but like the princes of old (Genesis 49:11; Judges 5:10; 10:4), the Messiah will ride on an ass. The Evangelists see a literal fulfillment of this prophecy in the Savior's triumphant entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:4-5; John 12:14-15).”[1]
CCC: Zec 9:9 559
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Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1
#96C Solemnities C Context (12th Sunday in Ordinary Time C)
Thus says the LORD:
I will pour out on the house of David
and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem
a spirit of grace and petition;
and they shall look on him whom they have pierced,
and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only son,
and they shall grieve over him as one grieves over a firstborn.
On that day the mourning in Jerusalem shall be as great
as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
On that day there shall be open to the house of David
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
a fountain to purify from sin and uncleanness.
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Commentary on Zec 12:10-11; 13:1
In this selection from the oracle of the Prophet Zechariah (referred to in some scholarly texts as part of deutero-Zechariah, added later but codified by 200 BC at the latest), we hear a prophetic vision of the Messiah who is to come. The author sees the coming of the Messiah as a blessing upon earth, emanating from the “house of David.” The prophet envisions the passion of the Messiah (recounted in John 19:37), and the mourning that follows his rejection. He is mourned as “an only son” (see John 1:18, John 3:13-19, and Colossians 1:15), the “firstborn.”
The reference to “Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo” probably refers to the storm god Hadad, whose death was mourned each year at the return of the dry season, which caused great hardship for the people. Jerome identified the term as a city very near Megiddo, later called Maximianopolis, and today Tell Mutesellim.[2]
The selection concludes, in Chapter 13, with the statement: “On that day…” the Messiah will purify the sins of the people. Water flowing across the land is a reference to repentance and Baptism (see Ezekiel 36:24ff and John 4:1ff).
CCC: Zec 12:10 1432, 2561; Zec 13:1 2561
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Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:6-7
#969 Votive Mass (Mystery of the Holy Cross, 5.)
Thus says the LORD:
I will pour out on the house of David
and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem
a Spirit of grace and petition;
and they shall look on him whom they have thrust through,
and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only son,
and they shall grieve over him as one grieves over a firstborn.
On that day the mourning in Jerusalem shall be as great
as the mourning of Hadadrimmon, in the plain of Megiddo.
And if anyone asks him,
"What are these wounds on your chest?" he shall answer,
"With these I was wounded in the house of my dear ones."
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate,
says the LORD of hosts.
Strike the shepherd
that the sheep may be dispersed,
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
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Commentary on Zec 12:10-11; 13:6-7
In this selection from the oracle of the Prophet Zechariah (referred to in some scholarly texts as part of deutero-Zechariah, added later but codified by 200 BC at the latest), we hear a prophetic vision of the Messiah who is to come. The author sees the coming of the Messiah as a blessing upon earth, emanating from the “house of David.” The prophet envisions the passion of the Messiah (recounted in John 19:37), and the mourning that follows his rejection. He is mourned as “an only son” (see John 1:18, John 3:13-19, and Colossians 1:15), the “firstborn.”
The reference to “Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo” probably refers to the storm god Hadad, whose death was mourned each year at the return of the dry season, which caused great hardship for the people. Jerome identified the term as a city very near Megiddo, later called Maximianopolis, and today Tell Mutesellim.[2]
The selection concludes, in Chapter 13, with the statement about wounds received. From the Christian perspective these wounds would be prophetic of the Messiah, wounded and crucified by those he loves. At the time it would have referred to self inflicted wounds of repentance (not to be confused with pagan practices of the day).
CCC: Zec 12:10 1432, 2561; Zec 13:1 2561
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[1] See NAB footnote on Zechariah 9:9
[2] See Jerome Biblical Commentary, Prentice Hall, Inc., © 1968, 23:47, pp. 396
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