The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 233
233. Internal Meaning of Zechariah, Chapter 1 (1)
1-4 Those who were descended from Jacob were instructed in the things of the church, from the very beginning, but in vain. (2)
5-6 Therefore what happened to them was according to the Word. (2)
7-10 The successive states of the church even to the end are represented, and the nature of their understanding of the Word is described. (2)
11 It is found that there is no church. (2)
12-13 A new church which will be from the Lord. (11)
14-16 The Lord will institute a new church when the former church has been completely perverted. (11, 3)
17 He will institute it in place of the former. (11, 3)
A new church from the Lord. (11)
18-21 Falsities of evil which have destroyed everything of the church. (3, 15)
Zechariah 1:14-16
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So the angel who talked with me said to me, "Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
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I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity."
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Therefore thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it," says Yahweh of Armies, "and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem."'