| Former half | Relation | Latter half |
| 1 Israel urged to repent (1:1-6) But they would not listen or pay attention to me, says the LORD. (1:4) | Listening to the LORD | 9 The coronation of the branch (6:9-15) and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And if you heed carefully the voice of the LORD your God.... (6:15) |
| 2 First vision (1:7-17) and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses. (1:8) | Red and white horses | 8 Eighth vision (6:1-8) 6:2 The first chariot had red horses, the second chariot black horses, 6:3 the third chariot white horses, and the fourth chariot spotted horses-- all of them strong horses. (6:2-3) |
| 3 Second vision and third vision (2:1-6) I raised my eyes and looked; there were four horns. (2:1) | Raising eyes and looking | 7 Sixth and seventh vision (5:1-11) Then I raised my eyes again and saw a scroll flying. (5:1) |
| 4 An appeal to the exiles (2:7-17) for I scatter you to the four winds of heaven, says the LORD. (2:10) | Spirit | 6 Fifth vision (4:1-14) Not by an army, nor by might, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts. (4:6) |
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| 1 Israel urged to repent (1:1-6) see 5-1 | see 5-1 | 5 Fourth vision (3:1-10) see 5-1 |
| 2 First vision (1:7-17) see 5-1 | see 5-1 | 4 An appeal to the exiles (2:7-17) see 5-1 |
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| 5 Fourth vision (3:1-10) see 1-1-1 | see 1-1-1 | 9 The coronation of the branch (6:9-15) see 1-1-1 |
| 6 Fifth vision (4:1-14) see 1-1-1 | see 1-1-1 | 8 Eighth vision (6:1-8) see 1-1-1 |
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| 9 The coronation of the branch (6:9-15) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 17 The coming ruler of God's people (9:9-11:3) see 1-1 |
| 10 Question of prophet (7:1-7) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 16 Judgment on Israel's enemies (9:1-8) see 1-1 |
| 11 Punishment for rejecting God's demands (7:8-14) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 15 Joyful fasting (8:18-23) see 1-1 |
| 12 The promise about Zion (8:1-8) see 1-1 | see 1-1 | 14 Judgment for peace (8:14-17) see 1-1 |
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| 9 The coronation of the branch (6:9-15) Yes, he shall build the temple of the LORD, and taking up the royal insignia, he shall sit as ruler upon his throne. The priest shall be put at his right hand, and between the two of them there shall be friendly understanding. (6:13) | Rebuilding Jerusalem | 13 The seed of peace (8:9-13) 8:9 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, you who in these days hear these words spoken by the prophets on the day when the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid for the building of the temple. (8:9) |
| 10 Question of prophet (7:1-7) 7:6 And when you were eating and drinking, was it not for yourselves that you ate, and for yourselves that you drank? (7:6) | People of the LORD | 12 The promise about Zion (8:1-8) 8:8 I will bring them back to dwell within Jerusalem. They shall be my people, and I will be their God, with faithfulness and justice. (8:8) |
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| 13 The seed of peace (8:9-13) 8:12 for it is the seedtime of peace: the vine shall yield its fruit, the land shall bear its crops, and the heavens shall give their dew; all these things I will have the remnant of the people possess. (8:12) | Return of people | 17 The coming ruler of God's people (9:9-11:3) I sowed them among the nations, yet in distant lands they remember me; they shall rear their children and return. (10:9) |
| 14 Judgment for peace (8:14-17) 8:15 so again in these days I have determined to favor Jerusalem and the house of Judah; do not fear! (8:15) | The LORD guards the people | 16 Judgment on Israel's enemies (9:1-8) 9:8 I will encamp by my house as a guard that none may pass to and fro; No oppressor shall pass over them again, for now I have regard for their affliction.(9:8) |
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| 17 The coming ruler of God's people (9:9-11:3) 9:10 He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem (9:10) | To eliminate the warhorse | 25 Final victory (14:20-21) 14:20 On that day there shall be upon the bells of the horses, "Holy to the LORD." (14:20) |
| 18 Two kinds of shepherds (11:4-17) "I will not feed you," I said. "What is to die, let it die; what is to perish, let it perish, and let those that are left devour one another's flesh." (11:9) | Flesh, perishing | 24 Fight in Jerusalem (14:8-19) their flesh shall rot while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall rot in their sockets, and their tongues shall rot in their mouths. (14:12) |
| 19 Jerusalem's victory (12:1-6) On that day I will make the princes of Judah like a brazier of fire in the woodland, and like a burning torch among sheaves, and they shall devour right and left all the surrounding peoples; but Jerusalem shall still abide on its own site. (12:6) | The day of the LORD in Jerusalem | 23 The day of the LORD is coming (14:1-7) Lo, a day shall come for the LORD when the spoils shall be divided in your midst. 14:2 And I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle: the city shall be taken, houses plundered, women ravished; half of the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be removed from the city. (14:1-2) |
| 20 Mourning for the pierced one (12:7-14) 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 first-born. (12:10) | Killed shepherd | 22 The shepherd struck, the flock scattered (13:7-9) 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. (13:7) |
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| 17 The coming ruler of God's people (9:9-11:3) see 1-1-2 | see 1-1-2 | 21 Idolatry cut off (13:1-6) see 1-1-2 |
| 18 Two kinds of shepherds (11:4-17) see 1-1-2 | see 1-1-2 | 20 Mourning for the pierced one (12:7-14) see 1-1-2 |
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| 21 Idolatry cut off (13:1-6) see 5-5 | see 5-5 | 25 Final victory (14:20-21) see 5-5 |
| 22 The shepherd struck, the flock scattered (13:7-9) see 5-5 | see 5-5 | 24 Fight in Jerusalem (14:8-19) see 5-5 |