translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ZEC

label: NET study note

text: The image of a cup that brings dizziness is that of drunkenness. The Lord will force the nations to drink of his judgment and in doing so they will become so intoxicated by his wrath that they will stumble and become irrational.


text: In Israel’s and Judah’s past they had been uprooted by various conquerors such as the Assyrians and the Babylonians. In the eschaton, however, they will be so “heavy” with God’s glory and so rooted in his promises that no nation will be able to move them.


text: On that day (referring to the day of the Lord) the Davidic monarchy will be restored and the Lord ’s people will recognize once more the legitimacy and divine sanction of David’s dynasty. But there will also be a democratizing that will not give Jerusalem and its rulers undue priority over the people of the countryside (v. 7 ).


text: The statement the dynasty of David will be like God is hyperbole to show the remarkable enhancements that will accompany the inauguration of the millennial age.


text: By the time of Zechariah the line of descent from David had already been transferred from the Solomon branch to the Nathan branch ( the clan of the family of Nathan ). Nathan was a son of David ( 2 Sam 5:14 ) through whom Jesus eventually came ( Luke 3:23-31 ). Matthew traces Jesus’ ancestry back through Solomon ( Matt 1:6-16 ) but apparently this is to tie Joseph into the Davidic (and thus messianic) line. The “official” descent of Jesus may be viewed as passing through Solomon whereas the “physical” descent came through Nathan.


text: The Shimeites were Levites ( Exod 6:16-17 ; Num 3:17-18 ) who presumably were prominent in the postexilic era. Just as David and Nathan represented the political leadership of the community, so Levi and Shimei represented the religious leadership. All will lament the piercing of the Messiah.