Zechariah 3-4

Perek 3: Central to Zechariah’s prophetic visions are two visions which parallel each other: the first focuses on Yehoshua ben Yehotzadak, the high priest, and the second deals with Zerubavel, the governor of Judah. These two people are mentioned together in several places in Sefer Chaggai as the two leaders, religious and political, of those who returned to Zion.

Perek 4 begins with a new vision which centers on a unique and wonderful description of the Menorah in the Temple. This is followed at first by a general explanation of the meaning of the vision (4-10) and then by a more detailed explanation (11-14). This vision is closely related to the previous vision and the symbolism of alluding to the stone and to Zerubavel in the previous perek is explained here.