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# Zechariah 1 General Notes
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### Structure and formatting
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This chapter is written in prose mainly with imagery used throughout to portray Zechariah's vision given by the Lord.
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Some translations prefer to set apart quotations. The ULB and many other English translations set lines 1:3-6, 14-17, which are extended quotations, farther to the right on the page than the rest of the text.
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### Special concepts in this chapter
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#### Visions
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This book contains a number of visions given to Zechariah, so the images are not ones Zechariah actually saw but were given to him in a vision or dream. It is important for each of these visions to keep their meanings and not be interpreted to mean any specific thing.
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### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
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#### Date
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Zechariah uses two separate dates in this first chapter. When compared to the book of Haggai, Zechariah's prophecy was proclaimed just a few weeks after Haggai. However, they prophesied in two different places: Haggai was in Jerusalem and Zechariah was somewhere outside of Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]])
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## Links:
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* __[Zechariah 1:1 Notes](./01.md)__
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* __[Zechariah intro](../front/intro.md)__
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__| [>>](../02/intro.md)__
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