Instead of quoting the former prophets, Zechariah gives the substance of their exhortations, as renewed to him.

The prophet implies that true fasting is to loose the bands of wickedness and leave off oppression. But Israel had adopted quite the oppos…

This is what God said – most just, most fit for God to require of his people.

Here the Prophet tells us that he was sent to the people and to the priests, not so much to teach the messengers who came from distant lands, as to…

And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying . ] Giving him orders to repeat what the former prophets had said, and…

God's judgments upon Israel in the past for their sins were written to warn Christians. The duties required are not keeping fasts and offering sacr…