outline of Zechariah

1.  Encouragement for the Present (chs. 1-8)

1. Call to Repentance (1:1-6)
2. The Eight Night Visions (1:7-6:8)

1.  The Man Among the Myrtle Trees (1:7-17)
2.  Four Horns and Four Craftsmen (1:18-21)
3.  A Man with a Measuring Line (ch. 2)
4.  Clean Garments for the High Priest (ch. 3)
5.  The Gold Lampstand and Two Olive Trees (ch. 4)
6.  The Flying Scroll (ch. 5:1-4)
7.  The Woman in a Basket (5:5-11)
8.  Four Chariots (6:1-8)

3. Appendix:  The Crowning of Joshua as a Prophecy of The Coming Branch (6:9-15)
4. Social Problems and The Transformation of Jerusalem (chs. 7; 8)

1.  The Question Concerning Fasting (7:1-7)
2.  The Failure to do Justice and Show Mercy (7:8-14)
3.  God's Blessings on Future Jerusalem (8:1-15)
4.  The Question of Fasting Answered (8:16-19)
5.  Extension of God's Blessings to Mankind (8:20-23)

2.  The Future of God's Kingdom (chs. 9-14)

1. The First Prophetic Oracle (chs. 9-11)

   1.  The Coming of God the King from the North (9:1-8)
   2.  The King's Arrival in Jerusalem (9:9, 10)
   3.  The Coming of God the King from the South (9:11-17)
   4.  The Shepherd-King's Destruction of Idols (ch. 10)
   5.  A Poem of Destruction of Proud Nations (11:1-3)
   6.  A Picture of God's Shepherd (11:4-17)
    

2. The Second Prophetic Oracle (chs. 12-14)

   1.  God's Judgment on the Nations and the Salvation of Jerusalem (12:1-9)
   2.  The Mourning of God's People in Jerusalem (12:10-14)
   3.  The Cleansing of the Land of Judah (13:1-6)
   4.  The Stricken Shepherd (13:7-9)
   5.  The War Against Jerusalem (14:1-15)
   6.  The Final Celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles (14:16-20)