Zech 9:11-17 Interpreting prophecy about the future is challenging because it is hard to know how to read the details. What particulars are meant literally, what is symbolic? In our last reading, for instance, several of Israel’s neighbours were listed…

Zech 9:1-10 The words of Zechariah 9:9 are indelibly connected in our minds with Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem (cf. Matt 1:1-11), but most of us are unfamiliar with the larger context of this verse. Zechariah 9 marks a new…