Zech. ii. 10 is one of the Messianic passages to which we have referred in our remarks on
Is. lx. 4. It has also a Messianic cast in the Targum.
Zech. iii. 8. The designation 'Branch' is expressly applied to King Messiah in the Targum.
Indeed, this is one of the Mess iah's peculiar names.
Verse 10 is quoted in the Midrash on Ps. lxxii. (ed. Warsh. p. 56 a, at the top) in a
description of the future time of universal peace.
Zech. iv. 7 is generally applied to the Messiah, expressly in the Targum, and also in
several o f the Midrashim. Thus, as regards both clauses of it, in Tanchuma (Par. Toledoth
14, ed. Warsh. p. 37 b and 38 a).
Verse 10 is Messianically explained in Tanchuma (u. s.).
Zech. vi. 12 is universally admitted to be Messianic. So in the Targum, the Jerusa lem
Talmud (Ber. 5 a ), in the Pirqé de R. Eliez. c. 48, and in the Midrashim.
Zech. vii. 13 is one of the three passages supposed to mark the near advent of Messiah.
See our remarks on Jer. v. 19.
Zech. viii. 12 is applied to Messianic times in Ber. R. 12. See our remarks on Gen. ii. 4.
Zech. viii. 23 is one of the predictions expected to be fulfilled in Messianic days, it being
however noted that it refers to instruction in the Law in that remarkable passage on Is. lx.
1 in Yalkut ii. p. 56 d, to which we have already referred.
In Zech. ix. 1 the name 'Chadrakh' is mystically separated into 'Chad,' sharp, and 'rakh,'
gentle, the Messiah being the one to the Gentiles and the other to the Jews (Siphré on
Deut. p. 65 a, Yalkut i. p. 258 b ).
Verse 9. The Messianic application of this verse in all its parts has already repeatedly
been indicated. We may here add that there are many traditions about this ass on which
the Messiah is to ride; and so firm was the belief in it, that, according to the Talmud, 'if
anyone saw an ass in his dreams, he will see salvation' (Ber. 56 b). The verse is also
Messianically quoted in Sanh. 98 a, in Pirqé de R. Eliez. c. 31, and in several of the
Midrashim.
On verse 10 see our remarks on Deut. xx. 10.
Zech. x . 4 is Messianically applied in the Targum.
Zech. xi. 12 is Messianically explained in Ber. R. 98, but with this remark, that the 30
pieces of silver apply to 30 percepts, which the Messiah is to give to Israel.