--- title: "Book of Zechariah: Summary & All 14 Chapters · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/ description: "The Book of Zechariah, a book of prophetic visions in 14 chapters. Bp. Challoner’s summary of all 14 chapters, and the full text free." --- Old Testament # The Book of Zechariah The Book of Zechariah is the forty-third of the 46 books of the Old Testament: 14 chapters and 211 verses. The Douay-Rheims calls it Zacharias. [Start reading: Zechariah 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/1/) Chapters 1–14: [1](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/1/) … [14](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/14/) ## About Zechariah About Zechariah · Prophetic visions Zechariah, a contemporary of Haggai, encouraged the same temple-builders with a series of night visions of God's renewed favor toward Jerusalem, followed by later chapters looking toward a strange, humble king. The book's two halves differ enough that many scholars see the later oracles as coming from his school. It was written to lift a discouraged community's eyes from rubble to promise. The Gospels quote it constantly in the Passion: the king on a donkey, the thirty pieces of silver, the shepherd struck, the one they have pierced. *Zechariah in Bless* | | | |---|---| | Testament | Old Testament — book 43 of 46, 43 of 73 in the Bible | | Canon | Protocanonical (in every Christian canon) | | Chapters | 14 | | Verses | 211, as Bless numbers them | | In the Douay-Rheims | Zacharias | | Latin | Clementine Vulgate, every chapter | | Bp. Challoner | Summaries of all 14 chapters · 59 notes | | Catechism | 8 paragraphs cite it | Chapter by chapter ## All 14 chapters, *in brief.* Bishop Richard Challoner’s summary of each chapter, from his revision of the Douay-Rheims (1749–52). Open a chapter for the full text. 1. ### [Zechariah 1](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/1/) 21 verses The prophet exhorts the people to return to God, and declares his visions, by which he puts them in hopes of better times. 2. ### [Zechariah 2](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/2/) 13 verses Under the name of Jerusalem, he prophesieth the progress of the church of Christ, by the conversion of some Jews and many Gentiles. 3. ### [Zechariah 3](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/3/) 10 verses In a vision Satan appeareth accusing the high priest. He is cleansed from his sins. Christ is promised, and great fruit from his passion. 4. ### [Zechariah 4](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/4/) 14 verses The vision of the golden candlestick and seven lamps, and of the two olive trees. 5. ### [Zechariah 5](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/5/) 11 verses The vision of the flying volume, and of the woman in the vessel. 6. ### [Zechariah 6](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/6/) 15 verses The vision of the four chariots. Crowns are ordered for Jesus the high priest, as a type of Christ. 7. ### [Zechariah 7](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/7/) 14 verses The people inquire concerning fasting: they are admonished to fast from sin. 8. ### [Zechariah 8](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/8/) 23 verses Joyful promises to Jerusalem: fully verified in the church of Christ. 9. ### [Zechariah 9](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/9/) 17 verses God will defend his church, and bring over even her enemies to the faith. The meek coming of Christ, to bring peace, to deliver the captives by his blood, and to give us all good things. 10. ### [Zechariah 10](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/10/) 12 verses God is to be sought to, and not idols. The victories of his church, which shall arise originally from the Jewish nation. 11. ### [Zechariah 11](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/11/) 17 verses The destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. God's dealings with the Jews, and their reprobation. 12. ### [Zechariah 12](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/12/) 14 verses God shall protect his church against her persecutors. The mourning of Jerusalem. 13. ### [Zechariah 13](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/13/) 9 verses The fountain of Christ. Idols and false prophets shall be extirpated: Christ shall suffer: his people shall be tried by fire. 14. ### [Zechariah 14](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/14/) 21 verses After the persecutions of the church shall follow great prosperity. Persecutors shall be punished: so shall all that will not serve God in his church. Bp. Richard Challoner · chapter summaries In the comments ## What the saints *said.* 2 quotations from 2 saints linked to passages of Zechariah in Bless. Each names the work it comes from. [St. Frances Xavier Cabrini](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-frances-xavier-cabrini/) · on [Zechariah 4:6](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/4/#v6) On this theme > We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success, nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone. Letters, c. 1900 [St. Bonaventure](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-bonaventure/) · on [Zechariah 12:10](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/12/#v10) On this theme > O human heart, you are harder than any hardness of rocks, if at the recollection of such great expiation you are not struck with terror, nor moved with compassion, nor shattered with compunction, nor softened with devoted love. The Tree of Life, c. 1260 Coming up ## Read at *Mass.* From October 29, 2026 to October 28, 2027, Zechariah is read at the principal Mass on 4 days in the US calendar. The next 6 readings: | Date | Celebration | Reading | Citation | |---|---|---|---| | [Sat, Dec 12, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/12/12/) | Our Lady of Guadalupe | First Reading | [Zechariah 2:14-17](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/2/) | | [Sat, Sep 25, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/25/) computed | Saturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time | First Reading | [Zechariah 2:5-9, 14-15a](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/2/) | | [Mon, Sep 27, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/27/) computed | St. Vincent de Paul, Priest | First Reading | [Zechariah 8:1-8](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/8/) | | [Tue, Sep 28, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/28/) computed | Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time | First Reading | [Zechariah 8:20-23](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/8/) | | [Sun, Jun 25, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/06/25/) computed | Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time | First Reading | [Zechariah 12:10-11; 13:1](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/12/) | | [Tue, Dec 12, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/12/) computed | Our Lady of Guadalupe | First Reading | [Zechariah 2:14-17](https://blessbible.app/bible/zechariah/2/) | Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. [Previous book The Book of Haggai](https://blessbible.app/bible/haggai/) [Next book The Book of Malachi](https://blessbible.app/bible/malachi/)