Editing Book of Zechariah (section)

===Chapters 9 to 14===
This section consists of two "oracles" or "burdens": the opening words of both chapter 9 and chapter 12 (and also the first chapter of [[Book of Malachi|Malachi]]) announce "The burden of the word of the Lord".
*The first oracle (Zechariah 9–11) gives an outline of the course of God's providential dealings with his people down to the time of the coming of the Messiah, although the opening "burden" is addressed to the foreign nations.<ref name=larkin />{{rp|613}}
*The second oracle (Zechariah 12–14) points out the glories that await Israel in "the latter day", the final conflict and triumph of God's kingdom. The "burden" in Zechariah 12:1 stands against Israel.<ref>{{bibleverse|Zechariah|12:1|NKJV}}: NKJV</ref>
Katrina Larkin argues that there is a unity across these six chapters established by a series of short "linking passages" at 9:9-10, 10:1-2, 11:1-3, 11:17 and 13:7-9". She refers to these passages as compact and metrical, addressed directly to their audience, which contain material linking with both the previous and the subsequent text.<ref name=larkin />{{rp|613}}