| Vision | Passage | Content Summary | Zechariah’s Question(s) to the Messenger | Promise/Outcome |
| 1 | 1:7–17 | Vision of horsemen who “patrol the earth” and report the condition of the earth; the Lord promises to build his house in Jerusalem | What are these, my lord? (v. 9) | The Lord is jealous for Jerusalem and promises that his house will be built there and that the Lord’s cities will overflow with prosperity |
| 2 | 1:18–21 | Vision of four horns and four craftsmen: the horns have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen come to terrify and cast down the horns | What are these? (v. 19) What are these coming to do? (v. 21) | The craftsmen will cast down those who have oppressed Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem |
| 3 | 2:1–13 | Vision of a man with a measuring line in his hand who comes to measure Jerusalem | Where are you going? (v. 2) | Jerusalem will be inhabited, and the Lord will be in the midst of his people |
| 4 | 3:1–10 | Vision of Joshua the high priest and the removal of his iniquity as the representative of the people | | Joshua the priest will rule the Lord’s house and courts, and the coming of “my servant the Branch” is promised |
| 5 | 4:1–14 | Vision of a lampstand and two olive trees | What are these, my lord? (v. 4) What are these two olive trees . . . ? (v. 11) | The rebuilding of the temple is charged to Zerubbabel and Joshua and will occur by the power of the Lord |
| 6 | 5:1–4 | Vision of a flying scroll | | Covenant curses will come upon the covenant breaker, e.g., the one who steals and the one who swears falsely |
| 7 | 5:5–11 | Vision of a woman in the basket (ephah), later carried away by two women | What is it? (v. 6) Where are they taking the basket? (v. 10) | “Wickedness”—symbolized by the presence of the woman—will be removed to Babylon (Shinar) |
| 8 | 6:1–8 | Vision of four chariots pulled by strong horses: red, black, white, dappled | What are these, my lord? (v. 4) | The chariots and horses go north (black and white) and south (dappled) to “patrol the earth” |