The exceeding confusion which obscures our common version of Zechariah, and especially of the first chapter, implies that the translators did not understand the designations above quoted, a _man_, _the Melach_, _Melach Jehovah_, and _Adonai_, as referring to one and the same person, nor all or any of them as referring to the official Person, Messiah. In chapter ii., _the_ Melach is the Divine speaker throughout: "And behold _the_ Melach that talked with me (see i. 9) went forth, and another angel (a messenger) went out to meet him; and HE (_the_ Melach) said unto him, (_i. e._, to the messenger,) Run," &c. v. 3, 4. Here, according to our version, the other angel is made to direct the Melach who is Jehovah (see i. 9, 11, 12) to run, &c., by the omission of the relative HE, as printed in capitals above; which, it is obvious from the original, and also from the ensuing context, ought to be retained. For after directing the approaching messenger to run, &c., he proceeds: "For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her, Jerusalem, a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her:" the reference of which is further evidence that the speaker is the Messiah, here designated _the Melach_ and _Jehovah_. The same speaker, continuing to the end of the chapter, treats of the dispersion, preservation, and subsequent restoration of the Israelites, and reëstablishment of Jerusalem as his dwelling-place. Throughout the remainder of the book, the Divine Person speaking to the prophet is the same as the man, the Melach, the Adonai, the Melach Jehovah, of the first chapter. He announces what is said by Jehovah, and Jehovah Zebaoth; his rebuke of Satan, iii. 2; his promise of THE BRANCH, referring to the Messiah as he was to be manifested incarnate, iii. 8, and vi. 12. In various places the prophet designates _the_ Melach, and Jehovah as his Adonai, and as the Adon of the whole earth, iv. 4, 5, 13, 14; vi. 4, 5; ix. 4. Adonai Jehovah, ix. 14, and Jehovah their Elohe, ix. 16, x. 6, declares that the _man_ whose name is THE BRANCH shall build the temple of Jehovah, and shall sit and rule upon his throne, and shall be a Priest upon his throne, &c., vi. 12, 13. That it was Jehovah who was prized at thirty pieces of silver, _i. e._, Jehovah says of himself, as Messiah, that he was so prized, xi. 13. Represents Elohim and Melach Jehovah as equivalent, identifies Jehovah Zebaoth with the SHEPHERD, the _man_ that is his fellow, xiii. 7. Jehovah whose _feet_ shall stand upon the mount of Olives which is before Jerusalem, xiv. 4. Jehovah who shall be King over all the earth, xiv. 9. The King Jehovah Zebaoth, whom all nations shall worship.