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General Information:
Zechariah often wrote prophecy in the form of poetry. Hebrew poetry uses different kinds of parallelism. Here Yahweh begins speaking. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)
Sword! Rouse yourself against my shepherd
"You, sword! Go and attack my shepherd." Here Yahweh speaks to a sword as if it were a person. Here it represents enemies. Alternate translation: "You, enemies! Go and attack my shepherd" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)
my shepherd
This speaks of a servant of Yahweh as if he were a shepherd. Alternate translation: "my servant who is like a shepherd" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts
Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in Zechariah 1:3. Alternate translation: "this is what Yahweh of hosts has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh of hosts, have declared" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-123person)
the flock will scatter
The people of God are spoken of as if they were sheep. Alternate translation: "my people will run away like sheep" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
I will turn my hand against the lowly ones
The idiom "turn my hand against" means to act hostile towards someone. Alternate translation: "I will attack the lowly ones" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)
the lowly ones
This probably refers to all the Israelites who are weak and defenseless.