[8][9][a] Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, that is, 4Q80 (4QXIIe; 75–50 BCE) with extant verses 2–4, 6–7.

[14] Some fragments containing parts of this chapter (a revision of the Septuagint) were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., Naḥal Ḥever 8Ḥev1 (8ḤevXIIgr); late 1st century BCE) with extant verses 19–21, 23.

Biblical translations which refer to "zeal" in Zechariah 1:14 use the same word in Zechariah 8:2 (see for example the New King James Version and the footnotes for both verses), while translations which prefer to use "jealous" and "jealousy", such as the New International Version, do so in both chapters.

[20] The central message of these verses is the expectation of YHWH that in view of the restoration (8:1–8) and promised prosperity (8:9–13), Jerusalem must live according to her renewed status as covenant people.

[26] This final part of the oracle in Zechariah 7–8 returns to the beginning theme of "fasting", arranged as a 'bracketing device' with 7:1–7, as indicated in some clues:[27]