Contradiction with Jeremiah 29:11
Zechariah 2:4 implies immediate prosperity and expansion, whereas Jeremiah speaks to future plans and hope during current adversity.
Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. [expected...: Heb. end and expectation]
Contradiction with Matthew 6:34
Zechariah 2:4 focuses on future growth and expansion, while Matthew advises against worrying about tomorrow or the future.
Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11
Zechariah 2:4 suggests assured growth, contrasting Ecclesiastes' view that chance and unforeseen events can alter expected outcomes.
Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Contradiction with Matthew 7:14
Zechariah 2:4 describes a broad and expansive area, whereas Matthew speaks of a narrow path being the way to life.
Matthew 7:14: Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. [Because: or, How]
Contradiction with James 4:13-14
Zechariah 2:4 predicts a known future, but James reminds of the unpredictability of life and cautions against presuming knowledge of the future.
James 4:13-14: Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: