Bible Commentaries
Introduction
1 | God defends his church. | 9 | Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the coming of Christ, and his peaceable kingdom. | 12 | God's promises of victory and defence. |
Verse 1
The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
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- Cir
- A.M. 3494. B.C. 510. burden.
- Isaiah 13:1; Jeremiah 23:33-38; Malachi 1:1
- Damascus
- Genesis 14:15; Isaiah 17:1-3; Jeremiah 49:23-27; Amos 1:3-5; 3:12
- the rest
- 5:4; Isaiah 9:8-21
- when
- 8:21-23; 2 Chronicles 20:12; Psalms 25:15; Isaiah 17:7,8; 45:20-22; 52:10; Psalms 145:15; Jeremiah 16:19
Verse 2
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
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- Hamath
- Numbers 13:21; 2 Kings 23:33; 25:21; Jeremiah 49:23; Amos 6:14
- Tyrus
- Isaiah 23:1-18; Ezekiel 26:1-28; Joel 3:4-8; Amos 1:9,10
- Zidon
- 1 Kings 17:9; Ezekiel 28:21-26; Obadiah 1:20
- it be
- Ezekiel 28:3-5,12
Verse 3
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
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- build
- Joshua 19:29; 2 Samuel 24:7
- heaped
- 1 Kings 10:27; Job 22:24; 27:16; Isaiah 23:8; Ezekiel 27:33; 28:4,5
Verse 4
Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
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- the Lord
- Proverbs 10:2; 11:4; Isaiah 23:1-7; Ezekiel 28:16; Joel 3:8
- he will
- Ezekiel 26:17; 27:26-36; 28:2,8
- shall
- Ezekiel 28:18; Amos 1:10
Verse 5
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
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- Ashkelon
- Isaiah 14:29-31; Jeremiah 47:1,4-7; Ezekiel 25:15-17; Zephaniah 2:4-7; Acts 8:26
- and be
- Jeremiah 51:8,9; Ezekiel 26:15-21; Revelation 18:9-17
- for
- Isaiah 20:5,6; Romans 5:5; Philippians 1:20
Verse 6
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:18-21; 6:2; Amos 1:8; Isaiah 2:12-17; 23:9; 28:1; Daniel 4:37; Zephaniah 2:10; 1 Peter 5:5
Verse 7
And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
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- I will
- 1 Samuel 17:34-36; Psalms 3:7; 58:6; Amos 3:12
- blood
- Heb. bloods. he that.
- 8:23; Isaiah 11:12-14; 19:23-25; Jeremiah 48:47; 49:6,39; Ezekiel 16:57-61
- a governor
- Isaiah 49:22,23; 60:14-16; Galatians 3:28
- a Jebusite
- 2 Samuel 24:16-23; 1 Chronicles 11:4-6; 21:15-30; 22:1
Verse 8
And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
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- I will
- 2:1-13; 12:8; Genesis 32:1,2; Psalms 34:7; 46:1-5; 125:1,2; Isaiah 4:5; 26:1; 31:5; Isaiah 33:20-22; 52:12; Joel 3:16,17; Revelation 20:9
- because of him that passeth by
- 2 Kings 23:29; 24:1; Jeremiah 46:2,13; Daniel 11:6,7,10-16,27-29,40-45
- no
- 14:11; Psalms 72:4; Isaiah 52:1; 54:14; 60:18; Jeremiah 31:12; Ezekiel 28:24,25; Ezekiel 39:29; Amos 9:15; Revelation 20:1-3
- for
- Exodus 3:7,9; 2 Samuel 16:12; Acts 7:34
Verse 9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
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- Rejoice
- 2:10; Psalms 97:6-8; Isaiah 12:6; 40:9; 52:9,10; 62:11; Zephaniah 3:14,15
- behold
- Psalms 2:6; 45:1; 110:1-4; Isaiah 9:6,7; 32:1,2; Jeremiah 23:5,6; 30:9; Matthew 21:4,5; Mark 11:9,10; Luke 19:37,38; John 1:49; 12:13-15; 19:15
- he is
- Psalms 45:6,7; 85:9-12; Isaiah 45:21; Matthew 1:21; Romans 3:24-26
- having salvation
- or, saving himself. lowly.
- Matthew 11:29; 21:5-7; Mark 11:7; Luke 19:30-35; John 12:14-16
Verse 10
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
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- I will
- Hosea 1:7; 2:18; Micah 5:10,11; Haggai 2:22; 2 Corinthians 10:4,5
- the battle
- 10:4,5
- he shall
- Psalms 72:3,7,17; Isaiah 11:10; 49:6; 57:18,19; Micah 4:2-4; Acts 10:36; Romans 15:9-13; 2 Corinthians 5:18,20; Ephesians 2:13-17; Colossians 1:20,21
- his dominion
- Psalms 2:8-12; 72:8-11; 98:1-3; Isaiah 9:6,7; 60:12; Micah 5:4; Revelation 11:15
- from the river
- Deuteronomy 11:24; 1 Kings 4:21
Verse 11
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
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- As
- Deuteronomy 5:31; 2 Samuel 13:13; 2 Chronicles 7:17; Daniel 2:29
- by the blood of thy covenant
- or, whose covenant is by blood.
- Exodus 24:8; Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Hebrews 9:10-26; Hebrews 10:29; 13:20
- I have
- Psalms 69:33; 102:19-21; 107:10-16; Isaiah 42:7,22; 49:9; 51:14; 58:12; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18; Acts 26:17,18; Colossians 1:13,14
- out
- Psalms 30:3; 40:2; Jeremiah 38:6; Luke 16:24; Revelation 20:3
Verse 12
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
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- Turn
- Isaiah 52:2; Jeremiah 31:6; 50:4,5,28; 51:10; Micah 4:8; Nahum 1:7; Hebrews 6:18
- even
- Isaiah 38:18; 49:9; Jeremiah 31:17; Lamentations 3:21,22; Ezekiel 37:11; Hosea 2:15
- I will
- Job 42:10; Isaiah 40:2; 61:7
Verse 13
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
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- bent
- 1:21; 10:3-7; 12:2-8; Micah 5:4-9; Revelation 17:14
- and raised
- Psalms 49:2-9; Lamentations 4:2; Amos 2:11; Obadiah 1:21
- against
- Daniel 8:21-25; 11:32-34; Joel 3:6-8; Micah 4:2,3; Mark 16:15-20; Romans 15:16-20; 1 Corinthians 1:21-28; 2 Corinthians 10:3-5; 2 Timothy 4:7
- made
- 12:8; Psalms 18:32-35; 45:3; 144:1; 149:6; Isaiah 41:15,16; 49:2; Ephesians 6:17; Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 1:16; 2:12; 19:15,21
Verse 14
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
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- seen
- 2:5; 12:8; 14:3; Exodus 14:24,25; Joshua 10:11-14,42; Matthew 28:20; Acts 4:10,11; Romans 15:19; Hebrews 2:4
- his
- Psalms 18:14; 45:3-5; 77:17,18; 144:5,6; Isaiah 30:30; Revelation 6:2
- blow
- Joshua 6:4,5; Isaiah 18:3; 27:13; 2 Corinthians 10:4,5
- whirlwinds
- Isaiah 21:1; 66:15
Verse 15
The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
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- they shall devour
- 10:5; 12:6; Micah 5:8; Revelation 19:13-21
- subdue
- 1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Corinthians 1:18
- with sling stones
- or, with the stones of the sling. shall drink.
- 17; 10:7; Psalms 78:65; Song of Solomon 1:4; 5:1; 7:9; Isaiah 55:1; Acts 2:13-18; Ephesians 5:18
- filled like bowls
- or, fill both the bowls, etc.
- 14:20
- the corners
- Exodus 27:2; Leviticus 4:7,18,25
Verse 16
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
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- shall save
- Psalms 100:3; Isaiah 40:10; Jeremiah 23:3; Ezekiel 34:22-26,31; Micah 5:4; 7:14; Luke 12:32; John 10:27; 1 Peter 5:2-4
- as
- Isaiah 62:3; Haggai 2:23
- lifted
- 8:23; Isaiah 11:10-12; 60:3,14; Zephaniah 3:20
Verse 17
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
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- how great is his goodness
- Psalms 31:19; 36:7; 86:5,15; 145:7; Isaiah 63:7,15; John 3:16; Romans 5:8,20; Ephesians 1:7,8; 2:4,5; 3:18,19; Titus 3:4-7; 1 John 4:8-11
- how great is his beauty
- Exodus 15:11; Psalms 45:2; 50:2; 90:17; Song of Solomon 5:10; Isaiah 33:17; John 1:14; 2 Corinthians 4:4-6; Revelation 5:12-14
- corn
- Isaiah 62:8,9; 65:13,14; Hosea 2:21,22; Joel 2:26; 3:18; Amos 8:11-14; Amos 9:13,14; Ephesians 5:18,19
- cheerful
- or, grow, or, speak.
- Song of Solomon 7:9
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Bibliography Information Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Zechariah 9:4". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". http://odl.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/zechariah-9.html.
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