Zechariah 9:15

Zechariah 9:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)and the Lord Almighty will shield them. They will destroy and overcome with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be full like a bowl used for sprinkling the corners of the altar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord of hosts will defend them; They shall devour and subdue with slingstones. They shall drink and roar as if with wine; They shall be filled with blood like basins, Like the corners of the altar.

Context of Zechariah 9:15

13For I will bend Judah as my bow; I will fill that bow with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece. I will make you like a warrior’s sword. 14Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will fly like lightning. The Lord God will sound the ram’s horn and advance with the southern storms. The Lord of Armies will defend them. They will consume and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine. They will be as full as the sprinkling basin, like those at the corners of the altar. 16The Lord their God will save them on that day as the flock of his people; for they are like jewels in a crown, sparkling over his land. 17How lovely and beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.

Zechariah 9:15 word by word

יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֮ יָגֵ֣ן עֲלֵיהֶם֒ וְאָכְל֗וּ וְכָֽבְשׁוּ֙ אַבְנֵי־קֶ֔לַע וְשָׁת֥וּ הָמ֖וּ כְּמוֹ־יָ֑יִן וּמָֽלְאוּ֙ כַּמִּזְרָ֔ק כְּזָוִיּ֖וֹת מִזְבֵּֽחַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• shall defendגָּנַןgânan · to defendH1598
• them; and they shall devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and subdueכָּבַשׁkâbash · to subdueH3533
• with slingקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · slingH7050
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• and they shall drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• make a noiseהָמָהhâmâh · to roarH1993
• as through wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• and they shall be filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• like bowlsמִזְרָקmizrâq · bowlH4219
• as the cornersזָוִיתzâvîyth · cornerH2106
• of the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196

Cross-references for Zechariah 9:15

• Zechariah 10:5They will be like warriors in battle trampling down the mud of the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them, and they will put horsemen to shame.
• Zechariah 12:6On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and the left, while Jerusalem continues to be inhabited on its site, in Jerusalem.
• Micah 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among animals of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, and there is no one to rescue them.
• Revelation 19:13He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God.
• 1 Samuel 17:45David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with a sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of Armies, the God of the ranks of Israel — you have defied him.
• 1 Corinthians 1:18For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved.
• Zechariah 9:17How lovely and beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
• Zechariah 10:7Ephraim will be like a warrior, and their hearts will be glad as if with wine. Their children will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
• Psalms 78:65The Lord awoke as if from sleep, like a warrior from the effects of wine.
• Isaiah 55:1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost!
• Acts 2:13But some sneered and said, “They’re drunk on new wine.”
• Ephesians 5:18And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:
• Zechariah 14:20On that day, the words Holy to the Lord will be on the bells of the horses. The pots in the house of the Lord will be like the sprinkling basins before the altar.
• Exodus 27:2Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece. Overlay it with bronze.
• Leviticus 4:7The priest is to apply some of the blood to the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. He must pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Commentaries on Zechariah 9:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The Lord of hosts shall defend then - He alone is the sure trust of his Church. Subdue with sling-stones - This was an ancient and powerful instrument in the hands of the Hebrews. See the note on Judges 20:16. They shall drink - After the victory gained as above, thy people shall hold a feast, and drink and be filled with wine. There is no intimation here that they shall drink the blood of their enemies, as some barbarous nations were accustomed to do…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The Lord of hosts, shall defend them - As God says, “I will defend this city to save it, for Mine own sake and for My servant David‘s sake”. The word is used by Isaiah only before Zechariah, and of the protection of Almighty God. The image of the complete protection on all sides stands first in God‘s words to Abraham, “I am thy shield” Genesis 15:1; David thence says to God, “Thou, O Lord, art a shield around me” (Psalm 3:4, (Psalm 3:3 in English)). And…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 The prophet breaks forth into a joyful representation of the coming of the Messiah, of whom the ancient Jews explained this prophecy. He took the character of their King, when he entered Jerusalem amidst the hosannas of the multitude. But his kingdom is a spiritual kingdom. It shall not be advanced by outward force or carnal weapons. His gospel shall be preached to the world, and be received among the heathen. A sinful state is a state of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15slingstones: In ancient battles, large stones were thrown at defenders on city walls and launched at people inside. The Maccabees' victory over the Hellenistic Seleucids in the 100s BC might have partly fulfilled Zechariah’s prophecy of Israel defeating the Greeks (see 1 Maccabees 3:16–24; 4:6–16; 7:40–50). they will be filled … drenched: When the Lord sends his armies against the Greeks, there will be a lot of bloodshed. like sprinkling bowls: Ceremonial…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. devour--the flesh of their foes. drink--the blood of their foes; that is, utterly destroy them. Image (as Jr 46:10) from a sacrifice, wherein part of the flesh was eaten, and the blood poured in libation (compare Is 63:1, &c.). subdue with sling-stones--or, "tread under foot the sling-stones" hurled by the foe at them; that is, will contemptuously trample on the hostile missiles which shall fall harmless under their feet (compare Job 41:28). Probably…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Zechariah 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings