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New American Standard Bible 1995

Zechariah 9

Prophecies against Neighboring Nations

1The 1burden of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, with 2Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord),2And 3Hamath also, which borders on it; 4Tyre and 5Sidon, 6though 7they are 8very wise.3For Tyre built herself a 9fortress And 10piled up silver like dust, And 11gold like the mire of the streets.4Behold, the Lord will 12dispossess her And cast her wealth into the sea; And she will be 13consumed with fire.5Ashkelon will see it and be afraid. Gaza too will writhe in great pain; Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded. Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.6And a 14mongrel race will dwell in 15Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.7And I will remove their blood from their mouth And their detestable things from between their teeth. Then they also will be a remnant for our God, And be like a 16clan in Judah, And Ekron like a Jebusite.8But I will camp around My house 17because of an army, Because of 18him who passes by and returns; And 19no oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.920Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your 21king is coming to you; He is 2223just and 24endowed with salvation, 25Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a 26colt, the 27foal of a donkey.10I will 28cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the 29horse from Jerusalem; And the 30bow of war will be cut off. And He will speak 31peace to the nations; And His 32dominion will be from sea to sea, And from the 33River to the ends of the earth.

Deliverance of Judah and Ephraim

11As for you also, because of the 34blood of My covenant with you, I have set your 35prisoners free from the 36waterless pit.12Return to the 3738stronghold, O prisoners 39who have the 40hope; This very day I am declaring that I will restore 41double to you.13For I will 42bend Judah 43as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O 44Greece; And I will make you like a 45warrior’s sword.14Then the Lord will appear 46over them, And His 47arrow will go forth like lightning; And the Lord 48God will blow the 49trumpet, And will march in the 50storm winds of the south.1551The Lord of hosts will defend them. And they will 52devour and trample on the 53sling stones; And they will drink and be 54boisterous as with wine; And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin, Drenched like the 55corners of the altar.16And the Lord their God will 56save them in that day As the flock of His people; For they are as the stones of a 57crown, 58Sparkling in His land.17For what 5960comeliness and 61beauty will be 62theirs! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

Notes

  1. 1. Zechariah 9:1 Or oracle ↩
  2. 2. Zechariah 9:1 Is 17:1; Jer 49:23-27; Amos 1:3-5 ↩
  3. 3. Zechariah 9:2 Jer 49:23 ↩
  4. 4. Zechariah 9:2 Ezek 28:2-5, 12 ↩
  5. 5. Zechariah 9:2 Ezek 28:21 ↩
  6. 6. Zechariah 9:2 Or because ↩
  7. 7. Zechariah 9:2 I.e. they think they are ↩
  8. 8. Zechariah 9:2 Ezek 28:2-5, 12 ↩
  9. 9. Zechariah 9:3 Josh 19:29; 2 Sam 24:7 ↩
  10. 10. Zechariah 9:3 Job 27:16; Ezek 27:33; 28:4, 5 ↩
  11. 11. Zechariah 9:3 1 Kin 10:21, 27 ↩
  12. 12. Zechariah 9:4 Ezek 26:3-5 ↩
  13. 13. Zechariah 9:4 Ezek 28:18 ↩
  14. 14. Zechariah 9:6 Lit bastard will ↩
  15. 15. Zechariah 9:6 Amos 1:8; Zeph 2:4 ↩
  16. 16. Zechariah 9:7 Or chief ↩
  17. 17. Zechariah 9:8 Or as a guard, so that none will go back and forth ↩
  18. 18. Zechariah 9:8 Is 52:1 ↩
  19. 19. Zechariah 9:8 Is 54:14; 60:18 ↩
  20. 20. Zechariah 9:9 Zeph 3:14, 15; Zech 2:10 ↩
  21. 21. Zechariah 9:9 Ps 110:1; Is 9:6, 7; Jer 23:5, 6; Matt 21:5; John 12:15 ↩
  22. 22. Zechariah 9:9 Or vindicated and victorious ↩
  23. 23. Zechariah 9:9 Zeph 3:5 ↩
  24. 24. Zechariah 9:9 Is 43:3, 11 ↩
  25. 25. Zechariah 9:9 Is 57:15 ↩
  26. 26. Zechariah 9:9 Judg 10:4; Is 30:6 ↩
  27. 27. Zechariah 9:9 Lit son of a female donkey ↩
  28. 28. Zechariah 9:10 Hos 1:7 ↩
  29. 29. Zechariah 9:10 Mic 5:10 ↩
  30. 30. Zechariah 9:10 Hos 2:18 ↩
  31. 31. Zechariah 9:10 Is 57:19; Mic 4:2-4 ↩
  32. 32. Zechariah 9:10 Ps 72:8; Is 60:12 ↩
  33. 33. Zechariah 9:10 I.e. Euphrates ↩
  34. 34. Zechariah 9:11 Ex 24:8; Heb 10:2 ↩
  35. 35. Zechariah 9:11 Is 24:22; 51:14 ↩
  36. 36. Zechariah 9:11 Lit cistern in which there is no water ↩
  37. 37. Zechariah 9:12 Or Stronghold ↩
  38. 38. Zechariah 9:12 Jer 16:19; Joel 3:16 ↩
  39. 39. Zechariah 9:12 Lit of the hope ↩
  40. 40. Zechariah 9:12 Jer 14:8; 17:13; Heb 6:18, 19 ↩
  41. 41. Zechariah 9:12 Is 61:7 ↩
  42. 42. Zechariah 9:13 Jer 51:20 ↩
  43. 43. Zechariah 9:13 Lit for Me ↩
  44. 44. Zechariah 9:13 Joel 3:6 ↩
  45. 45. Zechariah 9:13 Ps 45:3 ↩
  46. 46. Zechariah 9:14 Is 31:5; Zech 2:5 ↩
  47. 47. Zechariah 9:14 Ps 18:14; Hab 3:11 ↩
  48. 48. Zechariah 9:14 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
  49. 49. Zechariah 9:14 Is 27:13 ↩
  50. 50. Zechariah 9:14 Is 21:1; 66:15 ↩
  51. 51. Zechariah 9:15 Is 37:35; Zech 12:8 ↩
  52. 52. Zechariah 9:15 Zech 12:6 ↩
  53. 53. Zechariah 9:15 Job 41:28 ↩
  54. 54. Zechariah 9:15 Ps 78:65 ↩
  55. 55. Zechariah 9:15 Ex 27:2 ↩
  56. 56. Zechariah 9:16 Jer 31:10, 11 ↩
  57. 57. Zechariah 9:16 Is 62:3 ↩
  58. 58. Zechariah 9:16 Or Displayed over ↩
  59. 59. Zechariah 9:17 Lit goodness ↩
  60. 60. Zechariah 9:17 Jer 31:12, 14 ↩
  61. 61. Zechariah 9:17 Ps 27:4; Is 33:17 ↩
  62. 62. Zechariah 9:17 Lit his ↩

Commentaries on Zechariah 9

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