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Text -- Zechariah 9:1-17 (NET)
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The Coming of the True King
9:1 An oracle of the word of the Lord concerning the land of Hadrach , with its focus on Damascus : The eyes of all humanity , especially of the tribes of Israel , are toward the Lord ,
9:2 as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon , though they consider themselves to be very wise .
9:3 Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets !
9:4 Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea – she will be consumed by fire .
9:5 Ashkelon will see and be afraid ; Gaza will be in great anguish , as will Ekron , for her hope will have been dried up . Gaza will lose her king , and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited .
9:6 A mongrel people will live in Ashdod , for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines .
9:7 I will take away their abominable religious practices ; practices ; then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God , like a clan in Judah , and Ekron will be like the Jebusites .
9:8 Then I will surround my temple to protect it like a guard from anyone crossing back and forth ; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor , for now I myself have seen it.
9:9 Rejoice greatly , daughter of Zion ! Shout , daughter of Jerusalem ! Look ! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious , humble and riding on a donkey – on a young donkey , the foal of a female donkey .
9:10 I will remove the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem , and the battle bow will be removed . Then he will announce peace to the nations . His dominion will be from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth .
9:11 Moreover, as for you , because of our covenant relationship secured with blood , I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit .
9:12 Return to the stronghold , you prisoners , with hope ; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.
9:13 I will bend Judah as my bow ; I will load the bow with Ephraim , my arrow! I will stir up your sons , Zion , against yours, Greece , and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior’s sword .
9:14 Then the Lord will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning ; the Lord God will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds .
9:15 The Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones . Then they will drink , and will become noisy like drunkards , full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar .
9:16 On that day the Lord their God will deliver them as the flock of his people , for they are the precious stones of a crown sparkling over his land .
9:17 How precious and fair ! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
ZECHARIAH, BOOK OF |
Gentiles |
Church |
Tyre |
God |
Prophecy |
Philistines |
Jesus, The Christ |
Hadrach |
Lightning |
PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 3 |
Milleium |
Crown |
Hope |
Whirlwind |
TYRUS |
Ashdod |
Wine |
GOLD |
BATTLE-BOW |
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NET Notes: Zec 9:1 Though without manuscript and version support, many scholars suggest emendation here to clarify what, to them, is an unintelligible reading. Thus some...
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NET Notes: Zec 9:4 The Hebrew word חַיִל (khayil, “strength, wealth”) can, with certain suffixes, look exactly like ח...
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NET Notes: Zec 9:5 The present translation presupposes a Hiphil perfect of יָבֵשׁ (yavesh, “be dry”; cf. NRSV “are ...
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NET Notes: Zec 9:7 Heb “and they will be a remnant for our God”; cf. NIV “will belong to our God”; NLT “will worship our God.”
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NET Notes: Zec 9:9 The NT understands this verse to be a prophecy of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, and properly so (cf. Matt 21:5; John 12:...
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NET Notes: Zec 9:10 Heb “the river.” The Hebrew expression typically refers to the Euphrates, so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarit...
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NET Notes: Zec 9:13 The word “Zion” is not repeated here in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to indicate that the statement refers to Zion ...
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NET Notes: Zec 9:15 The whole setting is eschatological as the intensely figurative language shows. The message is that the Lord will assume his triumphant reign over all...
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