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Verse Zechariah 9:11. _AS FOR THEE ALSO_ (Jerusalem) _BY THE BLOOD OF
THY_ _COVENANT_] The covenant made with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the
Israelites in general, and ratified by the _blood_ of many...
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AS FOR THEE ALSO - The prophet turns from the deliverance of the whole
world to the former people, the sorrows which they should have in the
way, and the protection which God would bestow upon them fo...
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II. THE TWO PROPHETIC BURDENS--THE GREAT PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE
I. The First Burden (9-11)
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The burden of the land of Hadrach (Zechariah 9:1) _
2. Zion's King of Peace (Zechariah 9...
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A fragment, mutilated at the beginning, apparently slightly earlier
than Zechariah 9:9 f., from which it differs in its bellicose tone.
The Jewish nation is told that the Lord is now releasing its mem...
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THEE. thee [O Zion] (feminine; agreeing with Zion), which is also
feminine in verses: Zechariah 9:9; Zechariah 9:13.
THE BLOOD OF THY COVENANT: or, thy covenant of blood. Reference to
Pentateuch (Exod...
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The Coming of the King
The great event for which all that had been foretold in the preceding
verses of the chapter, and indeed all the preceding history of Israel
and of the world, had been a prepara...
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_As for thee also_ Lit. ALSO THOU, i.e. as regards thee (O daughter of
Sion), I will also (in addition to all that has been promised,
Zechariah 9:9-10) liberate thy captives." So Maurer: "Gaude, Sioni...
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_Zechariah 9:11_. It is more than probable, that the remaining part of
this prophesy, to the end of the next chapter, relates to matters of
which the time is not yet come. It is but reasonable to pres...
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THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH KING. Zechariah 9:9-17
RV. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and having
salvation; lowly, an...
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As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy
prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
AS FOR THEE ALSO - i:e., "the daughter of Zion," or "Jerusalem" (),
the theocracy....
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JUDGMENTS ON THE NATIONS. THE PRINCE OF PEACE
1-8. A judgment is about to fall on Damascus, Hamath, Tyre, Sidon, and
the cities of the Philistines. A remnant from Philistia will
acknowledge God. God...
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GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES
ZECHARIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 9
V1 What the *LORD says warns (about punishment) to the country of
Hadrach. (The punishment) will start at Damascus. (This will ha...
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THEE — _i.e.,_ Zion.
BY THE BLOOD OF THY COVENANT. — Comp. Exodus 24:3.
BY means _in consideration of._
THE PIT. — _i.e.,_ Babylon....
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(9-17) The advent of the king. It has been urged as an objection
against the post-exilic authorship of this passage that “Ephraim”
and “Jerusalem” are mentioned, as though Israel were still
separated...
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גַּם ־אַ֣תְּ בְּ דַם ־בְּרִיתֵ֗ךְ
שִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי...
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THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH"
Chapter s 9-14
FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the
subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of
division for "Zechariah...
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2. THE PRINCE OF PEACE
Zechariah 9:9
This beautiful picture, applied by the Evangelist with such fitness to
our Lord upon His entry to Jerusalem, must also be of post-exilic
date. It contrasts with t...
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A LOWLY DELIVERER BRINGS PEACE
Zechariah 9:9-17; Zechariah 10:1-12
Jesus must be King first, then Savior. He is lowly; His steed is not
the richly caparisoned warhorse, but the humble ass; He needs n...
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Here begins the second division of the prophecy in which there are two
messages. The first the prophet described as "the burden of the word
of the Lord upon the land of Hadrach"; it deals with the rej...
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(r) As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth
thy (s) prisoners out of the pit in which [is] no water.
(r) Meaning Jerusalem, or the Church which is saved by the blood of
Chris...
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Water; from limbo, (St. Jerome; &c.; Worthington; St. Thomas Aquinas,
[Summa Theologiae] iii. p. q. 52. a. 1; Calmet) and purgatory. See St.
Augustine, de Genesis xii. 23., & ep. 99. (Menochius) --- C...
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As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent forth thy
prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
How sweetly, and blessedly, is God the Father here speaking to God the
Son, in his A...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his
prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes
a great deal far...
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Here he applies his former doctrine to its right use, so that the
faithful might emerge from their sorrow, and come to that joy which he
had before encouraged them to entertain. He then addresses Jeru...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10.
The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its
special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the
consequen...
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AS FOR THEE ALSO,.... These words are not spoken to Christ, for את,
"thee", is of the feminine gender; but the congregation of Israel, as
Kimchi observes; or the church of God: nor are they the words...
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As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy
prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water.
Ver. 11. _As for thee also_] O daughter of Sion, O my Church; not, O
Christ, the K...
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_As for thee also_ O Jerusalem, or church of God; for the prophet,
speaking in the name of God, must be supposed to direct his discourse
to her, the pronoun and the affixes, in the Hebrew, being in th...
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SYRIA, TYRE AND PHILISTIA TO FALL UNDER JUDGMENT
(vv. 1-8)
Beginning with this chapter the book of Zechariah has a distinctly
different character. No dates are mentioned as in the first section of
t...
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BY THE BLOOD OF THY COVENANT:
Or, whose Covenant is by blood...
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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
Jerusal...
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AS FOR THEE, O Zion, and Jerusalem, thou Jewish church: these words
are Christ's words to her, not the prophet's words to Christ, though
papists would have it so, to countenance a _limbus patrum_. BY...
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Zechariah 9:11 blood H1818 covenant H1285 set H7971 prisoners H615
free H7971 (H8765) waterless H4325 pit H953...
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PRISONERS
Compare (Isaiah 24:17); (Zechariah 9:21); (Zechariah 9:23) fix the
time as the day of the LORD. (Revel
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Zechariah 9:1. _The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of
Hadrach,_
Or, Syria,
Zechariah 9:1. _And Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes
of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, s...
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As we read these ancient prophecies, we will not only notice how
exactly they have been fulfilled, but we will also try to learn the
lesson that they are intended to teach us.
Zechariah 9:1. The burd...
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CONTENTS: Burden upon the cities surrounding Palestine. Christ
presented as King-Savior in His first advent.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: Christ, Israel's King, who came as the meek and lowl...
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Zechariah 9:1. _The burden of Hadrach and Damascus._ Hadrach, the old
name of Hazor, the Hebrews being accustomed to adhere to primitive
names of cities and nations. Judges 4:2; Jeremiah 49:28. This k...
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_By the blood of thy covenant i have sent forth thy prisoners out of
the pit wherein is no water _
THE DELIVERED PRISONERS
Enlarge on the Gospel promise in immediate connection with the text.
It cal...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 9:1 The Return of the King. The
reference to the surrounding nations in Zechariah 8:20 and...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 9:11 The PRISONERS, those remaining in
exile, will be freed from the WATERLESS PIT, a dry well used as a
temporary prison (see...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Zechariah 9:12. Strong hold] Fortress, forcibly contrasting with pit
(Psalms 40:2). TO-DAY] No need to despair; their condition miserable,
yet not hopeless. DOUBLE] Not strictly of _...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Zechariah 9:10.] The nature and extent of Messiah’s reign. CUT OFF]
Remove instruments of war, and reign by peaceful means. ENDS OF THE
EARTH] Not a mere Jewish, but a universal, ki...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-14:21
Part III. THE FUTURE OF THE POWERS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE KINGDOM OF
GOD.
VERSE 1-11:17
A. THE FIRST...
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Now 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, and all of
the tribes of Israel shall be toward the LORD. And Hamath also s...
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1 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Chronicles 7:17; 2 Samuel 13:13; Acts 26:17;...
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As for thee — Oh Jerusalem; these words are Christ's words to her.
By the blood — By my blood, in which thy covenant as confirmed; 'tis
God's covenant as made by him, 'tis Zion's covenant as made for...