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 her, 'tis Christ's also as made in him. Sent forth — I have delivered the Jews out of Babylon: compared to a pit in which no water was, wherein the Jews must have perished, had not God visited them.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
THEE — _i.e.,_ Zion. BY THE BLOOD OF THY COVENANT. — Comp. Exodus 24:3. BY means _in consideration of._ THE PIT. — _i.e.,_ Babylon....
(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...
גַּם ־אַ֣תְּ בְּ דַם ־בְּרִיתֵ֗ךְ שִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
Zion's King of Peace and his Salvation...
As for thee also, so the Lord addresses the entire nation of His people, which afterward, in the ideal sense, merged into His Church, BY THE BLOOD OF THY COVENANT, on account of the blood of the coven...
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...
BY THE BLOOD OF THY COVENANT: Or, whose Covenant is by blood...
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...
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...
Zechariah 9:11 blood H1818 covenant H1285 set H7971 prisoners H615 free H7971 (H8765) waterless H4325 pit H953...
PRISONERS Compare (Isaiah 24:17); (Zechariah 9:21); (Zechariah 9:23) fix the time as the day of the LORD. (Revel
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 9:1 The Return of the King. The reference to the surrounding nations in Zechariah 8:20 and...
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...
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 _...
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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Chronicles 7:17; 2 Samuel 13:13; Acts 26:17;...