bent Lit. trodden, because the foot was placed on the bow in bending it. The warriors of Israel are weapons in the hand of God. Judah is the bow, Ephraim the arrow, the sons of Zion are now raised or lifted up by Him as a spear (comp. 2 Samuel 23:18, where the Heb. word is the same), now wielded as a sword.
The R. V. gives the tenses in this verse more accurately: For I have bent, I have filled, &c., and I will stir up, and will make, &c.
Verse Zechariah 9:13. _WHEN I HAVE BENT JUDAH_] Judah is the _bow_, and Ephraim is the _arrows_; and these are to be shot against the _Greeks_. I am inclined, with Bp. _Newcome_, to consider that the...
WHEN - or For I have bent Judah for me As a mighty bow which is only drawn at full human strength, the foot being placed to steady it. It becomes a strong instrument, but only at God’s Will. God Himse...
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...
FILLED. grasped. THY SONS,. GREECE. Septuagint reads "the sons of Greece. GREECE. Hebrew. _Yavan_. Compare Genesis 10:2; Genesis 10:4.Isaiah 66:19;...
GREECE— That Javan, or Ion (for the Hebrew word יון may be sounded either way, accordingly as it is differently pointed) means Greece, anciently Ionia, having its name from Javan, or Ion, the son of J...
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...
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. WHEN I HAVE BENT JUDAH FOR ME -...
9:13 Greece, (g-28) _ Javan_ , Genesis 10:2 ....
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...
(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...
WHEN. — Better, _for_; and read the verbs in the future, the tense used being the “prophetic perfect.” These verses are prophetic of the military prowess of Israel, through the aid of the Lord God, an...
כִּֽי ־דָרַ֨כְתִּי לִ֜י יְהוּדָ֗ה קֶ֚שֶׁת מִלֵּ֣אתִי...
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...
3. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE GREEKS Zechariah 9:13 The next oracle seems singularly out of keeping with the spirit of the last, which declared the arrival of the Messianic peace, while this represents Jeh...
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...
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the (y) bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. (y) I will make Judah and Ephra...
_Juda: the Machabees. (St. Jerome) --- Filled, or stretched the bow of Ephraim. (Calmet) --- The people shall act with vigour and union. (Haydock) --- Sons; viz., the apostles, who, in the spiritual w...
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons,...
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...
God declares here that the Jews would be the conquerors of all nations, though they were then despised. That people, we know, were hated by all; and they were at the same time weak, and had hardly any...
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...
WHEN I HAVE BENT JUDAH FOR ME,.... By whom are meant the apostles, who were Jews, and whose ministrations were made use of as a bow with arrows, to strike the hearts of men, and bring them into subjec...
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. Ver. 13. _When I have bent Judah fo...
_When I have bent Judah for me_ “A strong and sublime manner of expressing that God would use Judah and Ephraim as his instruments of destruction.” Newcome. As if he had said, When I have made Judah m...
Zion's King of Peace and his Salvation...
when I have bent Judah for Me, as a bow in the hand of Jehovah, filled the bow with Ephraim, as the arrows in His hand, AND RAISED UP THY SONS, O ZION, stirring them up for war, AGAINST THY SONS, O GR...
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...
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...
WHEN I HAVE BENT JUDAH FOR ME; in the days when Judah shall have recovered strength and courage, and be in my hand as a strong bow, ready bent. FILLED THE BOW WITH EPHRAIM; Ephraim, the remainder of t...
Zechariah 9:13 bent H1869 (H8804) Judah H3063 Fitted H4390 (H8765) bow H7198 Ephraim H669 up H5782 ...
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...
_The Lord of hosts shall defend them _ GOD WORKS AMONGST THE NATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF HIS PEOPLE The double recompense which the Lord will make to His people will consist in the fact that He not o...
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 9:12 The prisoners of war are not the only ones who need to hear the news of the coming king. The day is coming when God will make his people themselves into a weapon again...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 9:13 The oppressors of the SONS of ZION (Israel) are identified as the SONS of GREECE. God promises to make Zion...
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 _...
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 1:21; 2 Corinthians 10:3; 2 Timothy 4:7; Amos 2:11;...
When I have bent Judah — In the day's when Judah shall be in my hand as a strong bow, already bent. Ephraim — Ephraim, the remainder of the ten tribes (which returned with Judah) shall be for a supply...