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Zechariah 9:10

ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON Zechariah 9:10 The Lord will eliminate Israel’s need for traditional instruments of war: chariot, war horse, and battle bow. He will provide universal peace (see Psalms 72:8).

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See also Zechariah 9:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 9:10. _I WILL CUT OFF THE CHARIOT FROM EPHRAIM, AND THE HORSE_ _FROM JERUSALEM_] No wars shall be employed to spread the kingdom of the Messiah; for it shall be founded and established...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND I WILL CUT OFF THE CHARIOT - The horse is the symbol of worldly power, as the ass is of meekness. “Some,” says the Psalmist, “put their trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I WILL CUT OFF. Septuagint reads "and He will cut off". This refers to the yet future second coming; the present dispensation (App-71 and App-72) lying between Zechariah 9:9. HE SHALL SPEAK PEACE, Sc....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I will cut off_ Like Himself and His advent shall the character of His kingdom be. Not by weapons of earthly warfare shall it be established. As a kingdom of peace it shall cover the widest extent of...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FROM SEA EVEN TO SEA, &C.— That is to say, _From the Mediterranean to the south sea; and from the river Euphrates,_ &c....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to s...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    9:10 river (d-42) The Euphrates. earth. (e-48) Or 'land;' but cf. Psalms 2:8 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CHARIOT.. THE HORSE.. THE BATTLE BOW] These too-familiar objects will have no place in Messiah's kingdom. He shall speak peace unto the nations. FROM SEA _even_ TO SEA] from the Dead Sea to the Me...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SPEAK PEACE. — Not only to His own people (Isaiah 52:7), but also to the heathen by setting up His spiritual kingdom among them. (Comp. Zechariah 6:13.) With the latter part of this verse comp. Psalms...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הִכְרַתִּי ־רֶ֣כֶב מֵ אֶפְרַ֗יִם וְ סוּס֙

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And I will cut off the (o) chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the nations: and his dominion [shall be] from (p) sea to...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Chariot. Arms shall be useless, Micheas v. 10. --- Earth. This can be understood only of Christ's kingdom, (Calmet) though it alludes to the greatest limits of the promised land. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to se...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet here expresses more clearly what he had briefly referred to by the word _poor_, and by the metaphor which we have explained. Hence he says, that there would be no horses, no chariots, no b...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I WILL CUT OFF THE CHARIOT FROM EPHRAIM,.... That is, the military one; signifying that wars shall cease, Psalms 46:9: AND THE HORSE FROM JERUSALEM; the warlike one; see Micah 5:10. Ephraim desig...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion [shall be] from sea [even] t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim_ This plainly shows that the character given of the Messiah, that he should ride on an ass, was in opposition to the pride of their warlike kings, to set a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And I will cut off the chariot from Ephralm and the horse from Jerusalem, as the means by which the kingdoms of this world establish and extend their power; AND THE BATTLE-BOW SHALL BE CUT OFF, for th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Zion's King of Peace and his Salvation...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I WILL CUT OFF THE CHARIOT FROM EPHRAIM: when the Messiah comes and sets up his kingdom, he will need no external force, he will do that by the power of his Spirit; chariots of war are for other kind...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 9:10 off H3772 (H8689) chariot H7393 Ephraim H669 horse H5483 Jerusalem H3389 battle H4421 bow H7198 of

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE COMING OF GOD'S KING WHO WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE (ZECHARIAH 9:9). This establishment of the security of God's people will be brought about by the coming of its King. He will not come as a warrior,...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    AND I WILL CUT OFF Having introduced the King in (Zechariah 9:9); (Zechariah 9:10) and the verses which follow look forward to the end-time and kingdom. Except in verse 9 (Zechariah 9:9), this presen...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _Thy King cometh unto thee; He is just and having salvation _ PALM SUNDAY This prophecy was generally recognised by the Jews as referring to the Messiah. First of all, prophecy spoke only of Messiah...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 4:21; 2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 2 Corinthians 5:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I will cut off — When the Messiah comes and sets up his kingdom, he will need no external force. Neither chariot, bow nor sword, brought salvation to him, neither shall they be mentioned in the day of...

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