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Verse Zechariah 9:15. _THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL DEFEND THEM_] He alone
is the sure trust of his Church.
_SUBDUE WITH SLING-STONES_] This was an ancient and powerful
_instrument_ in the hands of the He...
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THE LORD OF HOSTS, SHALL DEFEND THEM - As God says, “I will defend
this city to save it, for Mine own sake and for My servant David’s
sake” . The word is used by Isaiah only before Zechariah, and of t...
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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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An independent section belonging to the same period as Zechariah 9:11,
of which it may be a later expansion. The imagery of Zechariah 9:14 is
derived from older prophecy, _e.g._ Amos 1:14;...
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THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Zechariah 1:3.
DEFEND. See note on Isaiah 31:5.
DEVOUR. devour [their enemies].
SUBDUE WITH SLING STONES: or, trample on their weapons.
AND. Some codices, with three...
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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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The prophecy now moves forward, and takes for its groundwork a later
epoch in the future history of the Jews. As their deliverance from
their enemies without fighting, in the times of Alexander (Zecha...
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_The Lord of hosts shall defend them_ See, for examples of the first
fulfilment, 1Ma 3:16-24; 1Ma 4:6-16; 1Ma 7:40-50.
_devour_ It is not said what they shall devour. Calvin takes this and
what follow...
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THEY SHALL DEVOUR, &C.— _They shall go and subdue with sling-stones;
they shall drink blood as wine; they shall be wet_ [that is to say,
with blood] _as bowls,—as the horns of the altar._ Houbigant....
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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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The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and
subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as
through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corne...
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9:15 bowl, (h-35) As ch. 14.20. and see 1 Kings 7:40 . it was for
receiving the blood of sprinkling....
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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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(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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SUBDUE WITH SLING STONES. — Better, _trample on sling stones_ in
their valorous onslaught on the enemy. For the figures “devour”
and “drink,” comp. Numbers 23:24; Micah 5:8; Ezekiel 14:20;...
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יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹות֮ יָגֵ֣ן עֲלֵיהֶם֒ וְ
אָכְל֗וּ...
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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...
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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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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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The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, (z) and
subdue the sling stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as
through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, [and] as the...
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_Sling. At first the Machabees had no other weapon, 1 Machabees iv. 6.
The sling was much used, Judges xx. 16. --- Wine. They will shed blood
of the enemy so abundantly, and be all besmeared with it....
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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,...
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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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He expresses again the same thing in other words — that God would be
like a shadow to his people, so that he would with an extended hand
protect them from their enemies. Since the Jews might have just...
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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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THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL DEFEND THEM,.... Against all their enemies;
against Satan, and his temptations, and all the opposition made by
him; against the world, and all the rage and reproach of men; thi...
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_The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and
subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as
through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, [and] as the
c...
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_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...
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Zion's King of Peace and his Salvation...
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The Lord of hosts shall defend them, acting as their Shield against
the weapons of the enemy; AND THEY SHALL DEVOUR AND SUBDUE WITH
SLING-STONES, treading down the enemy like pebbles of the brook, Cf...
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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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SUBDUE WITH SLING STONES:
Or, subdue the slings of the stone
SHALL BE FILLED LIKE BOWLS:
Or, shall fill both the bowls, etc....
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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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THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL DEFEND THEM; in the most dangerous attempts
the Jews, under their captains in the wars against the Grecians, were
preserved to a miracle, according to this promise. THEY SHALL...
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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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_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...
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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 9:12 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...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 9:15 TREAD DOWN THE SLING STONES. These
stones were hurled by slings in battle, but these stones also
represent the enemies themselves. Israel’s army will trample them as
t...
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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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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 1:18; 1 Samuel 17:45; Acts 2:13; Ephesians 5:18;...
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Devour — Destroy their enemies. With sling — stones — As David
did Goliath. Shall drink — In their festivals, when they offer
sacrifices of thanksgiving for their victories. Make a noise — Shout
with...