Verse Zechariah 9:17. How great is his goodness] In himself and towards them.
And how great is his beauty!] His comeliness, holiness, and purity, put in and upon them.
Corn shall make the young men cheerful] They shall be gladdened and strengthened by plenty of food; and they shall speak aloud of God's mercies in their harvest home.
And new wine the maids.] Who shall prepare the wine from an abundant vintage.
FOR HOW GREAT IS HIS GOODNESS - For it is unutterable! As the Psalmist said, “O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth!” Psalms 8:1, and Jacob, “How awful is this place!” Genesis 2...
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...
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;...
CHEERFUL. flourish. NEW WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27....
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...
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...
_his goodness … his beauty_ i.e. either Israel's (_their prosperity_, R. V. margin), as thus delivered and honoured by God (comp. Hosea 14:6), or God's, the exclamation being drawn from the prophet by...
DISCOURSE: 1254 THE GLORY OF CHRIST Zechariah 9:17. _How great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!_ THE glory of Christ is manifested throughout all the Holy Scriptures. This is attested bo...
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...
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. FOR HOW GREAT IS HIS GOODNESS, AND HOW GREAT IS HIS BEAUTY! - the goodnes...
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...
GOODNESS. — Better, _goodliness_ (Hosea 10:11). HIS means Israel’s. (Comp. Numbers 24:5.) MAKE... CHEERFUL. — Better, _make to grow numerously._ For the idea, comp. Psalms 72:16, and see also...
כִּ֥י מַה ־טּוּבֹ֖ו וּ מַה ־יָפְיֹ֑ו דָּגָן֙
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...
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...
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...
The corn, &c. His most excellent gift is the blessed Eucharist, called here the corn, that is, the bread of the elect, and the wine springing forth virgins, that is, maketh virgins to bud, or spring f...
REFLECTIONS. Blessed Lord Jesus! was it said in the opening of this Chapter, that the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord; so let mine eyes fix themselves eternally o...
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...
The Prophet here exclaims at the incredible kindness of God, that the Jews might learn to raise up their thoughts above the world, as they were to look for that felicity which he had before mentioned....
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...
FOR HOW GREAT [IS] HIS GOODNESS?.... Not of the land of Judea, as Kimchi; nor of the doctrine of the law, as the Targum; nor of the people of the Jews; but of the Messiah: and designs not his essentia...
For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. Ver. 17. _For how great is his goodness_] He shuts up all with this swe...
_How great is his goodness_ Infinite goodness is the fountain of all the good done for his people. _And how great is his beauty_ How wonderful is the beauty of divine providence in Israel's deliveranc...
For how great is His goodness, so the prophet exultantly exclaims, AND HOW GREAT IS HIS BEAUTY! Cf Psalms 45:3. CORN SHALL MAKE THE YOUNG MEN CHEERFUL AND NEW WINE THE MAIDS, the reference being to th...
Zion's King of Peace and his Salvation...
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...
CHEERFUL: Or, grow, or speak...
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...
FOR HOW GREAT IS HIS GOODNESS! infinite goodness is the fountain of all that good done for this people; the prophet admires it, and suggests what is fit to be done by those that come and view those st...
Zechariah 9:17 goodness H2898 beauty H3308 Grain H1715 men H970 thrive H5107 (H8766) wine H8492 women H1330...
Zechariah 9:17 I. These visions of earthly blessing have their heavenly substance. They show us the joy and the feast of the old creation; God's people rejoicing under His benign Fatherhood, eating th...
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...
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...
For how great is His goodness, and how great is His beauty! GOD’S GOODNESS AND BEAUTY There is no subject of contemplation more delightful to a serious mind than the goodness of the Lord. The prophet...
_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...
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 John 4:8; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Amos 8:11; Amos 9:13; Amos 9:14;...
His goodness — Infinite goodness is the fountain of all the good done for this people. His beauty — How wonderful the beauty of Divine Providence in Israel's deliverance and salvation? Corn — Plentifu...