Seen. God miraculously interposed in favour of the Machabees, and his angels appeared at their head, 1 Machabees ii. 22., and v. 2., and x. 29., and xi. 8., and xv. 15. A handful of men thus routed vast armies, and asserted their independence, avenging religion and the state, which they restored to greater splendour. --- South, whence storms usually arise in that country, Job xxxvii. 9. The angels confounded the enemy, 1 Machabees x. 30.
Verse Zechariah 9:14. _THE LORD SHALL BE SEEN OVER THEM_] Shadowing and refreshing them, as the cloud did the camp in the wilderness. _HIS ARROW SHALL GO FORTH AS THE LIGHTNING_] They shall be conque...
AND THE LORD SHALL BE SEEN OVER THEM - o “He will reveal himself,” protecting them. Cyril: “He says plainly, that the Lord God will be with them and will fight in serried array with them and will with...
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;...
HIS ARROW. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Adonai_ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_....
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...
_whirlwinds of the south_ which were the most vehement and destructive. Isaiah 21:1; Job 37:9....
SHALL BE SEEN OVER THEM— Leading them on and protecting them, as when they came out of Egypt. Exodus 13:21. _HIS ARROW SHALL GO FORTH AS THE LIGHTNING_— The lightnings are represented as the arrows of...
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...
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord...
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...
SHALL BE SEEN OVER THEM. — Perhaps better, _on their behalf shall He manifest Himself._ OF THE SOUTH. — Whence the most violent storms frequently came from over the desert. (Comp. Psalms 21:1.)...
וַֽ יהוָה֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יֵֽרָאֶ֔ה וְ יָצָ֥א כַ
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...
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...
He goes on with the same subject, but explains what I have said — that victory is promised to the Jews, not that which they could gain by their own power, but that which should happen to them beyond t...
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...
AND THE LORD SHALL BE SEEN OVER THEM,.... His apostles and ministers: or, "shall appear to them" q; and be seen by them, as he was in the days of his flesh; they saw his person, his miracles, his sorr...
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. Ver. 14. _And the Lord shall b...
_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...
And the Lord shall be seen over them, appearing above them or at their head, as He who fights from heaven in their behalf, AND HIS ARROW SHALL GO FORTH AS THE LIGHTNING, bringing instantaneous destruc...
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...
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...
THE LORD, the Almighty God, the God of Israel, Lord of hosts, SHALL BE SEEN OVER THEM; shall manifestly appear for them by his works of power against their enemies. HIS ARROW; alluding to warriors, th...
Zechariah 9:14 LORD H3068 seen H7200 (H8735) arrow H2671 forth H3318 (H8804) lightning H1300 Lord H136 GOD...
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...
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...
2 Corinthians 10:4; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Acts 4:10; Acts 4:11; Ex
Shall be seen — Shall manifestly appear for them. His arrow — His judgments, swift, irresistible, and sudden. As the lightning — Which breaks forth with violence, and runs from east to west in a momen...