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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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FILLED. grasped.
THY SONS,. GREECE. Septuagint reads "the sons of Greece.
GREECE. Hebrew. _Yavan_. Compare Genesis 10:2; Genesis 10:4.Isaiah
66:19; Ezekiel 27:13.Daniel 8:21; Daniel 11:2.Joel 3:6....
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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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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...
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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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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 -...
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9:13 Greece, (g-28) _ Javan_ , Genesis 10:2 ....
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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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כִּֽי ־דָרַ֨כְתִּי לִ֜י יְהוּדָ֗ה
קֶ֚שֶׁת מִלֵּ֣אתִי אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְ
עֹורַרְתִּ֤י בָנַ֨יִךְ֙ צִיֹּ֔ון עַל
־בָּנַ֖יִךְ יָ
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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 "Zecharia...
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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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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Zechariah 9:13 bent H1869 (H8804) Judah H3063 Fitted H4390 (H8765) bow
H7198 Ephraim H669 up H5782 (H8790) sons H1121 Zion H6726 sons H1121
Greece H3120 made H7760 (H8804) sword H2719 man H1368
bent...
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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 bur...
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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...
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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 Zechariah
9:1 links the book’s main parts (chs. Zechariah 1:1 and chs.
Zechariah...
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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 BURDEN.
ZECHARIAH 9:1
§ 1. _To prepare the land for Israel, and to...
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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 1:21; 2 Corinthians 10:3; 2 Timothy 4:7; Amos 2:11;
Daniel 11:32; Daniel 8:21; Ephesians 6:17; Hebrews 4:12; Isaiah 41:15;...
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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...