Zechariah 9:14

Zechariah 9:14

12 Return to the stronghold,
^aYou prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore ^bdouble to you.

13 For I have bent Judah, My bow,
Fitted the bow with Ephraim,
And raised up your sons, O Zion,
Against your sons, O Greece,
And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”

14 Then the Lord will be seen over them,
And ^aHis arrow will go forth like lightning.
The Lord God will blow the trumpet,
And go ^bwith whirlwinds from the south.

15 The Lord of hosts will ^adefend them;
They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.
They shall drink and roar as if with wine;
They shall be filled with blood like¹ basins,
Like the corners of the altar.

16 The Lord their God will ^asave them in that day,
As the flock of His people.
For ^bthey shall be like the jewels of a crown,
^cLifted like a banner over His land—

17 For ^ahow great is its goodness
And how great its ^bbeauty!
^cGrain shall make the young men thrive,
And new wine the young women.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Another image: "Jehovah shall be seen (conspicuously manifesting His power) over them" (that is, in behalf of the Jews and against their foes), as formerly He appeared in a cloud over the Israelites against the Egyptians (Exodus 14:19, Exodus 14:24).

his arrow . . . as . . . lightning—flashing forth instantaneous destruction to the foe (Psalms 18:14).

blow . . . trumpet—to summon and incite His people to battle for the destruction of their foe.

go with whirlwinds of the south—that is, go forth in the most furious storm, such as is one from the south (Isaiah 21:1). Alluding, perhaps, to Jehovah's ancient miracles at Sinai coming "from Teman" ("the south," in the Margin).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 9:14:**

Job 37:9
Isaiah 21:1
Zechariah 8:23
1 Corinthians 15:52

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