Zechariah 9:16

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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.

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Zechariah 9:16

And the Lord their God shall save them in that day - Still all should be God' s doing; they themselves were but as a flock, as sheep among wolves, ready for the slaughter; but they were "the flock, His people," as He says, "I will increase them like the flock, men, as the flock of holy things, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks, men" Ezekiel 36:37-38. "As a man saves his flock with all his strength, so He will save His people; for they are His flock." As in, "Thou leddest Thy people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron" Psalms 77:20.

They shall be as the stones of a crown - While God' s enemies shall be trampled under foot, as a common thing which has failed its end, these shall be precious stones; a consecrated diadem of king or priest, "raised aloft," so that all can see. "On His land." It was laid down, as the title-deed to its whole tenure, "the land is Mine" Leviticus 25:23, and much more our Christian land, bought and purified by the blood of Christ.

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