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Zacarias 9

1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land ofBy which he means Syria.Hadrach, and Damascus [shall be] theGod's anger will remain upon their chief city, and not spare even as much as that.rest of it: when theWhen the Jews will convert and repent, then God will destroy their enemies.eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, [shall be] toward the LORD.

2 And Hamath also shall borderThat is, by Damascus: meaning, that Harnath or Antiochia would be under the same rod and plague.by it; Tyre, and Zidon, though it beHe secretly shows the cause of their destruction, because they deceived all others by their craft and subtilty, which they cloaked with this name of wisdom.very wise.

3 For Tyrus did build her selfe a strong holde, and heaped vp siluer as the dust, and golde as the myre of the streetes.

4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite herThough those of Tyre think themselves invincible by reason of the sea that surrounds them, yet they will not escape God's judgments.power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

5 Ashkelon shall see it, and feare, and Azzah also shalbe very sorowfull, and Ekron: for her countenance shalbe ashamed, & the King shal perish fro Azzah, & Ashkelon shal not be inhabited.

6 And aMeaning, that all would be destroyed, save a very few, that would remain as strangers.bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between hisHe promises to deliver the Jews when he will take vengeance on their enemies for their cruelty, and the wrongs they did to them.teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, [shall be] for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, andAs the Jebusites had been destroyed, so would Ekron and all the Philistines.Ekron as a Jebusite.

8 And I will encamp aboutHe shows that God's power alone will be sufficient to defend his Church against all adversaries, be they ever so cruel, or assert their power ever so often.my house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for nowThat is, God has now seen the great injuries and afflictions with which they have been afflicted by their enemies.have I seen with my eyes.

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh to thee:That is, he has righteousness and salvation in himself for the use and benefit of his Church.he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon aWhich declares that they should not look for such a king as would be glorious in the eyes of man, but should be poor, and yet in himself have all power to deliver his own: and this is meant of Christ, as in (Mat_21:5).donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.

10 And I will cut off theNo power of man or creature will be able to stop this kingdom of Christ, and he will peaceably govern them by his word.chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the nations: and his dominion [shall be] fromThat is, from the Red Sea, to the Sea called Syriacum: and by these places which the Jews knew, he meant an infinite space and area over the whole world.sea to sea, and from theThat is, from the Euphrates.river to the ends of the earth.

11 Meaning Jerusalem, or the Church which is saved by the blood of Christ, of which the blood of the sacrifices was a figure. And it is here called the covenant of the Church, because God made it with his Church: and left it with them because of the love that he had for them.As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thyGod shows that he will deliver his Church out of all dangers, no matter how great they may seem.prisoners out of the pit in which [is] no water.

12 Turn ye to theThat is, into the holy land where the city and the temple are, where God will defend you.strong hold, yeMeaning the faithful, who seemed to be in danger of their enemies on every side, and yet lived in hope that God would restore them to liberty.prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare [that] I will renderThat is, double benefits and prosperity, in respect of that which your fathers enjoyed from David's time to the captivity.double to thee;

13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled theI will make Judah and Ephraim, that is, my whole Church, victorious against all enemies, which he here means by the Greeks.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.

14 And the Lord shalbe seene ouer them, and his arrowe shal go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shal blowe the trumpet, and shal come forth with the whirlewindes of the South.

15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour,He promises that the Jews will destroy their enemies, and have abundance and excess of all things, as there is abundance on the altar when the sacrifice is offered. And these things are not to move them to excess, but to sobriety, and a thankful remembrance of God's great liberality.and subdue the sling stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, [and] as the corners of the altar.

16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they [shall be as] theThe faithful will be preserved, and reverenced by all, that their very enemies will be compelled to esteem them: for God's glory will shine in them, as Josephus declares of Alexander the great when he met Jadi the high priest.stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

17 For howe great is his goodnesse! and howe great is his beautie! corne shall make the yong men cherefull, and newe wine the maides.

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