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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 9:6-7

Zechariah 9:6-7. And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod Newcome reads, strangers, understanding by the expression, “a strange and spurious race; a despicable race; born of harlots.” But Blayney, who reads, a stranger, observes, that the Hebrew word, ממזר here used, does not imply an illegitimate offspring. In proof of which he quotes Psalms 69:8, where מוזר , a word from which the above is derived, is translated a stranger, so that he supposes the sense of this clause to be, that the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-17

9:1-14:21 THE TRIUMPH OF THE MESSIAHIsrael always looked forward to a messianic day of glory and power. The people longed for the day when all enemies would be destroyed, and righteousness would be established in the land under the rule of the Messiah. The nation’s re-establishment under Zerubbabel and Joshua was a foretaste of that great day. Israel could expect to see its former enemies conquered and full independence restored in its land.This in fact happened. The years 334-326 BC saw the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 9:7

blood. Hebrew bloods. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the sacrifices (which were, of course, eaten). abominations: i.e. the idolatrous sacrifices. he that remaineth: i.e. the remnant of them. even be = he also. shall be for. Supply the Ellipsis thus: "[shall be subject unto]. " God. Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 . governor = chieftain, or duke. Ekron. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6 , for Philistines. Jebusite. Put by Figure of speech... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 9:7

"And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite."The strange contrast between God's taking the blood out of the mouths of the Philistines here, and his promise that his own children should "drink blood like wine" (verse 15) points toward the vast gulf between paganism and Christianity. The reason the ancient pagans drank blood (of their... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 9:7

Zechariah 9:7. And I will take away his blood, &c.— The Hebrews had a horror of all those who ate their food with the blood: this was expressly forbidden in the law. The meaning is, that when the cities here spoken of shall belong to the Hebrews, the Philistines shall observe the law of the Lord, and there shall no more be seen among them idolatry, superstition, or cruelty. Many of the Philistines became proselytes to the Jewish religion after Alexander Jannaeus had subdued their principal... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 9:7

7. take . . . his blood out of . . . mouth—Blood was forbidden as food (Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 7:26). abominations—things sacrificed to idols and then partaken of by the worshippers (Numbers 25:2; Acts 15:29). The sense is, "I will cause the Philistines to cease from the worship of idols." even he shall be for our God—"even he," like Hamath, Damascus, Tyre, c., which, these words imply, shall also be converted to God (Acts 15:29- :, "son of the stranger joined himself to the Lord")... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 9:1-8

The destruction of nations and the preservation of Zion 9:1-8The first four verses of this poem deal with the north and the last four with the south. The first two verses and the last two speak of salvation, and the middle four speak of judgment. The passage begins and ends with a reference to eyes, the eyes of men (Zechariah 9:1) and the eye of God (Zechariah 9:8). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 9:7

The Lord would also remove the blood that these pagans ate, which was forbidden in Israel, from their mouths. He would take the unclean, detestable food that they ate from their mouths. Drinking blood and eating unclean food was part of Philistine pagan worship (cf. Isaiah 65:4; Isaiah 66:3; Isaiah 66:17), so the judgment in view included punishment for idolatry. Some remaining Philistines would turn to the Lord and become like the Israelites in their faith in Yahweh. As the Jebusites became... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 9:1-17

Judgments on the Nations. The Prince of Peace1-8. 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 will encamp around His sanctuary. 9, 10. The coming of Messiah and His kingdom of peace. 11-17. Hope for Israel. God will enable her to contend successfully with Greece. He will aid and bless her.1. Burden] oracle, or prophecy: see Jeremiah 23:33-40. In the land] RV ’upon the land.’Hadrach] not... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 9:7

(7) Blood . . . abominations.—viz., their idolatrous sacrifices.Jebusite.—Some take this word to mean Jerusalem (comp. Joshua 15:8, and especially Joshua 18:28). Others suppose it to be a designation of the remnant of the Canaanitish tribes, who were, like the Gibeonites, retained for servile duties about the Temple. But since the “Jebusite” seems to be parallel with the word alluph, “governor” or “prince,” rather than contrasted with it, it seems more probable that it refers to the Jebusite... read more