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C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Zechariah 9:11

Marg prisoners Cf. Isaiah 24:17-23; Zechariah 9:21; Zechariah 9:23 fix the time as the day of the LORD. Revelation 19:11-21. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-17

Chapter 9Now 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 shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. Now Tyrus did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mud in the streets ( Zechariah 9:1-3 ).When the city of Tyrus was under siege by Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian army besieged... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 9:1-17

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 kingdom lay east of Damascus, and north of the Ammonites, and extended to the banks of the Euphrates. Damascus was three days’ journey north-east of Jerusalem. Zechariah 9:2 . Hamath, a kingdom, extending from the pass of Lebanon to Antioch, having Emath for its capital. Zechariah 9:6 . A... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 9:11

Zechariah 9:11By the blood of thy covenant i have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water The delivered prisonersEnlarge on the Gospel promise in immediate connection with the text.It calls on the daughter of Zion to rejoice in the coming of the Saviour. It describes His character; the nature of His kingdom; the means by which it shall be spread; and the extent of it. The deliverance of the Jews from captivity was a step towards the coming of Messiah, and the earnest of it.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 9:11

Zec 9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water. Ver. 11. As for thee also ] O daughter of Sion, O my Church; not, O Christ, the King of the Church, as the Greek and Latin Fathers, and after them the Popish commentators, will needs have it, the better to establish their chimera a of Limbus Patrum, Christ here, by an aposiopesis (an ordinary figure), or keeping back something unspoken through earnestness of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Zechariah 9:11

As: Deuteronomy 5:31, 2 Samuel 13:13, 2 Chronicles 7:17, Daniel 2:29 by the blood of thy covenant: or, whose covenant is by blood, Exodus 24:8, Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, 1 Corinthians 11:25, Hebrews 9:10-Ezekiel :, Hebrews 10:29, Hebrews 13:20 I have: Psalms 69:33, Psalms 102:19-Ecclesiastes :, Psalms 107:10-Nehemiah :, Isaiah 42:7, Isaiah 42:22, Isaiah 49:9, Isaiah 51:14, Isaiah 58:12, Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18, Acts 26:17, Acts 26:18, Colossians 1:13, Colossians 1:14 out: Psalms... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Zechariah 9:11

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.As for thee — Oh Jerusalem; these words are Christ's words to her.By the blood — By my blood, in which thy covenant as confirmed; 'tis God's covenant as made by him, 'tis Zion's covenant as made for her, 'tis Christ's also as made in him.Sent forth — I have delivered the Jews out of Babylon: compared to a pit in which no water was, wherein the Jews must have perished, had not God... read more

Daniel Whedon

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

THE FINAL TRIUMPH OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, Zechariah 9:1 to Zechariah 14:21. With Zechariah 9:1, begins the second main division of the Book of Zechariah, which consists of various oracles, loosely connected, dealing for the most part with events leading up to the final triumph of the kingdom of God. It opens with an announcement of the overthrow of the nations surrounding Palestine (Zechariah 9:1-8), which will prepare the way for the advent of the Messianic king (9, 10) and the restoration and... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 9:11-17

Deliverance and exaltation of the exiled Jews, 11-17. The advent of the Messianic king will be followed by a restoration of the Jews still in exile, and their exaltation to highest glory. In Zechariah 9:11-12 deliverance is promised to the captives. As for thee The daughter of Zion (Zechariah 9:9). Also Is to be taken not with thee, but with the verb: “As for thee, I have also sent forth.” In addition to the blessings promised in Zechariah 9:9-10 Jehovah will set free the captives... read more

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