Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Zechariah 9:1-17
II. THE TWO PROPHETIC BURDENS--THE GREAT PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE I. The First Burden (9-11) CHAPTER 9 1. The burden of the land of Hadrach (Zechariah 9:1-8 ) 2. Zion’s King of Peace (Zechariah 9:9-12 ) 3. The near-event of the invasion by Antiochus Ephiphanes (Zechariah 9:13-17 ; Zechariah 10:1 ) Zechariah 9:1-8 . The final section of Zechariah is of still greater interest. The Deliverer, King Messiah, is revealed in this section as suffering, rejected, pierced, slain. The great... read more
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 9:13-17
3. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE GREEKSZechariah 9:13-17The next oracle seems singularly out of keeping with the spirit of the last, which declared the arrival of the Messianic peace, while this represents Jehovah as using Israel for His weapons in the slaughter of the Greeks and heathens, in whose blood they shall revel. But Stade has pointed out how often in chapters 9-14 a result is first stated and then the oracle goes on to describe the process by which it is achieved. Accordingly we have no ground... read more