Juda: the Machabees. (St. Jerome) --- Filled, or stretched the bow of Ephraim. (Calmet) --- The people shall act with vigour and union. (Haydock) --- Sons; viz., the apostles, who, in the spiritual way, conquered the Greeks, and subdued them to Christ. (Challoner) --- The Machabees repressed the insolence of the Seleucides, who were of Greek extraction. read more
9-17 The prophet breaks forth into a joyful representation of the coming of the Messiah, of whom the ancient Jews explained this prophecy. He took the character of their King, when he entered Jerusalem amidst the hosannas of the multitude. But his kingdom is a spiritual kingdom. It shall not be advanced by outward force or carnal weapons. His gospel shall be preached to the world, and be received among the heathen. A sinful state is a state of bondage; it is a pit, or dungeon, in which there is... read more
Zech 9 THE WORD of the Lord that opens chapter 9 is spoken of as a 'burden', since it starts with solemn words of judgment on peoples that surrounded the land of Israel. Some of these judgments took place soon after the predictions were uttered; that upon Tyre, for instance, and upon the cities of the Philistines. Darby's New Translation tells us that an alternate rendering to 'bastard', is one 'of a foreign race'. But even so there will apparently be a remainder, or a remnant, who will be for... read more
Zion's King of Peace and his Salvation v. 9. Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter of Zion! the members of the Lord's people; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! with a shout of gladness. Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, the Messiah Himself appearing in her midst; He is just, possessing righteousness as the first requisite of a true ruler, and having salvation, bearing the salvation which the Lord had planned, lowly, and riding upon an ass and upon a colt, the foal of an ass. This passage is rightly... read more
3. VICTORY OVER THE SONS OF JAVANZechariah 9:11-17A. Deliverance promised (vers.11, 12). B. Name of the Foe (Zechariah 9:13). C. Jehovah fights for his People (Zechariah 9:14-15). D. Salvation (Zechariah 9:16). E. General Prosperity (Zechariah 9:17).11 As for thee also,—for the sake of thy covenant-blood,19I send forth20 thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.12 Return to the strong hold,21 O prisoners of hope,Even to-day I declare, I will repay double22 to you.13 For23I bend for me... read more
a Lowly Deliverer Brings Peace Zechariah 9:9-17 ; Zechariah 10:1-12 Jesus must be King first, then Savior. He is lowly; His steed is not the richly caparisoned warhorse, but the humble ass; He needs no weapon to overthrow His foes, because as Priest He speaks peace. The peasantry had taken shelter in the rock hewn mountain cisterns; but they might cherish hope, because they had been redeemed by the blood of the covenant, and God would see to it that that redemption was made effective.... read more
Here begins the second division of the prophecy in which there are two messages. The first the prophet described as "the burden of the word of the Lord upon the land of Hadrach"; it deals with the rejection of the anointed King. In the first movement the prophet announced the coming of the King. He foretold the preservation of the city of Jerusalem in the days when Syria, Phoenicia, and Philistia would be overcome by the enemy, who, acting under Jehovah, would thus execute His judgments on... read more
PRISONERS OF HOPE‘Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.’ Zechariah 9:12 The prophet is speaking to those who are emphatically called ‘Christ’s prisoners,’ those for whom, by His kingly power, He has gone up on high, and given to them repentance, that He might make them spiritual captives. I. No words could be framed more appropriate, or expressive of souls under spiritual distress, than those which the prophet here... read more
This Future Deliverance and Prosperity is Promised Even to the Returning Exiles (Zechariah 9:11 to Zechariah 10:1 ). This promise of hope is already available in part. The exiles can come out of their ‘prisons’ because of the blood of the covenant. The promises of God at Sinai still hold for those who obey Him. And they will become effective against all men. Zechariah 9:11 ‘As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit in which there... read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 9:12
Hold. Return ye, who stay behind, to Jerusalem. God will make good all that you abandon; or come, Judas has procured liberty for the people, 1 Machabees iv. 36. (Calmet) --- Embrace the gospel, and enter the Church. (Menochius) read more