Zechariah 9:17 NIV

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 9:17

cheerful = flourish. new wine. Hebrew. tirosh. App-27 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 9:17

"For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins."The thought continued here from previous verses in the paragraph pertains to the blessings "in Christ" during the new dispensation for the new Israel of God; and, as frequently in the prophets, the blessings are promised in agricultural terms.The goodness, mercy, beauty, and providence of God are glorious subjects; and those who love God will find many, even countless,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 9:17

17. his goodness . . . his beauty—the goodness and beauty which Jehovah-Messiah bestows on His people. Not as MAURER thinks, the goodness, c., of His land or His people (Psalms 31:19 Jeremiah 31:12). make . . . cheerful—literally, "make it grow." new wine the maids—supply, "shall make . . . to grow." Corn and wine abundant indicate peace and plenty. The new wine gladdening the maids is peculiar to this passage. It confutes those who interdict the use of wine as food. The Jews, heretofore... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 9:11-17

The deliverance and blessing of Zion’s people 9:11-17Before Messiah can reign in peace, He must destroy all enemies and deliver and restore His people (cf. Psalms 110). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 9:17

The Israelites would be very attractive then. They would all enjoy plenty of the best food and drink; they would prosper having an abundance of all that human beings need.An amillennial view that illustrates spiritual, as contrasted with literal, interpretation follows."The citizens of Christ’s kingdom as well as God’s ancient people are a landed people. Hebrews 3, 5 make this clear, affirming the believer’s landedness in the gospel-’at-homeness in Christ.’ Today, the fruit of the land that... 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 9:9-17

(9-17) The advent of the king. It has been urged as an objection against the post-exilic authorship of this passage that “Ephraim” and “Jerusalem” are mentioned, as though Israel were still separated from Judah. But, on the contrary, Ephraim and Jerusalem are here strictly parallel terms, as are also “Judah” and “Ephraim” (Zechariah 9:13), where both are represented as equally opposed to the sons of Javan. The nation was now one (Ezekiel 37:22) and known by the names of “Israel” (Zechariah... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 9:17

(17) Goodness.—Better, goodliness (Hosea 10:11).His means Israel’s. (Comp. Numbers 24:5.)Make . . . cheerful.—Better, make to grow numerously. For the idea, comp. Psalms 72:16, and see also Zechariah 8:5; and for the fulfilment, the reference there to Maccabees. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-17

THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH"Chapters 9-14FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah" 9-14. These chapters consist of a number of separate oracles, which their language and general conceptions lead us on the whole to believe were put together by one hand, and which, with the possible exception of some older fragments, reflect the troubled times in Palestine that followed on the... read more