Zechariah 9:8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-8

After the precious promises we had in the foregoing chapter of favour to God's people, their persecutors, who hated them, come to be reckoned with, those particularly that bordered close upon them. I. The Syrians had been bad neighbours to Israel, and God had a controversy with them. The word of the Lord shall be a burden in the land of Hadrach, that is, of Syria, but it does not appear why it was so called. That that kingdom is meant is plain, because Damascus, the metropolis of that kingdom,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 9:8

And I will encamp about my house, because of the army ,.... Of profane and wicked men, persecutors and heretics, who rose up in great numbers in the first ages of Christianity against the church, the house of God, where he dwells, which consisted of persons called from among the Gentiles as before; in order to protect and defend them from that great company which opposed them, the Lord encamped about them, partly by his angels, Psalm 34:7 and partly by his ministers, set for the defence of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 9:8

I will encamp about mine house - This may apply to the conquests in Palestine by Alexander, who, coming with great wrath against Jerusalem, was met by Jaddua the high priest and his fellows in their sacred robes, who made intercession for the city and the temple; and, in consequence, Alexander spared both, which he had previously purposed to destroy. He showed the Jews also much favor, and remitted the tax every seventh year, because the law on that year forbade them to cultivate their... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 9:8

Verse 8 He concludes what he had been speaking of, — that God would be the guardian of his chosen people, so as to repel on every side the violent assaults of enemies. It is then the same as though he had said, “though the Church is not strongly fortified, it shall yet be impregnable, for God’s protection is of more value than all human strength, than all aids and helps.” God then compares himself here to a moat and a bulwark, and other kinds of fortresses, I will be, he says, a camp to my... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-8

§ 1. To prepare the land for Israel, and to prove God's care for his people, the neighbouring heathen shall be chastised, while Israel shall dwell in safety and independence. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-8

God's judgments. I. THE DARK SIDE . "Burden." Word of ill omen to God's enemies. God's eye is on all. Storm gathering. Will soon burst in fury, just, universal, overwhelming. None so small as to be overlooked. None so great as to secure immunity. The wisdom of the wise, the resources of the rich, and the fame of ancient days will prove as vanity. II. THE BRIGHT SIDE . Eye of kindness. Hand of gracious interposition. Incorporation of Jews and Gentiles in one glorious Church.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-8

The dark and the bright side of God's revelation to mankind. "The burden of the word of the Lord," etc. This chapter begins that portion of the book whose genuineness, though denied by some, is accepted by most unbiassed expositors. As it is our main purpose, in preparing these sketches, to use the statements, whether prosaic or poetic, prophetic or historic, to illustrate truths of universal application, it comes not within our purpose to discuss the questions of genuineness,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 9:7-8

A visitation of mercy. "And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth," etc. The key to this passage seems to be in its very last words (comp. Exodus 3:7 and end of Exodus 3:6 ). In the preceding verses we saw how God "visited" the nations bordering on Israel with a "visitation of judgment." Here we seem to read how he visits his own people with a "visitation of mercy," He does so, apparently, in two principal ways, viz. I. IN ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 9:8

While the heathen world suffers the judgment of God, he protects his own people. I will encamp about ( for the protection of ) my house. God's house, or family, is the kingdom and Church of Israel, as Hosea 8:1 . Septuagint, υποστήσομαι τῷ οἴκῳ μου ἀνάστημα , "I will erect a fortification for my house." Because of the army. It may also be translated "against," or "from;" i.e. to defend it from the hostile army. Others, pointing differently, render, "as a garrison," or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 9:8

And I will encamp about my house - (for my house’s sake) because of the army “Because,” it is added in explanation, “of him that passeth by and of him that returneth;” Alexander, who passed by with his army, on his way to Egypt, and “returned,” having founded Alexandria.It was a most eventful march; one of the most eventful in the history of mankind. The destruction of the Persian empire, for which it prepared, was in itself of little moment; Alexander’s own empire was very brief. As Daniel had... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 9:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 9:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 9:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 9:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 9:7-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 9:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 9:8

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