Zechariah 9
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Lets continue in this study....
Verse 1
1 The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
and Damascus is its resting place.
For the Lord has an eye on mankind
and on all the tribes of Israel,
OK, an oracle is a kind of prophecy, a discourse of sorts if you will. It is the word of the Lord , and it is said that the Lord is against the land of Hadrach.
Hadrach is a part of Syria, near Damascus, It was an area that was enclosed by the mountains… Some refer to Hadrach as the symbolic name of Persia
This area and Damascus, is its resting place, the place where the burden of the Lord will rest, the wrath of the Lord. It will stay there permanently until Syria is dropped it its knees...
The end of verse 1 tells us that the Lord has his eyes on mankind, more especially his own people. He will punish the ungodly and will protect his own. And with His eye on mankind, those who come to power, do so by the Lord’s own hand.
Verse 2
2 and on Hamath also, which borders on it,
Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
Verse 2, tells us who else was the Lord was set to punish
Hamath is a Syrian kingdom, with the capital of the same name, it lay north of Damascus…
And those whose borders lay close, or namely bordered the land would be held in punishment as well.
Laying in the conquerors way would be the areas of Tyre and Sidon as they lay in route to the Mediterranean sea all the way to the land of Egypt.
-19 tells of the oracle of Tyre, and speaks of its future state.
Now one thing we haven’t talked about, who is the conqueror, the one the Lord is using?
Cyrus and Darius would loose their kingdoms to who?
Alexander the great, the Greek Kingdom that would control he world before Rome takes over the world. speaks of the kingdoms
Babylon, Medo Perisa, Greek and then Roman...
Now verse 3
3 Tyre has built herself a rampart
and heaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
The name Tyre, is TSUR, in Hebrew and it literally means the word Rock.
Now apparently there was a old Tyre and a new Tyre in history,
Tyre had the greatest confidence owing to her insular position and fortifications, and the abundant stores she had prepared.” New Tyre was on an island seven hundred paces from the shore.
As Isaiah’s and Ezekiel’s (Ez 27:1–36) prophecies were directed against Old Tyre on the mainland and were fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar, so Zechariah’s are against New Tyre, which was made seemingly impregnable by a double wall one hundred fifty feet high, as well as the sea on all sides.
The heathen historian, DIODORUS SICULUS [17.40], confirms this. “Tyre had the greatest confidence owing to her insular position and fortifications, and the abundant stores she had prepared.” New Tyre was on an island seven hundred paces from the shore. As Isaiah’s and Ezekiel’s (Ez 27:1–36) prophecies were directed against Old Tyre on the mainland and were fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar, so Zechariah’s are against New Tyre, which was made seemingly impregnable by a double wall one hundred fifty feet high, as well as the sea on all sides.
Now verse 4
4 But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions
and strike down her power on the sea,
and she shall be devoured by fire.
Now listen to the message the Lord says of Tyre in Ezekiel 26:4
4 They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.
Ezek 26:4
Alexander will cast here inhabitants into exile, We know that she was a strong city with its people, after a 7 mon seige, they took the city and killed 8K by the sword, 13K were enslaved and 2k were crucified and the city was set on fire just as it was foretold by the Lord.
So we see more of that was told to Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar, is coming to pass.
Now verses 5-6
5 Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
6 a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
The cities of Philistia were terrified at the swiftness with which Alexander the Great’s army was able to conquer Tyre, Then Alexander, marched South, conquering all these Philistines cities and killing their national pride.
So all this is the literal fulfillment of the Lord’s prophecy,
We know historically, 10K of Gaza’s inhabitants were killed, the rest were sold as slaves
The mixed people of verse 6 are literally called bastards in the old texts, They will always be aliens never to enter the house of the Lord.
2 “No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord.
Verse 7
Verse 7
7 I will take away its blood from its mouth,
and its abominations from between its teeth;
it too shall be a remnant for our God;
it shall be like a clan in Judah,
and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
Zech
Blood from its mouth is a reminder that blood is a forbidden food.
and the phrase abominations speaks to the things sacrificed to idols, and then partaken of by worshipers,
The judgement that is put on the Philistines, will remove idolatry from their mouth, they shall then in turn “return” to the Lord God of Israel and worship Him alone.
So the image is one who worships the idols and have been even eating those things sacrificed t idols, but they are converted to the worship of God, like the Jebusites who David conquered, they assimilated into the life of Jerusalem and the Worship in YHWH
Verse 8
8 Then I will encamp at my house as a guard,
so that none shall march to and fro;
no oppressor shall again march over them,
for now I see with my own eyes.
The word encamp is important one, listen to this passage...
7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
The house refers not only to the temple, but the people as well., reassuring the Jews engaged in building, who might otherwise fear their work would be undone by the conqueror.
God will protect them as he promised and what is important is the truth that in protecting them, the son of David would make his way into the world at the right time.
One thing we know is that after moving into Egypt, when he returned Alexander did not bother Jerusalem, the Lord protected them as He has promised.
Verse 9-10
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall speak peace to the nations;
his rule shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Verse 9 begins with a call to rejoice! There is another king coming!
The phrase the daughter of Jerusalem or Zion, The people of God are called to rejoice for the King, the “True King” the Messiah is coming, and he is coming to you, not for his own pleasure or gain, as earthly kings come, bu for the sake of his people.
And when you think about the rest of verse 9, you see even more the prophetic call, he comes with salvation and righteousness, on a donkey the foul of a colt.
The Hebrew is reflexive in sense, “showing Himself a Saviour; … having salvation in Himself” for us. Endowed with a salvation which He bestows as a king.
The Hebrew is reflexive in sense, “showing Himself a Saviour; … having salvation in Himself” for us. Endowed with a salvation which He bestows as a king.
The colt speaks to a young donkey, one that has never been ridden, and it was reserved exclusively for the Lord from the beginning of time.
We see all of this was fulfilled on Palm Sunday
Verse 10
All Israel will be restored, those from the 10 tribes and Benjamin and Judah, in that day, he will receive all them
From the sea to the rivers there, the will have dominion over all... So we see the boundaries of Abraham will be expanded to the earth.
Verse 11
11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
The you here pushes back again to the daughter of Zion, or Jerusalem, the reminder is again it is a theocracy, a God rule in the land. Not only cutting off war, he will deliver her people from the exiled and their foreign captivity.
It has been promised by a blood covenant, for the OT, it was on the covenant God entered into with the the people on Mount Sinai.
for the New Testament it is Jesus and the cross, he mentions it in the upper room just hours before…
The pits of water, were dungeons where water and more were often present and we know Jeremiah was in such places
Now verses 12-13
12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
13 For I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Greece,
and wield you like a warrior’s sword.
The Lord, the Messiah is the one encamped around his people, The people have hope now.
made Judah as it were My bow, and “filled” it “with Ephraim,” as My arrow, wherewith to overcome the successor of the Grecian Alexander, Antiochus Epiphanes (compare Notes, see on Da 8:9; Da 11:32; 1 Maccabees 1:62 2:41–43), the oppressor of Judah. Having spoken (Zec 9:1–8) of Alexander’s victories, after the parenthesis (Zec 9:9, 10) as to Messiah the infinitely greater King coming, he passes to the victories which
Verses 14-15
14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and his arrow will go forth like lightning;
the Lord God will sound the trumpet
and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
15 The Lord of hosts will protect them,
and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones,
and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched like the corners of the altar.
So verse 14, The Lord will be seen, manifesting his power over those who are on the earth, and he fights for his people, both jew and gentile alike.
Remember how the Lord appeared as fire and blocked the armies of Pharoah from reaching the Israelites as they left Egypt. Remember how he was a cloud over them to protect them.
The arrow as lightening, instant destruction against his foe,
14 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
The blow of the trumpet is to summon and incite his people for battle for the destruction of the foe.
And in verse 15, he will devour the flesh of his foes. consume them.
What the foe threw at them those stones, are now being tread upon Again it is a picture of utter defeat because the Lord has fought for them. like David beat Goliath so their enemies will fall.
Now verses 16-17
16 On that day the Lord their God will save them,
as the flock of his people;
for like the jewels of a crown
they shall shine on his land.
17 For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
Grain shall make the young men flourish,
and new wine the young women.
Abundant prosperity, such as the world has never seen, this results in excessive rejoicing and praise, the Lord their God saves his people. Jew and gentile in the future.
1 The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
and Damascus is its resting place.
For the Lord has an eye on mankind
and on all the tribes of Israel,
2 and on Hamath also, which borders on it,
Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
3 Tyre has built herself a rampart
and heaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
4 But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions
and strike down her power on the sea,
and she shall be devoured by fire.
5 Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
6 a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
7 I will take away its blood from its mouth,
and its abominations from between its teeth;
it too shall be a remnant for our God;
it shall be like a clan in Judah,
and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
8 Then I will encamp at my house as a guard,
so that none shall march to and fro;
no oppressor shall again march over them,
for now I see with my own eyes.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall speak peace to the nations;
his rule shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
13 For I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Greece,
and wield you like a warrior’s sword.
14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and his arrow will go forth like lightning;
the Lord God will sound the trumpet
and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
15 The Lord of hosts will protect them,
and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones,
and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched like the corners of the altar.
16 On that day the Lord their God will save them,
as the flock of his people;
for like the jewels of a crown
they shall shine on his land.
17 For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
Grain shall make the young men flourish,
and new wine the young women.
