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Zechariah 9
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| 9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus
shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of
Israel, shall be toward the LORD. |
 (9:1)
"The burden of the word of the LORD ... shall be the rest thereof."
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| 9:2
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very
wise. |
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| 9:3
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the
dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. |
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| 9:4
Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the
sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. |
 (9:4) "The LORD will cast her out ... and she shall be devoured with fire."
God will cast out Tyrus and devour it with fire.
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| 9:5
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very
sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king
shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. |
(9:6-9) Some strange prophecies
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| 9:6
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the
Philistines. |
(9:6) "And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod."
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| 9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from
between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and
he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. |
(9:7) "I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from
between his teeth."
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| 9:8
And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him
that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall
pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes. |
(9:8) "No oppressor shall pass through them any more."
Israel shall never again be oppressed. Another obviously false prophecy; Israel has been occupied
many times since the time of Zechariah.
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| 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O
daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh
unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass,
and upon a colt the foal of an ass. |
(9:9) "Thy King cometh ... riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."
The gospels (especially Mt.21:4-5 and Jn.12:14-15)
claim that Jesus fulfils the prophecy of Zech.9:9. But the next few verses
(9:10-13) show that the person referred to in this verse is a military king that
would rule "from sea to sea". Since Jesus had neither an army or a
kingdom, he could not have fulfilled this prophecy.
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| 9:10
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem,
and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the
heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river
even to the ends of the earth.
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| 9:11
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy
prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. |
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| 9:12
Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I
declare that I will render double unto thee; |
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| 9:13
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up
thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of
a mighty man. |
(9:14) "The LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the
lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south." Someday
we'll see God flying over us with his lightning-like arrows. He'll be blowing his trumpet and sending
whirlwinds down south.
(9:15) "The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour ...they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine."
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| 9:14
And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the
lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with
whirlwinds of the south.
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| 9:15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue
with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine;
and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
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| 9:16
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his
people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign
upon his land. |
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| 9:17
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall
make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
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 (9:17) "How great is his goodness ... corn shall make the young men cheerful,
and new wine for the maids."
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