Bible Chapter Summary
Zechariah 9 Summary
The Coming King and Deliverance of Nations
The burden of the Lord's word concerns the land of Hadrach, Damascus, and surrounding cities. The Lord will judge Tyre, Sidon, the Philistines, and other nations, casting them out and smiting their power. Then the King comes to the daughter of Zion, just and having salvation, lowly and riding upon an ass. He will speak peace to the nations, and His dominion shall be from sea to sea. The Lord will deliver prisoners from the waterless pit and render double unto them, making them like a mighty sword.
Key themes
Key verses
Zechariah 9:1-4
“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.”
Zechariah 9:9-10
“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.”
Zechariah 9:11-12
“As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.”
Zechariah 9:13-15
“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.”
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