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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem,.... By whom are meant, not the inhabitants of Jerusalem in common; nor the children in it, that said Hosannas to the son of David; but the church of God, and true believers in Christ, who are called upon to "rejoice" and "shout": not merely in an external way, by showing marks of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. You know how exactly this prophecy was fulfilled in our Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitudes welcomed him with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: — Not Alexander the Great, but “thy King” “Thy King cometh unto thee: Zec_9:9. He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. What a beautiful and faithful description of our Lord Jesus...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,.... That is, the military one; signifying that wars shall cease, Psalms 46:9: and the horse from Jerusalem; the warlike one; see Micah 5:10. Ephraim designs the ten tribes, and Jerusalem stands for the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin; and the sense is, that these shall be one in the days of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. He shall yet be acclaimed as the universal Monarch, “King of kings, and Lord of lords,” for “of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. This is our glorious King, — the King, whose conquests are not achieved by horses, and chariots,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
As for thee also,.... These words are not spoken to Christ, for את, "thee", is of the feminine gender; but the congregation of Israel, as Kimchi observes; or the church of God: nor are they the words of Christ to her; he is the person before spoken of; but of God the Father, who, having given out prophecies concerning the coming of Christ, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; This “stronghold” is very different from that of Tyre, which failed her in her hour of need; it is indeed that of which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. Turn ye to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; Christ has come to set the prisoners free, and to be the stronghold of his people. Therefore turn ye to him, and all manner...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Turn ye to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope,.... "That hope for redemption", as the Targum paraphrases it; not for redemption from the Babylonish captivity, at the end of seventy years, which was now over; but for redemption and salvation by Christ; for not the people of the Jews, who stayed in Babylon, can be meant; for, as they were at...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When I have bent Judah for me,.... By whom are meant the apostles, who were Jews, and whose ministrations were made use of as a bow with arrows, to strike the hearts of men, and bring them into subjection to Christ: they were a bow of the Lord's bending and preparing, and which abode in strength, being made strong and effectual through the hands...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Note well that it is the Lord who is doing all these notable deeds, bending Judah like a bow, fitting Ephraim to the bow as the archer presses his arrow to the string, and raising up...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. This is a truly wonderful passage, setting forth how God is going to use his people as the weapons by which he will conquer the world. He will bend Judah, and make her into a bow, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord shall be seen over them,.... His apostles and ministers: or, "shall appear to them" (q); and be seen by them, as he was in the days of his flesh; they saw his person, his miracles, his sorrows, and sufferings; they saw him after his resurrection, and some have seen him since his ascension, with the eyes of their bodies, as well as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Then, how safe must the Lord’s people be, and what terror must spread among their enemies!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Lord shall be seen over them, As he was in the midst of his people of old. Zec_9:14. And his arrows shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. Here you have a foresight of Pentecost, and the grand era which succeeded the outpouring of the Spirit. Oh, that we might...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The Lord of hosts shall defend them,.... Against all their enemies; against Satan, and his temptations, and all the opposition made by him; against the world, and all the rage and reproach of men; this was remarkably verified in the apostles, who were preserved by the Lord amidst a thousand snares and dangers; and who was able to do it, being...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. There seems to be a hint here of the strange scene that was witnessed in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, when the unbelieving...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. You remember that the mockers said, on the day of Pentecost, “These men are full of new wine.” They were not, as Peter plainly...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord their God shall save them in that day,.... In the times of the Gospel, and the dispensation of it; meaning either the apostles, before said to be protected and defended, Zechariah 9:15 or rather the persons converted, conquered, and subdued by them, who are not killed, but saved by the Lord their God, their glorious Redeemer, from...