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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. And so it was. Alexander went to Jerusalem, after destroying Tyre, but he did not attack the city. There was a strange restraint resting...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. See how many metaphors the prophet was inspired to use in a single verse in describing the Lord’s chosen ones: “ as the flock of his people; as, the stones of a crown, .... as an ensign...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. This exposition consisted of readings from Zechariah 9, , 10.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. The atheistic philosopher of the present day laughs at such a verse as this, and sneeringly asks, “ What possible connection can there be between men and women praying to God and the showers...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners how seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: Observe the readiness of man to forsake the great fountain of living waters and to make unto himself broken cisterns which can hold no water. Notice too, that some sort of comfort may, for a time, be derived from a false trust, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: Whenever people are afflicted with unfaithful ministers, when God comes to visit these people, be will not only punish the ministers, but the religious leaders, the false professors in those churches, the he-goats who led the flock astray. Oh, what a plague and a curse will an...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. Let us learn from this verse that everything cometh from the Lord of hosts, the God of providence as well as of grace. Those statesmen, who are the corner-stones of the great building of state, must come from him. Those Christian...