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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.

² And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

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.

⁴ Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

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.

⁶ And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

¹² Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Richard H Priday's Zechariah Chapter 9 comment on 9/14/2023, 1:45pm...

Zechariah 9

Verse 1 states:

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.

According to Isaiah 17:1 Damascus shall become a ruinous heap. There will be a highway; nonetheless in the last days according to Isaiah 19:23 there will be a highway from Assyria into Egypt which encompasses part of Syria; Turkey; and a couple other nations. Isaiah 17:3 states the rest of Syria will be as the glory of Israel. No doubt there will finally be peace among the survivors of the surronding nations.

The destruction of Tyre is also mentioned in Ezekiel 26 and 27 (along with the prince of Tyre and king of Tyre in chapter 28 signifying a human and Lucifer controlling things behind the scenes with his history). This prophecy was partly fulfilled; as to some of the details which I won't elaborate on here.

The same could be said for the Philistines and others mentioned in verses 5 through 7; verse 8 shows the Lord's conquering and control in the future.

Verse 9 is a direct prophecy of Christ riding on a donkey during Palm Sunday and signifies hi eventual rule on earth. His dominion from sea to sea is also in Psalm 72:8 and was a popular hymn of Sir Arthur Sullivan as seen in verse 10.

The rest of the chapter talks about prisoners being brought forth; interestingly it mentions the "blood of the covenant" in verse 11. That shows the King of Kings here but apparently can refer to the earlier promises from the Abrahamic covenant. We see the final blessings here in the last verse for the whole earth; and God's majesty in deliverance of prisioners and over all the enemies of the land. Verse 13 mentions the sons of Greece which certainly had some fulfillment in the book of Maccabees but could indicate some areas near where Antichrist rules from as being conquered with prisoners set free also.

Alex's Zechariah Chapter 9 comment about verse 9 on 10/18/2020, 6:19am...

Zechariah 9 v 9 the Donkey and her Colt is symbolic of the world and her Colt the H.G. Our King is coming via the woman and her Child the Kingdom, unless ya receive the Kingdom as a lil child etc our colt ( our fruit unto God th H.G. th Kingdom )salvation. Zech. said he wd have Salvation and a kingdom .When the woman in rev 12 gave birth to the manchild the H.G. John says now is come Salvation and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ etc We are the donkey and our colt is the H.G.She wd have neva been losed had she not birth the colt symbolic of our fruit unto God . Thats y he said my yoke is easy and my burden is light we be the donkey spritually speaking. When the disciples put their clothin on the Donkey implies the Donkey n her colt is US humanity th Church,God so loved the world etc.Everything in the O.T. is a profile a shadow of things coming in the end th last day, the Woman and her CHILD in rev 12 is just Symbolic of the church and her fruit which is the H.G. our colt which is just a shadow of the Kingdom of God and how its gonna come via lil child ( our fruit )our colt etc Thats y he is saying my yoke is easy and my burden is light we be the Donkey spritually speaking, ya put a burden and yoke on a Donkey, or a horse And Zech. is saying rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion for your king ( JESUS OUR KING ) is coming on a donkey and her colt tHE WORLD AND HER OFF SPRING VIA THE NEW BIRTH. Thats y he always refers to himself as the SON OF MAN TH H.G.is our colt our fruit unto God. The woman in Rev 12 is a beautiful picture of the donkey and her colt The white Horse and her rider.The white horse is symbolic of the church that was made white by his blood of the lamb etc. Now is come salvation and the kingdom of our God etc.

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