Zechariah Part 2 Draft

Prophecies against Neighboring Nations (AND JUDGMENT) AND THE MESSIAH

9 The [a]burden of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus (SYRIA) as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord),

2 And Hamath also, which borders on it;

Tyre and Sidon, [b]though [c]they are very wise.

3 For Tyre built herself a fortress

And piled up silver like dust,

And gold like the mire of the streets.

4 Behold, the Lord will dispossess her

And cast her wealth into the sea;

And she will be consumed with fire.

5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.

Gaza (PALESTINE) too will writhe in great pain; WE PRAY FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL

Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded.

Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,

And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

6 And a [d]mongrel race will dwell in Ashdod,

And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 And I will remove their blood from their mouth

And their detestable things from between their teeth.

Then they also will be a remnant for our God,

And be like a [e]clan in Judah,

And Ekron like a Jebusite.

8 But I will camp around My house [f]because of an army,

Because of him who passes by and returns;

And no oppressor will pass over them anymore,

For now I have seen with My eyes.

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your king is coming to you;

He is [g]just and endowed with salvation, I PRAY FOR JUSTICE AND SALVATION.

Humble, and mounted on a donkey,

Even on a colt, the [h]foal of a donkey.

THIS WAS QUOTED IN MATTHEW 21: 1-10

10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

And the horse from Jerusalem;

And the bow of war will be cut off.

And He will speak peace to the nations;

And His dominion will be from sea to sea,

And from the [i]River to the ends of the earth. (IRAQ)

Deliverance of Judah and Ephraim

11 As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you,

I have set your prisoners free from the [j]waterless pit. I PRAY THIS.

12 Return to the [k]stronghold, O prisoners [l]who have the hope;

This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.

13 For I will bend Judah [m]as My bow,

I will fill the bow with Ephraim.

And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece;

And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.

14 Then the Lord will appear over them,

And His arrow will go forth like lightning;

And the Lord [n]God will blow the trumpet, HE'S A MUSICIAN!

And will march in the storm winds of the south.

15 The Lord of hosts will defend them. I PRAY THIS FOR US

And they will devour and trample on the sling stones;

And they will drink and be boisterous as with wine;

And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin,

Drenched like the corners of the altar.

16 And the Lord their God will save them in that day CHRIST DID BY DYING ON THE CROSS.

As the flock of His people;

For they are as the stones of a crown,

[o]Sparkling in His land.

17 For what [p]comeliness and beauty will be [q]theirs!

Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

Footnotes

Zechariah 9:1 Or oracle

Zechariah 9:2 Or because

Zechariah 9:2 I.e. they think they are

Zechariah 9:6 Lit bastard will

Zechariah 9:7 Or chief

Zechariah 9:8 Or as a guard, so that none will go back and forth

Zechariah 9:9 Or vindicated and victorious

Zechariah 9:9 Lit son of a female donkey

Zechariah 9:10 I.e. Euphrates

Zechariah 9:11 Lit cistern in which there is no water

Zechariah 9:12 Or Stronghold

Zechariah 9:12 Lit of the hope

Zechariah 9:13 Lit for Me

Zechariah 9:14 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

Zechariah 9:16 Or Displayed over

Zechariah 9:17 Lit goodness

Zechariah 9:17 Lit his

God Will Bless Judah and Ephraim DESTRUCTION OF ANTICHRIST

10 Ask rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain—

The Lord who makes the [a]storm clouds;

And He will give them showers of rain, vegetation in the field to each man.

2 For the teraphim speak [b]iniquity, IMAGE OF A JEWISH HOUSEHOLD GOD

And the diviners see [c]lying visions

And tell false dreams;

They comfort in vain.

Therefore the people [d]wander like sheep,

They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

3 “My anger is kindled against the shepherds, GOD GETS ANGRY WITH OUR SIN.

And I will punish the [e]male goats;

For the Lord of hosts has visited His flock, the house of Judah, I PRAY THE LORD SHOWS UP.