Zechariah 9:13
because I have stretched out Judah for myself, like a bow; I have filled Ephraim. And I will raise up your sons, Zion, above your sons, Greece. And I will set you as the sword of the strength.
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12Turn back to the fortress, prisoners of hope. Today, I also announce that I will repay you double,
Cross References
Psalms 49:2from Zion, the brilliance of his beauty.
Psalms 149:6The exultations of God will be in their throat, and two-edged swords will be in their hands:
Isaiah 49:2And he has appointed my mouth as a sharp sword. In the shadow of his hand, he has protected me. And he has appointed me as an elect arrow. In his quiver, he has hidden me.
Lamentations 4:2BETH. The famous sons of Zion, and those clothed with the foremost gold: how they have become like earthen vessels, the work of the hands of a potter.
Daniel 11:32And the impious within the testament will imitate deceitfully, but the people, knowing their God, will persevere and will act.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 9:13-17
Gospel Invitations; Promises of God's Favour to Israel. ( b. c. 510.) 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… Read the whole commentary →