Zechariah 9:16

On that day the Lord their God will save them—his people that are his flock—for they will glitter as crown jewels in his land.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15The Lord Almighty will protect them. They will destroy their enemies, conquering them with slingshots. They will drink and shout loudly like people who are drunk. They will be filled like a bowl, soaked liked the corners of an altar.

17How lovely and beautiful they will be! Young men will grow strong on grain, and young women flourish on the new wine.

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Cross References

Exodus 28:21Each of the twelve stones will be engraved like a personal seal with the name of one of the twelve Israelite tribes and will represent them.

Isaiah 11:10At that time the root of Jesse will stand like a banner for the nations. Foreigners will come to him, and the place of where he lives will be glorious.

Isaiah 54:12I will make your fortifications out of rubies; I will make your gates out of sparkling beryl. All your walls will be made of precious stones,

Isaiah 60:14The children of those who persecuted you will come and bow before you; everyone who looked down on you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 23:3I myself will gather what's left of my flock from all the countries where I exiled them, and I will bring them back to their pasture, where they will increase in number.

Ezekiel 34:11For this is what the Lord God says: Watch as I myself will go looking for my sheep, searching to find them.

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 →

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