Zechariah 9:15

The Lord Almighty shall protect them, and they shall destroy them, and overwhelm them with slingstones; and they shall swallow them down as wine, and fill the bowls as the altar.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14And the Lord shall be over them, and his arrow shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord Almighty shall blow with the trumpet; and shall proceed with the tumult of his threatening.

16And the Lord their God shall save them in that day, even his people as a flock; for holy stones are rolled upon his land.

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Cross References

Exodus 27:2And thou shalt make the horns on the four corners; the horns shall be of the same piece, and thou shalt overlay them with brass.

Leviticus 4:18And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of the incense of composition, which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and he shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offerings, which is by the door of the tabernacle of witness.

1 Samuel 17:45And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which thou hast defied

Song of Solomon 1:4They have drawn thee: 1 We will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: 1 The king has brought me into his closet: 1 Let us rejoice and be glad in thee; 1 We will love thy breasts more than wine: 1 Righteousness loves thee. 1

Song of Solomon 7:9I said, I will go up to the palm tree, 1 I will take hold of its high boughs: 1 And now shall thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, 1 And the smell of thy nose as apples; 1

Isaiah 55:1Ye that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go and buy; and eat and drink wine and fat without money or price.

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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