Zechariah 9:13
I will bend Yehudah as I bend My keshet (bow), 1 fill it with Ephrayim, 1 and I will rouse thy banim, O Tziyon, 1 against thy banim, O Yavan (Greece), 1 and make thee like the cherev (sword) of a gibbor (mighty man). 1
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Psalms 18:32For who is Elohim besides Hashem? 1 Or who is Tzur but Eloheinu? 1
Psalms 49:2Hear this, kol HaAmim; 1 give ear, all ye inhabitants of the cheled (world, duration): 1
Psalms 149:6Let the high praises of G-d be in their mouth, 1 and a two-edged sword in their hand; 1
Isaiah 49:2And He hath made My mouth like a sharpened cherev; 1 in the tzel (shadow) of His Yad hath He concealed Me, 1 and made Me a polished arrow; 1 in His quiver hath He hid Me; 1
Lamentations 4:2The precious Bnei Tziyon, 1 comparable to fine gold, 1 how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, 1 the work of the hands of the yotzer (potter)! 1
Daniel 11:32And such as do wickedly against the Brit shall he pervert in intrigue, but the people who know their G-d shall be strong and will do.
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 →