Zechariah 9:14

Some day Yahweh will appear in the sky above his people, and the arrows that he shoots will be like [SIM] lightning. Yahweh our Lord will blow his trumpet, and he will march fiercely like [MET] the storms from the south.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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 south.

In Context

13I will cause Judah to be like [MET] my bow, and I will cause Israel to be like [MET] my arrow. I will enable you young men of Jerusalem to fight against the soldiers of Greece; you will be like [SIM] a warrior’s sword.”

15The Commander of the armies of angels will protect his people; the soldiers of Judah will attack and defeat their enemies who attack them using slingshots. Those soldiers of Judah will drink and celebrate and shout like [SIM] people who are drunk; they will be as full of wine as the bowl that holds the blood of the animals that are sacrificed and which is then sprinkled on the corners of the altar.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:24Just before dawn, Yahweh looked down from the fiery cloud, and then he caused the Egyptian army to panic.

Joshua 10:11As they fled in front of the Israeli army, Yahweh threw down huge hailstones from the sky. As a result, more of them died from hailstones falling on them than died as a result of the Israeli army killing them with swords.

Job 37:9The storms/hurricanes come from the place in the south where they start, and the cold wind comes from the north.

Psalms 18:15The bottom of the ocean became visible, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered, when Yahweh rebuked his enemies when he snorted.

Psalms 77:17Rain poured down from the clouds [PRS]; it thundered very loudly [PRS], and lightning flashed in all directions.

Isaiah 18:3You messengers must tell people everywhere, to people everywhere, “Look when I lift up my battle flag on top of the mountain, and listen when I blow the ram’s horn to signal that the battle is about to begin.”

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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