Zechariah 9:16

So Yahweh their God will rescue them on that day, as the flock of his people. They are the jewels of a crown that will shine on 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

15Yahweh of hosts will defend them, and they will devour them and defeat the stones of the slings. Then they will drink and shout like men drunk on wine, and they will be filled with wine like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

17How good and how beautiful they will be! The young men will flourish on grain and the virgins on sweet wine!”

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Cross References

Exodus 28:21The stones must be arranged by the names of Israel's twelve sons, each in order by name. They must be like the engraving on a signet ring, each name standing for one of the twelve tribes.

Isaiah 11:10On that day, the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. 1 The nations will seek him out, and his resting place will be glorious. 1

Isaiah 54:12I will make your pinnacles of rubies and your gates of sparkling stones, 1 and your outer wall of beautiful stones. 1

Isaiah 60:14They will come to you to bow down, the sons of those who humbled you; they will bow at your feet; 1 they will call you The City of Yahweh, Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 1

Jeremiah 23:3I myself will gather the remnant of my flock from all of the lands where I have driven them, and I will return them to a grazing place, where they will be fruitful and increase.

Ezekiel 34:11For the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I myself will seek out my flock and I will look after 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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