Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Zechariah 9

Zec 9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.

burden

Scofield Isaiah 13:1, note.

Zec 9:4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

the Lord will cast her out

Isa 23:1.

Zec 9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

Ashdod

Amo 1:8.

Zec 9:8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

him that passeth by…him that returneth

There seems to be a reference here to the advance and return of Alexander (Zec 9:13) after the battle of Issus, who subdued the cities mentioned in Zec 9:1-6, and afterward returned to Greece without harming Jerusalem. But the greater meaning converges on the yet future last days (Scofield Acts 2:17, note), as the last clause of Zec 9:8 shows, for many oppressors have passed through Jerusalem since the days of Alexander.

Zec 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

behold, thy King

The events following this manifestation of Christ as King are recorded in the Gospels. The real faith of the multitude who cried, "Hosanna" is given in Matthew 21:11; and so little was Jesus deceived by His apparent reception as King, that He wept over Jerusalem and announced its impending destruction (fulfilled A.D. 70; Luk 19:38-44). The same multitude soon cried, "Crucify Him."

Mat 21:1-10; Mar 11:1-10; Luk 19:40; Jhn 12:12-15.

Christ (First Advent). Zec 11:11-13. (Gen 3:15; Acts 1:9.)

Zec 9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

heathen

i.e. nations.

his dominion shall be from sea even to sea

Having introduced the King in Zec 9:9, 10 and the verses which follow look forward to the end-time and kingdom. Except in Zec 9:9, this present age is not seen in Zechariah.

Zec 9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

prisoners

Cf. Isa 24:17-23. Zec 9:21, 23 fix the time as the day of the LORD. Rev 19:11-21.

Zec 9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

strong hold

Jer 16:19. See context from Zec 9:14.

Zec 9:13 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.

When I have

Or, For I have, etc.

and raised up

Or, I will raise up, etc.

Zec 9:15 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.

with

Or, the, not with.