Zechariah 9:8
in Zechariah 9But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will encamp about my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Zechariah 9
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Verse 5 onwards) Ascalon will see it and be afraid; Gaza will writhe in agony, and Ekron too, for her hope will wither. Gaza will lose her king and Ashkelon will be deserted. Foreigners will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. I will take the blood from their mouths, the forbidden food from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God and become a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
This site's exposition
Ashkelon shall see it
on Zechariah 9:5-8
Philistia watches Tyre fall and fears in order, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, Ashdod, the old four cities with their pride cut off. Then the oracle does what the conquest chapters never did: the blood taken out of the Philistine's mouth, his abominations from between his teeth, and he that remaineth shall be for our God, as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite, the ancient enemy cleansed and absorbed the way Jebusite Jerusalem once was, which the bench reads as grace written into a judgment oracle. I will encamp about mine house closes the sweep: the armies pass and repass, and no oppressor passes through, for now have I seen with mine eyes.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
I will encamp - To defend it from all its enemies. Mine house - This temple, but as it is an emblem of the church. The army - Of the Persian and the Grecian army, whose march lay through Judea.
And I will encamp about my house, because of the army,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
I will encamp about mine house - This may apply to the conquests in Palestine by Alexander, who, coming with great wrath against Jerusalem, was met by Jaddua the high priest and his fellows in their sacred robes, who made intercession for the city and the temple; and, in consequence, Alexander spared both, which he had previously purposed to destroy. He showed the Jews also much favor, and remitted the tax every seventh year, because the law on that year forbade them to cultivate their ground. See this extraordinary account in Josephus Antiq. lib. xi., c. 8, s.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Eze 28:24). seen with mine eyes--namely, how Jerusalem has been oppressed by her foes [ROSENMULLER] (Ex 3:7; God is said now to have seen, because He now begins to bring the foe to judgment, and manifests to the world His sense of His people's wrongs.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And I will encamp about my house - (for my house’s sake) because of the army “Because,” it is added in explanation, “of him that passeth by and of him that returneth;” Alexander, who passed by with his army, on his way to Egypt, and “returned,” having founded Alexandria. It was a most eventful march; one of the most eventful in the history of mankind. The destruction of the Persian empire, for which it prepared, was in itself of little moment; Alexander’s own empire was very brief. As Daniel had foretold, he came, cast down Persia “to the ground, waxed very great, and when he was strong, the great horn was broken” Dan 8:7-8. But with the marvelous perception which characterized him, he saw and impressed upon his successors the dependibleness of the Jewish people. When he came into Judaea, he sent to the high priest for aid against Tyre and for the like tribute as he used to pay to Darius, promising that he would not repent of choosing the friendship of the Macedonians . The high priest refused on the ground of the oath, by which his people were bound in fealty to the earthly king of kings, whom Alexander came to subdue. Alexander threatened to teach all, through its fate, to whom fealty was due. This, after the conquest of Gaza, he prepared to fulfill. He came, he saw, he was conquered . Jaddua and his people prayed to God. Taught by God in a dream not to fear, he went to meet the conqueror. The gates of the city were thrown open. There marched out, not an army such as encountered the Romans, but as he had been taught, a multitude in white garments, and the priests going belove in their raiment of fine linen. […]
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְחָנִ֨יתִי | vechaniti | and I will encamp | H2583 → | |
| לְבֵיתִ֤י | leveiti | for house my | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| מִצָּבָה֙ | mitzavah | a guard | H4675 → | |
| מֵעֹבֵ֣ר | meover | from [one who] passes through | H5674 → | 556 times |
| וּמִשָּׁ֔ב | umishav | and from [one who] returns | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יַעֲבֹ֧ר | yaavor | he will pass | H5674 → | 556 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם | ʾaleihem | over them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| ע֖וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| נֹגֵ֑שׂ | noges | an oppressor | H5065 → | |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עַתָּ֖ה | ʾatah | now | H6258 → | |
| רָאִ֥יתִי | raiti | I have seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בְעֵינָֽי׃ ס | veeinai | with own eyes my | H5869 → | 887 times |
וְחָנִ֨יתִיand I will encamp
vechanitiH2583 →
לְבֵיתִ֤יfor house my
leveitiH1004 →2046 times
מִצָּבָה֙a guard
mitzavahH4675 →
מֵעֹבֵ֣רfrom [one who] passes through
meoverH5674 →556 times
וּמִשָּׁ֔בand from [one who] returns
umishavH7725 →1056 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יַעֲבֹ֧רhe will pass
yaavorH5674 →556 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֛םover them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
ע֖וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
נֹגֵ֑שׂan oppressor
nogesH5065 →
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
עַתָּ֖הnow
ʾatahH6258 →
רָאִ֥יתִיI have seen
raitiH7200 →1300 times
בְעֵינָֽי׃ סwith own eyes my
veeinaiH5869 →887 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 54:14In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
it leads to
- Proverbs 3:25–26
Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
- Jeremiah 30:10
As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants…
- Proverbs 3:25–26
Through
Isaiah 60:18No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
it leads to
- Isaiah 26:1
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
- Isaiah 11:9
They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
- Isaiah 26:1
Through
Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
it leads to
- Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Isaiah 51:17
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men…
- Zechariah 3:4
So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”
- Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 21:27
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About Zechariah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Zechariah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.