Zechariah 12:4 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 12:4

On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.

BSB

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ASV

In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the peoples with blindness.

KJV

In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I will smite every horse - Some apply this to the wars of the Maccabees with the Syrians; but it is more likely to be a prophecy not yet accomplished. The terms are too strong for such petty and evanescent victories as those of the Maccabees.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

I will open mine eyes - I will watch over my people for good. This eye of God open upon his people, is his wise, powerful, gracious providence for them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I will smite . . . horse--The arm of attack especially formidable to Judah, who was unprovided with cavalry. So in the overthrow of Pharaoh (Ex 15:19, 21). open mine eyes upon . . .

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּיּ֨וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַה֜וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אַכֶּ֤ה	'a.Keh	I will strike	H5221 →
כָל־	khol-	every	H3605 →
סוּס֙	sus	horse	H5483 →
בַּתִּמָּה֔וֹן	ba.ti.ma.Hon	with <the> bewilderment	H8541 →
וְרֹכְב֖וֹ	ve.ro.khe.Vo	and rider its	H7392 →
בַּשִּׁגָּע֑וֹן	ba.shi.ga.'on	with <the> madness	H7697 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and over	H5921 →
בֵּ֤ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוּדָה֙	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
אֶפְקַ֣ח	'ef.Kach	I will open	H6491 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֵינַ֔י	'ei.Nai	eyes my	H5869 →
וְכֹל֙	ve.Khol	and every	H3605 →
ס֣וּס	sus	<the> horse of	H5483 →
הָֽעַמִּ֔ים	ha.'a.Mim	the peoples	H5971 →
אַכֶּ֖ה	'a.Keh	I will strike	H5221 →
בַּֽעִוָּרֽוֹן׃	Ba.'i.va.Ron	with <the> blindness	H5788 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 17:30
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
leads to
- Acts 14:16
  In past generations, He let all nations go their own way.
- Titus 2:11–12
  For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
- Luke 24:47
  and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
- Romans 3:25
  God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
- Ephesians 4:17–32
  So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Through
Zechariah 12:3
On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
leads to
- Matthew 21:44
  He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
- Zechariah 14:2–4
  For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the…
- Daniel 2:34–35
  As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.

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