Zechariah 9:15 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 9:15

The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.

BSB

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ASV

Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The Lord of hosts shall defend them,.... Against all their enemies; against Satan, and his temptations, and all the opposition made by him; against the world, and all the rage and reproach of men; this was remarkably verified in the apostles, who were preserved by the Lord amidst a thousand snares and dangers; and who was able to do it, being Jehovah, and the Lord of armies in heaven and in earth; he was as a shield unto them, as the word (t) used signifies; and to which he is often compared in Scripture.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Goliath was subdued with a sling-stone. Having subdued, they shall devour, shall drink the blood of their enemies, as it were, and, as conquerors are wont to do, they shall make a noise as through wine. It is usual for conquerors with loud huzzas and acclamations to glory in their victories and proclaim them.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And, in the fulness of their joy, they shall offer abundance of sacrifices to the honour of God, so that they shall fill both the bowls and the corners of the altar with the fat and blood of their sacrifices. And, when they thus triumph in their successes, their joy shall terminate in God as their God, the God of their salvation.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The Lord of hosts, shall defend them - As God says, “I will defend this city to save it, for Mine own sake and for My servant David’s sake” . The word is used by Isaiah only before Zechariah, and of the protection of Almighty God. The image of the complete protection on all sides stands first in God’s words to Abraham, “I am thy shield” Gen 15:1; David thence says to God, “Thou, O Lord, art a shield around me” (Psa 3:4, (Psa 3:3 in English)).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

1Ch 12:2) [GROTIUS]. noise--the battle shout. through wine-- (Zec 10:7). The Spirit of God fills them with triumph (Eph 5:18). filled--with blood. like bowls--the bowls used to receive the blood of the sacrifices. as . . . corners--or "horns" of the altar, which used to be sprinkled with blood from the bowls (Ex 29:12;

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָאוֹת֮	tze.va.'Ot	of hosts	H6635 →
יָגֵ֣ן	ya.Gen	he will defend	H1598 →
עֲלֵיהֶם֒	'a.lei.Hem	<on> them	H5921 →
וְאָכְל֗וּ	ve.'a.khe.Lu	and they will eat	H398 →
וְכָֽבְשׁוּ֙	ve.kha.ve.Shu	and they will subdue	H3533 →
אַבְנֵי־	'av.nei-	stones of	H68 →
קֶ֔לַע	Ke.la'	a sling	H7050 →
וְשָׁת֥וּ	ve.sha.Tu	and they will drink	H8354 →
הָמ֖וּ	ha.Mu	they will be in an uproar	H1993 →
כְּמוֹ־	ke.mov-	like	H3644 →
יָ֑יִן	Ya.yin	wine	H3196 →
וּמָֽלְאוּ֙	u.mal.'U	and they will be full	H4390 →
כַּמִּזְרָ֔ק	ka.miz.Rak	like <the> bowl	H4219 →
כְּזָוִיּ֖וֹת	ke.za.vi.Yot	like [the] corners of	H2106 →
מִזְבֵּֽחַ׃	miz.Be.ach	[the] altar	H4196 →

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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
Zechariah 10:5
They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
leads to
- Haggai 2:22
  I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his…
- Zechariah 9:13
  For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a…
- Romans 8:31–37
  What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Through
Exodus 27:2
Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
leads to
- Psalms 118:27
  The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
Through
Zechariah 12:8
On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of…
leads to
- Micah 5:2–4
  But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…
- Micah 7:16
  Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
- Micah 7:8
  Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
- Joel 3:10
  Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zechariah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zechariah