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Zechariah 9:14

God's power and sovereignty

12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

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 mighty man.

Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.

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.

16 On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
KJV
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 south.
WEB
The LORD will be seen over them. His arrow will flash like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
ASV
And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
DARBY
And Jehovah shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will march with whirlwinds of the south.
BLB
And YHWH will be seen over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning; and the Lord YHWH will blow on the shofar, and He will go forth with storms from the south.
ÅB
Og Herren skal åpenbare seg over dem, og hans pil skal fare ut som lynet; Herren, Israels Gud, skal støte i basunen og fare fram i sønnenstormene.
OTB
Da vil Herren vise seg over dem,
Og hans pil vil skyte frem som lyn;
Og Herren Gud vil lyde trompeten,
Og rykke frem i stormvindene fra sør.
B1930
Og Herren skal åpenbare sig over dem, og hans pil skal fare ut som lynet; Herren, Israels Gud, skal støte i basunen og fare frem i sønnenstormene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 18:14

    He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

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  • Isaiah 66:15

    For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

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  • Zechariah 14:3

    Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.

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  • Isaiah 27:13

    And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

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  • Psalms 144:5–6

    Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

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  • Habakkuk 3:11

    Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

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  • Isaiah 21:1

    This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

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  • Zechariah 2:5

    For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

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