Zechariah 9:15

Protection and safety Joy

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.

¹⁴ 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.

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.

¹⁷ How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.

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: 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.
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.
WEB: The LORD of Armies will defend them. They will destroy and overcome with sling stones. They will drink, and roar as through wine. They will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
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.
DARBY: 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 from wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar.
BLB: YHWH of Hosts will give cover over them, and they will devour, and they will conquer with stones of a sling; and they will drink [and] roar as if [with] wine, and they will be full like a bowl, like the corners of the altar!

ÅB: Herren, hærskarenes Gud, skal verne dem, og de skal oppsluke sine fiender og trå dem under føtter som slyngesteiner[^7]; de skal drikke deres blod og larme som av vin, og de skal bli fulle av blodet som offerskålen, som alterets hjørner[^8].
OTB: Hærskarenes Herre vil beskytte dem.
Og de vil fortære og trampe slyngesteinene;
Og de vil drikke og være oppstemte som med vin;
Og de vil bli fylt som et offerfat,
Gjennomtrukket som hjørnene på alteret.
B1930: Herren, hærskarenes Gud, skal verne dem, og de skal opsluke sine fiender og trå dem under føtter som slyngestener; de skal drikke deres blod og larme som av vin, og de skal bli fulle av blodet som offerskålen, som alterets hjørner. / < Fienden lignes med ringe stener, motsatt kronestenene; SKR 9, 16.> / < 2MO 29, 12.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Zechariah 12:6
On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
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Zechariah 10:7
Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
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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 the LORD going before them.
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Psalms 78:65
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
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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.
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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.
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Revelation 19:13–21
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.
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Leviticus 4:18
He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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