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Zechariah 9:8 KJV
Zechariah · chapter 9 · verse 8
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.Zechariah 9:8 · King James Version
Zechariah 9:8 in context
6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
8And 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.
9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- returnethshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- oppressornâgasto driveH5065 →
- throughʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- encampchânâhproperly, to inclineH2583 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- armymatstsâbâha military guardH4675 →
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After the precious promises we had in the foregoing chapter of favour to God's people, their persecutors, who hated them, come to be reckoned with, those particularly that bordered close upon them. I. The Syrians had been bad neighbours to Israel, and God had a controversy with them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8