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Zechariah 9:1

Zechariah 9:1
The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The burden of the word of the Lord,.... A prophecy, as in Pro 31:1 which is sometimes of things sorrowful and distressing, as the destruction of people, as in Isa 31:1 and sometimes of things joyful,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The burden - o of the word of the Lord in (or, upon) the land of Hadrach The foreground of this prophecy is the course of the Victories of Alexander, which circled round the holy land without hurting…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The burden of the word of the Lord - The oracle contained in the word which Jehovah now speaks.

This is a prophecy against Syria, the Philistines, Tyre, and Sidon, which were to be subdued by…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zechariah 9:1-8

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.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Zechariah 9:1-8

Zec 9:1-8. The punishment of Israel's enemies

The first section opens with a prediction (Zec 9:1-8), from which the title of the whole of this first group of prophecies is derived, of the judgments…