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Zechariah 9:16

Zechariah 9:16
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the Lord their God shall save them in that day,.... In the times of the Gospel, and the dispensation of it; meaning either the apostles, before said to be protected and defended, Zac 9:15 or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the Lord their God shall save them in that day - Still all should be God’s doing; they themselves were but as a flock, as sheep among wolves, ready for the slaughter; but they were “the flock, His…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Shall save them in that day - They are his flock, and he is their Shepherd; and, as his own, he shall save and defend them.

As the stones of a crown - אבני נזר מתנוססות abney nezer mithnosesoth,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zechariah 9:12-17

The prophet, having taught those that had returned out of captivity to attribute their deliverance to the blood of the covenant and to the promise of the Messiah (for they were so wonderfully helped…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

lifted up as an ensign upon Rather, raised aloft over, or perhaps, shining, or glittering. So R. V. lifted on high over. Margin, glittering upon.