Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Lo, your king comes to you;
triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on an ass,
on a colt the foal of an ass.
I will cut off the chariot from E'phraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your captives free from the waterless pit.
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
For I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made E'phraim its arrow.
I will brandish your sons, O Zion,
over your sons, O Greece,
and wield you like a warrior's sword.
Then the LORD will appear over them,
and his arrow go forth like lightning;
the Lord GOD will sound the trumpet,
and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
The LORD of hosts will protect them,
and they shall devour and tread down the slingers;
and they shall drink their blood like wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched like the corners of the altar.
On that day the LORD their God will save them
for they are the flock of his people;
for like the jewels of a crown
they shall shine on his land.
Yea, how good and how fair it shall be!
Grain shall make the young men flourish,
and new wine the maidens. - Zech 9-9-17
I was wondering about the scripture quoted in the accounts of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, and here it is in verse 9.
The prophesied peace which the Messiah brings is a very different one from what the people of Israel expected. We are set free from the waterless pit, and restored (double) to our rightful place in God. The Lord comes to save his flock, not by reestablishing a political kingdom.but by setting us free from the chariots and arrows, the assaults of our enemy which previously bound us up and oppressed us in our sin. The people of Israel believed the blood of the covenant to be that of the Passover and the law, but Jesus has established a new covenant by his own blood.
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