Zechariah 9
You will be delivered by the Lord
Book Structure of Zechariah
Chapter
Subject
Key marker
1 to 6
Eight Visions
“Look” “see”
“showed”
1:8; 1:18; 2:1; 3:1; 4:2;
5:1; 5:5; 6:1
7 to 8
Four Messages
“The word of the
Lord”
7:1; 7:8; 8:1; 8:18
9 to 14
2 Oracles
/Burdens
“The
oracles/burden of
the word of the
Lord
Three Distinct Sections of Zech 9
• v 9:1-8
• v 9:9-13
• V 9:14-10:1
First person
“I will …”
Second person
“your king comes to you…”
Third person
“…over them”
I
Watch His Movement (v 1-8)
Cities North
of Israel
I
3
Watch His Movement (v 1-8)
Tyre has built herself a stronghold;
she has heaped up silver like dust,
and gold like the dirt of the streets.
I
3
4
Watch His Movement (v 1-8)
Tyre has built herself a stronghold;
she has heaped up silver like dust,
and gold like the dirt of the streets.
But the Lord will take away her possessions
and destroy her power on the sea,
and she will be consumed by fire.
Cities
Southwest
of
Jerusalem
Cities
Southwest
of Jerusalem
8
But I will defend my
house
against marauding
forces.
Never again will an
oppressor overrun my
people,
for now I am keeping
watch.
II
Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)
9
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and having salvation,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
II
Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)
• verse 9:
–1
–2
–3
How to welcome this king
What this king comes to do
The manner of His coming
II
Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)
• verse 9:
1 How to welcome this king
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
II
Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)
• verse 9:
2 What this king comes to do
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and having salvation
II
Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)
• verse 9:
3 The manner of His coming
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
II
Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)
• verse 9:
3
The manner of His coming
10
I will take away the chariots from Ephraim
and the war-horses from Jerusalem,
and the battle bow will be broken.
He will proclaim peace to the nations.
His rule will extend from sea to sea
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant
with you,
I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
III
Rest in His Deliverance (9:14-10:1)
14
Then the LORD will appear over them;
his arrow will flash like lightning.
The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet;
he will march in the storms of the south,
15 and the LORD Almighty will shield them.
III
Rest in His Deliverance (9:14-10:1)
1 Everything will Happen very Fast
14
Then the LORD will appear over them;
his arrow will flash like lightning.
The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet;
he will march in the storms of the south,
15 and the LORD Almighty will shield them.
III
Rest in His Deliverance (9:14-10:1)
1 Everything will Happen very Fast
2 They will be defended and
empowered by the Lord
and the LORD Almighty will shield them.
They will destroy
and overcome with slingstones.
15
III
1
2
3
Rest in His Deliverance (9:14-10:1)
Everything will Happen very Fast
They will be defended and
empowered by the Lord
Great Celebration over their Salvation
Salvation
Beauty
Fruitfulness