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Zechariah 9:1

King James Version (KJV)

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Zechariah 9:1

Verse 1 of 17

Scripture focus

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.

Zechariah 9:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 9:1

Theological / Devotional

Burden. Heb. massa’, “a prophetic utterance,” “an oracle” (see on Isa. 13:1).

Hadrach. Probably the Hattarikka of the Assyrian inscriptions, a territory of Syria bordering on Hamath.

The rest thereof. That is, Damascus would be the resting place of the “burden”; that is, the message was denunciatory of that city.

When the eyes. The meaning of this expression is not clear. The LXX reads, “For the Lord looks upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel.” The reading, “For to the Lord belong the cities of Aram” (RSV), requires the change of two letters in the Hebrew that are similar in appearance.

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