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Zechariah 9 — Sermon Preparation
Judgment sweeps through surrounding nations, then a king comes in peace riding on a donkey; Ephraim and Judah are both restored and freed. Below is a research summary for Zechariah 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Zechariah 9 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּרַת | kârath | H3772 | 3 | cut, destroy |
| אַשְׁקְלוֹן | ʼAshqᵉlôwn | H831 | 2 | Ashkelon |
| אָסִיר | ʼâçîyr | H615 | 2 | bound, captive |
| יָם | yâm | H3220 | 3 | sea, large body of water |
| עַזָּה | ʻAzzâh | H5804 | 2 | Azzah |
| עֶקְרוֹן | ʻEqrôwn | H6138 | 2 | Ekron |
| צֹר | Tsôr | H6865 | 2 | Tsor |
How preachers through history handled this text
22 public-domain excerpts on Zechariah 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The prophet breaks forth into a joyful representation of the coming of the Messiah, of whom the ancient Jews explained this prophecy. He took the character of their King, when he entered Jerusalem amidst the hosannas of the multitude. But his kingdom is a spiritual kingdom. It shall not be advanced by outward force or carnal weapons. His gospel shall be preached to the world, and be received among the heathen. A sinful state is a state of bondage; it is a pit, or dungeon, in which there is no water, no comfort; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Zechariah 9:9–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Aram— Zech 9:1
- Damascus— Zech 9:1
- Hadrach— Zech 9:1
- Euphrates— Zech 9:10
- Jerusalem— Zech 9:10
- Greece— Zech 9:13
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