1 Λῆμμα λόγου Κυρίου ἐν γῇ Σεδρὰχ, καὶ Δαμασκοῦ θυσία αὐτοῦ, διότι Κύριος ἐφορᾷ ἀνθρώπους, καὶ πάσας φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. 2 Καὶ ἐν Ἠμὰθ ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῆς Τύρος καὶ Σιδὼν, διότι ἐφρόνησαν σφόδρα. 3 Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε Τύρος ὀχυρώματα αὐτῇ, καὶ ἐθησαύρισεν ἀργύριον ὡς χοῦν, καὶ συνήγαγε χρυσίον ὡς πηλὸν ὁδῶν. 4 Καὶ διατοῦτο Κύριος κληρονομήσει αὐτοὺς, καὶ πατάξει εἰς θάλασσαν δύναμιν αὐτῆς, καὶ αὕτη ἐν πυρὶ καταναλωθήσεται. 5 Ὄψεται Ἀσκάλων, καὶ φοβηθήσεται, καὶ Γάζα, καὶ ὀδυνηθήσεται σφόδρα, καὶ Ἀκκάρων, ὅτι ᾐσχύνθη ἐπὶ τῷ παραπτώματι αὐτῆς· καὶ ἀπολεῖται βασιλεὺς ἐκ Γάζης, καὶ Ἀσκάλων οὐ μὴ κατοικηθῇ. 6 Καὶ κατοικήσουσιν ἀλλογενεῖς ἐν Ἀζώτῳ, καὶ καθελῶ ὕβριν ἀλλοφύλων, 7 καὶ ἐξαρῶ τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν ἐκ στόματος αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτῶν ἐκ μέσου ὀδόντων αὐτῶν· καὶ ὑπολειφθήσονται καὶ οὗτοι τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, καὶ ἔσονται ὡς χιλίαρχος ἐν Ἰούδᾳ, καὶ Ἀκκάρων ὡς ὁ Ἰεβουσαῖος. 8 Καὶ ὑποστήσομαι τῷ οἴκῳ μου ἀνάστημα, τοῦ μὴ διαπορεύεσθαι, μηδὲ ἀνακάμπτειν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐπέλθῃ ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς οὐκέτι ἐξελαύνων, διότι νῦν ἑώρακα ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου. 9 Χαῖρε σφόδρα θύγατερ Σιὼν, κήρυσσε θύγατερ Ἱερουσαλήμ· ἰδοὺ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔρχεταί σοι δίκαιος καὶ σώζων, αὐτὸς πραῢς, καὶ ἐπιβεβηκὼς ἐπὶ ὑποζύγιον καὶ πῶλον νέον. 10 Καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσει ἅρματα ἐξ Ἐφραὶμ, καὶ ἵππον ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσεται τόξον πολεμικὸν, καὶ πλῆθος καὶ εἰρήνη ἐξ ἐθνῶν, καὶ κατάρξει ὑδάτων ἕως θαλάσσης, καὶ ποταμῶν διεκβολὰς γῆς. 11 Καὶ σὺ ἐν αἵματι διαθήκης σου ἐξαπέστειλας δεσμίους σου ἐκ λάκκου οὐκ ἔχοντος ὕδωρ. 12 Καθήσεσθε ἐν ὀχυρώμασι δέσμιοι τῆς συναγωγῆς, καὶ ἀντὶ μιᾶς ἡμέρας παροικεσίας σου διπλᾶ ἀνταποδώσω σοι, 13 διότι ἐνέτεινά σε Ἰούδα ἐμαυτῷ τόξον, ἔπλησα τὸν Ἐφραὶμ, καὶ ἐξεγερῶ τὰ τέκνα σου Σιὼν ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα τῶν Ἑλλήνων, καὶ ψηλαφήσω σε ὡς ῥομφαίαν μαχητοῦ, 14 καὶ Κύριος ἔσται ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ὡς ἀστραπὴ βολὶς, καὶ Κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἐν σάλπιγγι σαλπιεῖ, καὶ πορεύσεται ἐν σάλῳ ἀπειλῆς αὐτοῦ. 15 Κύριος παντοκράτωρ ὑπερασπιεῖ αὐτούς· καὶ καταναλώσουσιν αὐτοὺς, καὶ καταχώσουσιν αὐτοὺς ἐν λίθοις σφενδόνης, καὶ ἐκπίονται αὐτοὺς ὡς οἶνον, καὶ πλήσουσι τὰς φιάλας ὡς θυσιαστήριον. 16 Καὶ σώσει αὐτοὺς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, ὡς πρόβατα λαὸν αὐτοῦ, διότι λίθοι ἅγιοι κυλίονται ἐπὶ γῆς αὐτοῦ. 17 Ὅτι εἴ τι ἀγαθὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἴ τι καλὸν αὐτοῦ, σῖτος νεανίσκοις, καὶ οἶνος εὐωδιάζων εἰς παρθένους.
Zechariah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Zechariah 9 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 49:23–27; Psalm 25:15; Amos 1:3–5; Isaiah 9:8–21; Isaiah 13:1
- 2 Ezekiel 28:12; Jeremiah 49:23; Ezekiel 28:2–5; Numbers 13:21; Isaiah 23:1–18
- 3 Job 27:16; Ezekiel 28:4–5; Joshua 19:29; Ezekiel 27:33; 2 Samuel 24:7
- 4 Ezekiel 28:18; Amos 1:10; Ezekiel 26:17; Ezekiel 28:2; Ezekiel 27:26–36
- 5 Acts 8:26; Revelation 18:9–17; Jeremiah 47:1; Zephaniah 2:4–7; Isaiah 14:29–31
- 6 Amos 1:8; 1 Peter 5:5; Zephaniah 2:10; Isaiah 23:9; Ecclesiastes 6:2
- 7 Galatians 3:28; Jeremiah 49:39; Psalm 58:6; Ezekiel 16:57–61; Isaiah 49:22–23
- 8 Isaiah 54:14; Isaiah 60:18; Isaiah 52:1; Joel 3:16–17; Jeremiah 31:12
- 9 Matthew 21:4–7; Zephaniah 3:14–15; John 12:13–16; Zechariah 2:10; Jeremiah 23:5–6
- 10 Hosea 2:18; Hosea 1:7; Psalm 72:7–11; Revelation 11:15; Colossians 1:20–21
- 11 Exodus 24:8; Isaiah 51:14; Psalm 102:19–21; Matthew 26:28; Isaiah 42:7
- 12 Job 42:10; Isaiah 61:7; Lamentations 3:21–22; Hebrews 6:18; Isaiah 40:2
- 13 Revelation 17:14; Isaiah 49:2; Zechariah 10:3–7; Psalm 45:3; Joel 3:6–8
- 14 Psalm 18:14; Isaiah 66:15; Zechariah 14:3; Isaiah 27:13; Psalm 144:5–6
- 15 Zechariah 12:6; Zechariah 10:7; Zechariah 12:8; Psalm 78:65; Exodus 27:2
- 16 Isaiah 62:3; John 10:27; Haggai 2:23; Luke 12:32; Ezekiel 34:31
- 17 Isaiah 33:17; Isaiah 62:8–9; 1 John 4:8–11; Revelation 5:12–14; Titus 3:4–7
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The words are these: "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass." Chapter XXXVI — Different modes of prophecy But when you hear the utterances of the prophets spoken as it were personally, you must not …
… behold, thy King shall come unto thee, just and the Saviour; Himself poor, and mounting an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass: and His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth." How this was done, when the Lord Christ on His journey used a beast of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
thy King cometh to thee meek, riding upon an ass, and a young colt;" another proclaims His second coming also, saying on this wise, "The Lord, whom ye seek, will come, and who will abide the day of His coming?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Behold! thy King cometh unto thee, just and having salvation.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Some, again, have a prophetic sense, and of these some are in the future tense: for instance, He shall come openly, and this from Zechariah, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, and this from Micah, Behold, the Lord cometh out of His place and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)