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They will destroy and overcome with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be full like a bowl used for sprinkling the corners of the altar. <a href="/nlt/zechariah/9.htm">New Living Translation</a> The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will protect his people, and they will defeat their enemies by hurling great stones. They will shout in battle as though drunk with wine. They will be filled with blood like a bowl, drenched with blood like the corners of the altar. <a href="/esv/zechariah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> The LORD of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar. <a href="/bsb/zechariah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar. <a href="/kjv/zechariah/9.htm">King James Bible</a> The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. <a href="/nkjv/zechariah/9.htm">New King James Version</a> The LORD of hosts will defend them; They shall devour and subdue with slingstones. They shall drink and roar as if with wine; They shall be filled with blood like basins, Like the corners of the altar. <a href="/nasb_/zechariah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The LORD of armies will protect them. And they will devour and trample on the slingstones; And they will drink and be boisterous as with wine; And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin, Drenched like the corners of the altar. <a href="/nasb/zechariah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> The LORD of hosts will defend them. And they will devour and trample on the sling stones; And they will drink and be boisterous as with wine; And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin, Drenched like the corners of the altar. <a href="/nasb77/zechariah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> The LORD of hosts will defend them. And they will devour, and trample on the sling stones; And they will drink, and be boisterous as with wine; And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin, Drenched like the corners of the altar. <a href="/lsb/zechariah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Yahweh of hosts will defend them. And they will consume and trample on the stones of a sling; And they will drink and roar as with wine; And they will be filled like a sacrificial bowl, Drenched like the corners of the altar. <a href="/amp/zechariah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The LORD of hosts shall defend and protect them; And they will devour [the enemy] and trample down the slingstones [that have missed their mark], And they will drink [of victory] and be boisterous as with wine; And they shall be filled like sacrificial bowls [used to catch the blood], Drenched like the corners of the [sacrificial] altar. <a href="/csb/zechariah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD of Armies will defend them. They will consume and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine. They will be as full as the sprinkling basin, like those at the corners of the altar. <a href="/hcsb/zechariah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD of Hosts will defend them. They will consume and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine. They will be as full as the sprinkling basin, like those at the corners of the altar. <a href="/asv/zechariah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. <a href="/cev/zechariah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD All-Powerful will protect his people, and they will trample down the sharpshooters and their slingshots. They will drink and get rowdy; they will be as full as a bowl at the time of sacrifice. <a href="/erv/zechariah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine: and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. <a href="/gwt/zechariah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD of Armies will defend them. They will destroy and trample the stones used in slings. They will drink and shout as if they were drunk. They will be filled like a sacrificial bowl [used for sprinkling] the corners of the altar. <a href="/gnt/zechariah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD Almighty will protect his people, and they will destroy their enemies. They will shout in battle like drunk men and will shed the blood of their enemies; it will flow like the blood of a sacrifice poured on the altar from a bowl. <a href="/isv/zechariah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> The LORD of the Heavenly Armies will defend them; they will devour and conquer those who sling stones. They will drink and be boisterous like those who are drunk. They will be filled to the brim with blood, like the corners of the altar. <a href="/msb/zechariah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar. <a href="/net/zechariah/9.htm">NET Bible</a> The LORD who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar. <a href="/nheb/zechariah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD of hosts will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. <a href="/wbt/zechariah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The LORD of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. <a href="/web/zechariah/9.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh of Armies will defend them. They will destroy and overcome with sling stones. They will drink, and roar as through wine. They will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/zechariah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> YHWH of Hosts covers them over, "" And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, "" Indeed, they have drunk, "" They have made a noise as wine, "" And they have been full as a bowl, "" As corners of an altar. <a href="/ylt/zechariah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar. <a href="/slt/zechariah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Jehovah of armies shall protect over them; and they devoured and subdued with the stones of the sling; and they drank, they made a noise as from wine; and they filled as the vase, as the corners of the altar.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/zechariah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The Lord of hosts will protect them: and they shall devour, and subdue with the stones of the sling: and drinking they shall be inebriated as it were with wine, and they shall be filled as bowls, and as the horns of the altar. <a href="/cpdv/zechariah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The Lord of hosts will protect them. And they will devour and subdue with the stones of the sling. And, when drinking, they will become inebriated, as if with wine, and they will be filled like bowls and like the horns of the altar. <a href="/nabre/zechariah/9.htm">New American Bible</a> The LORD of hosts will protect them; they will devour and conquer with sling stones, they will drink and become heated as with wine; they will be full like bowls—like the corners of the altar. <a href="/nrsvce/zechariah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour and tread down the slingers; they shall drink their blood like wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/zechariah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink trouble like wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, and as the corners of the altar. <a href="/hpbt/zechariah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts shall descend upon them and they shall eat, and stones in a sling shall conquer, and they shall drink trouble like wine and they shall be filled like a mixed drink and like the corners of the altar<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/zechariah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> The LORD of hosts will defend them; And they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; And they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; And they shall be filled like the basins, like the corners of the altar. <a href="/sep/zechariah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> The Lord Almighty shall protect them, and they shall destroy them, and overwhelm them with sling-stones; and they shall swallow them down as wine, and fill the bowls as the altar. <a href="/parallel/zechariah/9-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CFPk_KgOyMk?start=1443" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/zechariah/9.htm">The LORD will Save His People</a> 14Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south. 15<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts</a> <a href="/hebrew/1598.htm" title="1598: yā·ḡên (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To cover, surround, defend. A primitive root; to hedge about, i.e. protect.">will shield</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">They will destroy</a> <a href="/hebrew/3533.htm" title="3533: wə·ḵā·ḇə·šū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate.">and conquer</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: ’aḇ·nê- (N-fpc) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">with slingstones;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7050.htm" title="7050: qe·la‘ (N-ms) -- A sling, a, screen, the valve. From qala'; a sling; also a screen, or the valve itself."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: wə·šā·ṯū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">they will drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/1993.htm" title="1993: hā·mū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to make a loud sound like Engl. hum); by implication, to be in great commotion or tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor.">and roar</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: kə·mōw- (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">as with</a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: yā·yin (N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">wine.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: ū·mā·lə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">And they will be filled</a> <a href="/hebrew/4219.htm" title="4219: kam·miz·rāq (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Bowl, basin. From zaraq; a bowl.">like sprinkling bowls,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2106.htm" title="2106: kə·zā·wî·yō·wṯ (Prep-k:: N-fp) -- A corner. Apparently from the same root as Ziv; an angle, i.e. a corner-column.">drenched like the corners</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bê·aḥ (N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">of the altar.</a> 16On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/31-4.htm">Isaiah 31:4-5</a> For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights. / Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.” <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a> Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ... <a href="/jeremiah/25-30.htm">Jeremiah 25:30-31</a> So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth. / The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Ezekiel 39:17-20</a> And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ... <a href="/psalms/110-5.htm">Psalm 110:5-6</a> The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath. / He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide. <a href="/psalms/118-10.htm">Psalm 118:10-12</a> All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. / They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. / They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. <a href="/habakkuk/3-12.htm">Habakkuk 3:12-14</a> You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath. / You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah / With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak. <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Joel 3:9-13</a> Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack! / Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’ / Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD. ... <a href="/micah/5-8.htm">Micah 5:8-9</a> Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them. / Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off. <a href="/exodus/15-6.htm">Exodus 15:6-7</a> Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy. / You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble. <a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Revelation 19:11-16</a> Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war. / He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows. / He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God. ... <a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-21</a> Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.” / Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army. ... <a href="/revelation/14-18.htm">Revelation 14:18-20</a> Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.” / So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. / And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia. <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-9</a> and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might, <a href="/hebrews/10-27.htm">Hebrews 10:27-31</a> but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. / Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. / How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace? ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.they shall devour.<a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Zechariah 10:5</a> And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.<a href="/zechariah/12-6.htm">Zechariah 12:6</a> In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.<a href="/micah/5-8.htm">Micah 5:8</a> And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.subdue.<a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm">1 Samuel 17:45</a> Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.<a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18</a> For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.with sling stones.<a href="/zechariah/9-17.htm">Zechariah 9:17</a> For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.<a href="/zechariah/10-7.htm">Zechariah 10:7</a> And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.<a href="/psalms/78-65.htm">Psalm 78:65</a> Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.filled like bowls.<a href="/zechariah/14-20.htm">Zechariah 14:20</a> In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.the corners.<a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Exodus 27:2</a> And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.<a href="/leviticus/4-7.htm">Leviticus 4:7,18,25</a> And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/8-22.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/amos/9-1.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/daniel/11-38.htm">Armed</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-23.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-11.htm">Basin</a> <a href="/amos/6-6.htm">Basins</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-11.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">Boisterous</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-3.htm">Bowl</a> <a href="/amos/6-6.htm">Bowls</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Corners</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-8.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-3.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-8.htm">Defend</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-4.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-14.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-7.htm">Drenched</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-6.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-13.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-5.htm">Full</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-23.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/daniel/11-1.htm">Protect</a> <a href="/amos/3-4.htm">Roar</a> <a href="/amos/6-6.htm">Sacrificial</a> <a href="/nahum/2-5.htm">Shield</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-18.htm">Sling</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-25.htm">Slingers</a> <a href="/job/41-28.htm">Slingstones</a> <a href="/job/41-28.htm">Sling-Stones</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-4.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/micah/7-19.htm">Subdue</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-15.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-19.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/amos/9-11.htm">Used</a> <a href="/haggai/2-16.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zechariah/10-3.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-20.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/matthew/26-47.htm">Armed</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-3.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/john/13-5.htm">Basin</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-20.htm">Basins</a> <a href="/matthew/9-20.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/matthew/14-30.htm">Boisterous</a> <a href="/matthew/5-15.htm">Bowl</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-20.htm">Bowls</a> <a href="/matthew/6-5.htm">Corners</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-8.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Crushing</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-8.htm">Defend</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-9.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-1.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/job/24-8.htm">Drenched</a> <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/matthew/2-10.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/matthew/4-6.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Full</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-3.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/matthew/6-2.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/matthew/12-20.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/john/17-11.htm">Protect</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">Roar</a> <a href="/romans/15-16.htm">Sacrificial</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-8.htm">Shield</a> <a href="/judges/20-16.htm">Sling</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-25.htm">Slingers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-14.htm">Slingstones</a> <a href="/job/41-28.htm">Sling-Stones</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-16.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Subdue</a> <a href="/malachi/4-3.htm">Trample</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-5.htm">Tread</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-8.htm">Used</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-17.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Zechariah 9</div>1. <a href="/zechariah/9-1.htm">God defends his church.</a> 9. <a href="/zechariah/9-9.htm">Zion is exhorted to rejoice for the coming of Christ, and his peaceable kingdom.</a> 12. <a href="/zechariah/9-12.htm">God's promises of victory and defense.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase emphasizes God's role as a divine protector and warrior. The title "LORD of Hosts" refers to God's command over the heavenly armies, indicating His supreme power and authority. This imagery is consistent with other Old Testament passages where God is depicted as a shield for His people (e.g., <a href="/psalms/18-2.htm">Psalm 18:2</a>, <a href="/psalms/28-7.htm">Psalm 28:7</a>). The context of <a href="/zechariah/9.htm">Zechariah 9</a> is a prophecy of deliverance and victory for Israel, suggesting that God Himself will ensure their safety against their enemies.They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; The use of "slingstones" evokes the image of David defeating Goliath (<a href="/1_samuel/17-49.htm">1 Samuel 17:49</a>), symbolizing victory through seemingly weak or humble means. This suggests that the victory will not come through conventional military might but through God's empowerment of His people. Historically, slingstones were a common weapon in ancient warfare, and their mention here underscores the idea of divine intervention enabling success against formidable foes.they will drink and roar as with wine. This phrase conveys a sense of exuberant celebration and triumph. The imagery of drinking and roaring like those intoxicated with wine suggests overwhelming joy and victory. In the cultural context, wine is often associated with celebration and abundance (e.g., <a href="/psalms/104-15.htm">Psalm 104:15</a>). This could also symbolize the spiritual intoxication of being filled with the Spirit, as seen in <a href="/acts/2-13.htm">Acts 2:13-15</a>, where the apostles are accused of being drunk due to their boldness and joy.And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, Sprinkling bowls were used in temple rituals for purification and offerings (<a href="/exodus/27-3.htm">Exodus 27:3</a>). Being "filled like sprinkling bowls" suggests a state of being consecrated or set apart for a holy purpose. This imagery indicates that the people will be filled with God's presence and blessings, prepared for His service. It also points to the idea of spiritual fullness and satisfaction found in God.drenched like the corners of the altar. The corners of the altar were places where blood from sacrifices was poured, symbolizing atonement and purification (<a href="/leviticus/4-7.htm">Leviticus 4:7</a>). Being "drenched like the corners of the altar" suggests a complete and thorough consecration to God. This imagery connects to the sacrificial system, pointing to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, whose blood provides atonement for sin (<a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12-14</a>). It signifies a deep spiritual renewal and dedication to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a> This title emphasizes God's supreme command over the heavenly armies, highlighting His power and authority to protect and deliver His people. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a> The recipients of God's protection and empowerment, symbolizing the faithful who trust in God's deliverance. 3. <a href="/topical/s/slingstones.htm">Slingstones</a> A metaphor for the tools or means by which God’s people will achieve victory, reminiscent of David's victory over Goliath. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a> Represents the place of sacrifice and worship, indicating that the victory and subsequent joy are acts of divine service and dedication. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_deliverance.htm">The Event of Deliverance</a> This passage anticipates a future time of divine intervention where God will protect and empower His people against their enemies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_protection.htm">God's Protection</a> Trust in the LORD of Hosts as our shield and defender. He is capable of protecting us from any adversary, no matter how formidable they appear. <a href="/topical/d/divine_empowerment.htm">Divine Empowerment</a> God equips His people with the necessary tools to overcome challenges. Like the slingstones, our resources may seem insignificant, but with God's power, they become mighty. <a href="/topical/j/joy_in_victory.htm">Joy in Victory</a> The imagery of drinking and roaring as with wine signifies the joy and celebration that follows divine deliverance. Our victories in Christ should lead to worship and gratitude. <a href="/topical/s/sacrificial_living.htm">Sacrificial Living</a> Being filled like the bowls of the altar suggests a life dedicated to God. Our victories should lead us to deeper commitment and service to Him. <a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_deliverance.htm">Anticipation of Deliverance</a> This passage encourages believers to look forward to God's ultimate deliverance, both in personal struggles and in the final victory over evil.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zechariah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zechariah 9</a> <a href="/q/who_believed_in_the_old_testament.htm">Who were the believers in the Old Testament?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_king_zechariah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was King Zechariah in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'jesus_died_once_for_all'_mean.htm">Who was Joshua the High Priest in biblical history?</a> <a href="/q/does_zech._1_14-15_align_with_other_biblical_judgments.htm">How does the promised divine judgment in Zechariah 1:14-15 align with or contradict other biblical accounts of God's dealings with foreign nations?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zechariah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 15. - Shall defend them; ὑπερασπιεῖ αὐτούς, "shall put his shield over them" (Septuagint). There are numerous examples, in the Books of Maccabees, of God's special interposition in his people's favour, and thus far and in part fulfilling this prophecy (see 1 Macc. 3:16-24 1 Macc. 4:6-16 1 Macc. 7:40-50; 2 Macc. 2:21, 22 2Macc. 3:24, etc.; 5:2-4; 11:8; 12:11,15, 22, 28, 37; 15:7, etc.). They shall devour. The prophet seems to have had in view <a href="/numbers/23-24.htm">Numbers 23:24</a>, where Israel is compared to a lion, eating of the prey and drinking the blood of the slain. So here he says they shall "devour," i.e. the flesh of their enemies (comp. <a href="/micah/5-8.htm">Micah 5:8</a>). Subdue with sling stones. So the Vulgate, and virtually the Septuagint, taking the case of the noun as instrumental; but it is best to take it as accusative of the object, as in the margin of the Authorized Version, "They shall tread down the stones of the sling." The "slingstones" are the enemies, as in the next verse "the stones of a crown" are the Jews; and the sentence means that the Jews shall tread their enemies underfoot like spent slingstones, which are of no account. Or it may signify simply and without metaphor that they shall despise the enemies' missiles, which shall fall harmless among them (<a href="/job/41-28.htm">Job 41:28, 29</a>). They shall drink the blood of the slain, like lions. Make a noise. As men exhilarated with wine. Vulgate, Bibentes inebriabuntur quasi a vino (<a href="/isaiah/49-26.htm">Isaiah 49:26</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">Ezekiel 39:17-19</a>). Shall be filled like bowls. They shall be filled with blood like the sacrificial vessels in which the blood of victims was received (<a href="/zechariah/14-20.htm">Zechariah 14:20</a>). The corners of the altar. The blood was also sprinkled on the corners or sides of the altar (<a href="/leviticus/1-5.htm">Leviticus 1:5, 11</a>; <a href="/leviticus/3-2.htm">Leviticus 3:2</a>). There may be included the notion that the war against God's enemies was a sacred war, and accepted by him as a sacrifice. In the Maccabean struggle the bloodshed was often very considerable (see 1 Macc. 7:32, 46 1 Macc. 11:47; 2 Macc. 8:30 2Macc. 10:17, 23, 31, etc.). <a href="/commentaries/zechariah/9-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts צְבָאוֹת֮ (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign will shield יָגֵ֣ן (yā·ḡên) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1598.htm">Strong's 1598: </a> To cover, surround, defend them. עֲלֵיהֶם֒ (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against They will consume וְאָכְל֗וּ (wə·’ā·ḵə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat and conquer וְכָֽבְשׁוּ֙ (wə·ḵā·ḇə·šū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3533.htm">Strong's 3533: </a> To subdue, bring into bondage with slingstones; אַבְנֵי־ (’aḇ·nê-) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> A stone they will drink וְשָׁת֥וּ (wə·šā·ṯū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe [and] roar הָמ֖וּ (hā·mū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1993.htm">Strong's 1993: </a> To make a, loud sound, commotion, tumult, to rage, war, moan, clamor as with כְּמוֹ־ (kə·mōw-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> Like, as, when wine. יָ֑יִן (yā·yin) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> Wine, intoxication And they will be filled וּמָֽלְאוּ֙ (ū·mā·lə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> To fill, be full of like [sacrificial] basins, כַּמִּזְרָ֔ק (kam·miz·rāq) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4219.htm">Strong's 4219: </a> Bowl, basin [drenched] like the corners כְּזָוִיּ֖וֹת (kə·zā·wî·yō·wṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2106.htm">Strong's 2106: </a> An angle, a corner-column of the altar. מִזְבֵּֽחַ׃ (miz·bê·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zechariah/9-15.htm">Zechariah 9:15 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/zechariah/9-15.htm">Zechariah 9:15 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/zechariah/9-15.htm">Zechariah 9:15 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/zechariah/9-15.htm">Zechariah 9:15 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/zechariah/9-15.htm">Zechariah 9:15 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/zechariah/9-15.htm">Zechariah 9:15 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zechariah/9-15.htm">Zechariah 9:15 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/zechariah/9-15.htm">Zechariah 9:15 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/zechariah/9-15.htm">Zechariah 9:15 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/zechariah/9-15.htm">Zechariah 9:15 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-15.htm">OT Prophets: Zechariah 9:15 Yahweh of Armies will defend them (Zech. 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