ဇောစက်ရာမှင် 9:15

Myanmar Judson Bible

15 ကောင်းကင်ဗိုလ်ခြေအရှင် ထာဝရဘုရားသည် သူတို့ကို ကွယ်ကာတော်မူသဖြင့်၊ သူတို့သည် ကိုက်စား၍ လက်လွှဲကျောက်တို့ကို ကျော်နင်းကြလိမ့်မည်။ သောက်ပြီး လျှင်၊ စပျစ်ရည်နှင့် ဝသကဲ့သို့ ကြွေးကြော်ကြလိမ့်မည်။ အင်တုံကဲ့သို့၎င်း၊ ယဇ်ပလ္လင်ထောင့်ကဲ့သို့၎င်း ပြည့်ဝကြ လိမ့်မည်။

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they shall devour: Zechariah 10:5, Zechariah 12:6, Micah 5:8, Revelation 19:13-21

subdue: 1 Samuel 17:45, 1 Corinthians 1:18

with sling stones: or, with the stones of the sling

shall drink: Zechariah 9:17, Zechariah 10:7, Psalms 78:65, Song of Solomon 1:4, Song of Solomon 5:1, Song of Solomon 7:9, Isaiah 55:1, Acts 2:13-18, Ephesians 5:18

filled like bowls: or, fill both the bowls, etc. Zechariah 14:20

the corners: Exodus 27:2, Leviticus 4:7, Leviticus 4:18, Leviticus 4:25

Reciprocal: Numbers 6:20 - and after 1 Samuel 1:13 - she had 1 Kings 4:20 - eating Psalms 18:14 - he shot Psalms 104:15 - wine Psalms 132:16 - her saints Isaiah 24:9 - General Isaiah 31:4 - so shall Jeremiah 31:12 - wheat Jeremiah 31:14 - my people Joel 2:26 - ye shall Micah 2:12 - they Micah 2:13 - their Zephaniah 3:14 - shout Zechariah 12:8 - defend Luke 1:15 - filled Luke 22:18 - the fruit John 7:37 - drink 1 Corinthians 12:13 - to drink

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord of hosts shall defend them,.... Against all their enemies; against Satan, and his temptations, and all the opposition made by him; against the world, and all the rage and reproach of men; this was remarkably verified in the apostles, who were preserved by the Lord amidst a thousand snares and dangers; and who was able to do it, being Jehovah, and the Lord of armies in heaven and in earth; he was as a shield unto them, as the word t used signifies; and to which he is often compared in Scripture. The Targum renders it,

"the Lord of hosts shall have mercy on them;''

he encompassed them about with his favour as with a shield:

and they shall devour; or "eat" u; spiritual food; Christ the bread of life; whose flesh is meat indeed, and who is lived upon by faith; the blessings and promises of the everlasting covenant, of which the meek eat, and are satisfied; the Gospel and the truths of it, the words of faith and good doctrine, with which faithful ministers are nourished; all which is necessary, that they may be strengthened, and qualified to feed others with knowledge and understanding:

and subdue with sling stones; such who are stouthearted, and far from righteousness; who become by their ministry penitent and humble, and subject to Christ, his Gospel and ordinances, even by the means of preaching of the word, which seem very unpromising and unlikely; being to men foolishness, and like the scrip and sling David took with him, and by which he brought Goliath down to the ground:

and they shall drink; of the love of God, which, for its antiquity, purity, and refreshing nature, is like the best wine; and of the blood of Christ, which is drink indeed; and of the grace of the Spirit, which revives, strengthens, and extinguishes thirst:

[and] make a noise as through wine; being full of joy and thankfulness for their spiritual food and drink; and so warm, zealous, and fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; free and open in their ministrations, loudly proclaiming the grace of God; bold, and fearless of danger:

and they shall be filled like bowls; that were full of the blood of the offerings, as Jarchi and Kimchi explain it; or rather, as the Targum, that were full of fine flour and oil; they having their souls filled with good things, as the first of the above writers observes; a comfortable view of interest in the love of God; a large measure of spiritual joy, and a fulness of the gifts and graces of the Spirit, qualifying them for their work:

[and], as the corners of the altar; the Targum is,

"they shall shine as the blood that shines upon the wall of the altar;''

at the corners of which it was poured out; signifying that they should be as full of the Spirit, and spiritual things, as the altar was of blood: so the Jewish writers say, when the priest took the blood in the bowl, he sprinkled of it two sprinklings upon the two corners of the altar, on the diameter of it, and below upon the northeast horn, and upon the southwest horn; and he ordered it so, as to sprinkle the blood on the horn, that it might surround the corners, and that the blood might be on the four sides of the altar round about w.

t יגן "obteget", Burkius. u ואכלו "ut comedant", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Tarnovius, "et edent", Burkius. w Maimon. Maase Hakorbanot, c. 5. sect. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord of hosts, shall defend them - As God says, “I will defend this city to save it, for Mine own sake and for My servant David’s sake” . The word is used by Isaiah only before Zechariah, and of the protection of Almighty God. The image of the complete protection on all sides stands first in God’s words to Abraham, “I am thy shield” Genesis 15:1; David thence says to God, “Thou, O Lord, art a shield around me” (Psalms 3:4, (Psalms 3:3 in English)).

And they shall devour, and subdue - Or more probably (as in the margin), “shall tread on, the stones of the sling,” as in the image of leviathan in Job, “The son of the bow will not make him flee; sling-stones are to him turned into stubble; clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a spear” (Job 41:20-21 (28, 29 English)). Their enemies shall fall under them, as harmless and as of little account as the slingstones which have missed their aim, and lie as the road to be passed over. It is not expressed what they shall devour, and so the image is not carried out, but left indefinite, as destruction or absorption only; as in that, “thou shalt consume (literally, eat) all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee” Deuteronomy 7:16; and, “they are our bread” Numbers 14:9; and in that, “they shall devour (literally, eat) all the people round about” Zechariah 12:6, where the image is of fire, not of eating. The one thought seems to be, that their enemies should cease to be, so as to molest them any more, whether by ceasing to be their enemies or by ceasing to be. There is no comparison here, (as in Balaam) with the lion; or of eating flesh or drinking blood, which, apart from the image of the wild beast, would be intolerable to Israel, to whom the use of blood, even of animals, was so strictly forbidden. They should disappear, as completely as fuel before the fire, or food before the hungry. The fire was invigorated, not extinguished, by the multitude of the fuel: the multitude of the enemies but nerved and braced those, whom they sought to destroy.

And they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar - They shall be consecrated instruments of God; they shall not prevail for themselves, but for Him; they shall be hallowed like the bowls of the temple, from which the sacrificial blood is sprinkled on His altar, or “as the corners of the altar” which receive it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 9:15. The Lord of hosts shall defend them — He alone is the sure trust of his Church.

Subdue with sling-stones — This was an ancient and powerful instrument in the hands of the Hebrews. Judges 20:16.

They shall drink — After the victory gained as above, thy people shall hold a feast, and drink and be filled with wine. There is no intimation here that they shall drink the blood of their enemies, as some barbarous nations were accustomed to do. When they have gained the victory, they shall banquet abundantly on the spoils taken from the enemy.

As the corners of the altar. — They shall pour out libations of wine at the foot of the altar, as the priests were accustomed to pour out the blood of the victims.