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Zechariah 9

Zech. 9:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
their God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
shall save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
them in that day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
as the flock
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
of his people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
: forg they shall be as the stones
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
of a crown
nezer (Hebrew #5145)
from 5144; properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication (of a priet or Nazirite); hence (concretely) unshorn locks; also (by implication) a chaplet (especially of royalty)
KJV usage: consecration, crown, hair, separation.
Pronounce: neh'-zer
Origin: or nezer {nay'-zer}
, lifted up as an ensign
nacac (Hebrew #5264)
to gleam from afar, i.e. to be conspicuous as a signal; or rather perhaps a denominative from 5251 (and identical with 5263, through the idea of a flag as fluttering in the wind); to raise a beacon
KJV usage: lift up as an ensign.
Pronounce: naw-sas'
Origin: a primitive root
h upon his land
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
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Isa. 62:3• 3And thou shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. (Isa. 62:3)
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Isa. 11:12• 12And he shall lift up a banner to the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. (Isa. 11:12)

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Ministry on This Verse

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shall save.
Psa. 100:3• 3Know that Jehovah is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. (Psa. 100:3)
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Isa. 40:10• 10Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come with might, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him. (Isa. 40:10)
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Jer. 23:3• 3And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their pastures; and they shall be fruitful and shall multiply. (Jer. 23:3)
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Ezek. 34:22‑26,31• 22--I will save my flock, that they may no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.
 23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
 24And I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David a prince in their midst: I Jehovah have spoken it.
 25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell in safety in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
 26And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season: there shall be showers of blessing.
 31And ye, my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men: I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 34:22‑26,31)
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Mic. 5:4• 4And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God. And they shall abide; for now shall he be great even unto the ends of the earth. (Mic. 5:4)
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Mic. 7:14• 14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine inheritance, dwelling alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. (Mic. 7:14)
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Luke 12:32• 32Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32)
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John 10:27• 27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; (John 10:27)
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1 Peter 5:2‑4• 2shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;
 3not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.
 4And when the chief shepherd is manifested ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory. (1 Peter 5:2‑4)
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Isa. 62:3• 3And thou shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. (Isa. 62:3)
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Hag. 2:23• 23In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Hag. 2:23)
lifted.
Zech. 8:23• 23Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days shall ten men take hold, out of all languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you. (Zech. 8:23)
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Isa. 11:10‑12• 10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory.
 11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
 12And he shall lift up a banner to the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. (Isa. 11:10‑12)
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Isa. 60:3,14• 3And the nations shall walk by thy light, and kings by the brightness of thy rising.
 14And the children of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 60:3,14)
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Zeph. 3:20• 20At that time will I bring you, yea, at the time that I gather you; for I will make you a name and a praise, among all the peoples of the earth, when I shall turn again your captivity before your eyes, saith Jehovah. (Zeph. 3:20)
• It is in contrast with the destruction of their enemies that it is said, “They shall be as the stones of a crown,” “stones selected for their beauty and preciousness, and as suited to adorn the diadem of their King”; but if so, because they have now been beautified with His beauty, and because all His preciousness now attaches to them. (See 1 Peter 2.) (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)
• His people will be lifted up, or, as it might be, “lifted on high” as an ensign upon His land, to the end that all might behold the place of honor and exaltation in which, by the grace of their King, they have been set. (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted upi upon his land.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "sparkling," "glittering" -- "crown" is nazar, as Ex. 29.6. see Note, Num. 6.2.