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Zechariah 9

Zech. 9:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Rejoice
giyl (Hebrew #1523)
a primitive root; properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
KJV usage: be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.
Pronounce: gheel
Origin: or (by permutation) guwl {gool}
h greatly
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
, O daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of Zion
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
; shout
ruwa` (Hebrew #7321)
to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
KJV usage: blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
Pronounce: roo-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
, O daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
: behold, thy King
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
cometh
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
unto thee: hei is just
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
, and πhaving salvation
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
; lowly
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
, and riding
rakab (Hebrew #7392)
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
KJV usage: bring (on (horse-)back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-)back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.
Pronounce: raw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon an ass
chamowr (Hebrew #2543)
from 2560; a male ass (from its dun red)
KJV usage: (he)ass.
Pronounce: kham-ore'
Origin: or (shortened) chamor {kham-ore}
, and upon a colt
`ayir (Hebrew #5895)
properly, a young ass (as just broken to a load); hence an ass-colt
KJV usage: (ass) colt, foal, young ass.
Pronounce: ah'-yeer
Origin: from 5782 in the sense of raising (i.e. bearing a burden)
the foal
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of an ass
'athown (Hebrew #860)
a female donkey (from its docility)
KJV usage: (she) ass.
Pronounce: aw-thone'
Origin: probably from the same as 386 (in the sense of patience)
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John 12:14‑15• 14And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it, as it is written,
 15Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, thy king cometh, sitting upon an ass's colt. (John 12:14‑15)
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Isa. 45:21• 21Declare, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it long ago? [Have] not I Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none besides me. (Isa. 45:21)
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or, saving himself.

More on:

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Ass,
Colt,
Daughter,
Jerusalem,
Kings,
Salvation,
Zion; Sion; Mount Zion

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Rejoice.
Zech. 2:10• 10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, {i}saith Jehovah.{/i} (Zech. 2:10)
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Psa. 97:6‑8• 6The heavens declare his righteousness,{HR}And all the peoples see his glory.
 7Ashamed be all that serve graven images,{HR}That boast themselves of idols!{HR}Worship him, all ye gods !
 8Zion heard and rejoiced,{HR}And Judah's daughters were glad,{HR}Because of thy judgments, O Jehovah. (Psa. 97:6‑8)
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Isa. 12:6• 6Cry out and shout, O inhabitress of Zion;{HR}For great in the midst of thee [is] the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 12:6)
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Isa. 40:9• 9O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God! (Isa. 40:9)
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Isa. 52:9‑10• 9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
 10Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. (Isa. 52:9‑10)
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Isa. 62:11• 11Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward [is] with him, and his recompense before him. (Isa. 62:11)
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Zeph. 3:14‑15• 14Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem:
 15Jehovah hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even Jehovah, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil anymore. (Zeph. 3:14‑15)
behold.
Psa. 2:6• 6"Yet have I anointed my king upon Zion{HR}The mountain of my holiness." (Psa. 2:6)
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Psa. 45:1• 1To the chief musician upon Shoshannim; to the sons of Korah, Maschil, a song of loves.{HR}My heart hath overflowed [with] a good matter;{HR}I am declaring my works to the king;{HR}My tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer. (Psa. 45:1)
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Psa. 110:1‑4• 1A psalm of David.{HR}Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand{HR}Until I make thine enemies a stool for thy feet.
 2Jehovah shall send the rod of thy might out of Zion:{HR}Rule in the midst of thine enemies.
 3Thy people offer themselves willingly{HR}In the day of thy power, in ornaments of holiness;{HR}From the womb of the dawn to thee [is] the dew of thy youth.
 4Jehovah hath sworn and will not repent,{HR}{i}Thou{/i} [art] priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. (Psa. 110:1‑4)
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Isa. 9:6‑7• 6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of eternity , Prince of Peace.
 7To the increase of the government and to peace [there shall be] no end upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The jealousy of Jehovah of hosts will perform this. (Isa. 9:6‑7)
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Isa. 32:1‑2• 1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
 2And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. (Isa. 32:1‑2)
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Jer. 23:5‑6• 5Behold the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
 6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. (Jer. 23:5‑6)
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Jer. 30:9• 9But they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. (Jer. 30:9)
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Matt. 21:4‑5• 4{i}But all this came to pass, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,{/i}
 5{i}Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.{/i} (Matt. 21:4‑5)
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Mark 11:9‑10• 9And those that went before and those that followed cried out, Hosanna! blessed [be] he that cometh in the name of [the] Lord.
 10Blessed [be] the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest. (Mark 11:9‑10)
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Luke 19:37‑38• 37And as he was drawing near, already at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began with rejoicing to praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
 38saying, Blessed the King that cometh in Jehovah's name: in heaven peace, and glory in [the] highest. (Luke 19:37‑38)
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John 1:49• 49Nathanael answered [and saith to] him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel. (John 1:49)
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John 12:13‑15• 13took branches of palm, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna, blessed [is] he that cometh in Jehovah's name, [even] the king of Israel.
 14And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it, as it is written,
 15Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, thy king cometh, sitting upon an ass's colt. (John 12:13‑15)
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John 19:15• 15They cried therefore, Away with [him], away with [him]; crucify him. Pilate saith to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. (John 19:15)
he is.
Psa. 45:6‑7• 6Thy throne, Ο God, [is] for ever and ever;{HR}A sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of thy kingdom.
 7Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness:{HR}Therefore God, [even] thy God,{HR}Hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions. (Psa. 45:6‑7)
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Psa. 85:9‑12• 9Surely his salvation [is] near those that fear him,{HR}That glory may dwell in our land.
 10Mercy and truth are met together;{HR}Righteousness and peace have kissed.
 11Truth shall spring up from the earth,{HR}And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
 12Jehovah also will give good;{HR}And our land shall yield its increase. (Psa. 85:9‑12)
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Isa. 45:21• 21Declare, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it long ago? [Have] not I Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none besides me. (Isa. 45:21)
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Matt. 1:21• 21{i}And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.{/i} (Matt. 1:21)
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Rom. 3:24‑26• 24being justified gratuitously by his grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus,
 25whom God set forth as a propitiatory through faith in his blood, for a declaration of his righteousness on account of the praeter-mission of the sins that had been before, in the forbearance of God,
 26with a view to the declaration of his righteousness in the present time, in order to his being just and justifying him that [is] of faith in Jesus. (Rom. 3:24‑26)
having salvation.
or, saving himself.
lowly.
Matt. 11:29• 29{i}Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;{/i} (Matt. 11:29)
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Matt. 21:5‑7• 5{i}Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.{/i}
 6{i}But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them,{/i}
 7{i}brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them.{/i} (Matt. 21:5‑7)
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Mark 11:7• 7And they bring the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on it; and he sat upon it. (Mark 11:7)
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Luke 19:30‑35• 30saying, Go away into the village over against you; in which as ye enter ye shall find a colt tied, on which not one of men ever sat: loose and bring it.
 31And if anyone ask you, Why do ye loose [it]? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of it.
 32And they that were sent, having gone away, found even as he had said to them.
 33And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said to them, Why loose ye the colt?
 34And they said, Because the Lord hath need of it.
 35And they brought it to Jesus; and, having cast their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon; (Luke 19:30‑35)
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John 12:14‑16• 14And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it, as it is written,
 15Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, thy king cometh, sitting upon an ass's colt.
 16These things his disciples knew not at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and they did these things to him. (John 12:14‑16)
• He thus calls upon the daughter of Zion to rejoice in the glorious prospect unfolded, and reminds her at the same time that all she looked and longed for was bound up with the advent of the Messiah. He places the daughter of Jerusalem and of Zion on an eminence, as it were, whence she can behold the King approaching, and calls upon her to shout with joy as she beholds Him. (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)
• “He does not say a king, but thy King, thine own, the long-promised, the long-expected.” (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)
• He will found His kingdom and reign in righteousness (Psa. 72). Next, He has salvation; that is, He brings salvation, not so much here to the individual soul that trusts in Him, as salvation, or deliverance, to His people from their enemies (Compare Luke 1:67-75; 2:29-32) (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)
• That He was the lowly One here all know; but we are apt to forget that meekness is His abiding character, not a feature produced by His circumstances of trial and sorrow when He was down here to do the will of God, but a trait of His perfectness as man. (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)
• The sons of judges rode upon asses (Judg. 10:4; 12:14), but, as a devout writer has remarked, “There is no instance in which a king rode on an ass, save He whose kingdom was not of this world.” (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)
• Note the omission of some of the words in the citation from Zechariah both in Matthew and John. In Matthew the words “just” and “having salvation” are not found; and in John, where the characteristic presentation of Christ is as the Son of God, the word “lowly” is also omitted. The reason is evident to the spiritual mind. Though Jesus was the Messiah, rejected as He was, He did not then enter Jerusalem as righteous (it was rather in grace), and as having salvation — nor could He while rejected, but He did enter as the lowly One; and hence this word is retained in Matthew, while John leaves out this also, as before said, because of the aspect in which, as led of the Holy Spirit, he portrays the life of our blessed Lord. Observe also that neither Matthew nor John calls upon the daughter of Sion to rejoice or to shout. The former says, “Tell ye the daughter of Sion”; the latter, “Fear not.” The time of rejoicing could not come as long as the King was rejected. (“Zechariah 9” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvationc; lowly and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

JND Translation Notes

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The Hebrew verb has a reflexive force here -- "having" or "bringing salvation by himself." see Heb. 1.3.

W. Kelly Translation

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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.