Zechariah 9

You will be delivered by the Lord

Book Structure of ZechariahChapter Subject Key marker1 to 6 Eight Visions “Look” “see”

“showed”1:8; 1:18; 2:1; 3:1; 4:2; 5:1; 5:5; 6:1

7 to 8 Four Messages “The word of the Lord”7:1; 7:8; 8:1; 8:18

9 to 14 2 Oracles/Burdens

“The oracles/burden of the word of the Lord9:1; 12:1

Three Distinct Sections of Zech 9

• v 9:1-8 First person “I will …”

• v 9:9-13 Second person “your king comes to you…”

• V 9:14-10:1 Third person “…over them”

I Watch His Movement (v 1-8)

Cities North of Israel

3 Tyre has built herself a stronghold; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

I Watch His Movement (v 1-8)

3 Tyre has built herself a stronghold; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

4 But the Lord will take away her possessions and destroy her power on the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

I Watch His Movement (v 1-8)

Cities Southwest

of Jerusalem

Cities Southwest of

Jerusalem

8 But I will defend my house

against marauding forces.

Never again will an oppressor overrun my

people, for now I am keeping

watch.

II Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

• verse 9:– 1 How to welcome this king– 2 What this king comes to do– 3 The manner of His coming

II Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)

• verse 9:1 How to welcome this king

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you,

II Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)

• verse 9:2 What this king comes to do

See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation

II Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)

• verse 9:3 The manner of His coming

gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

II Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)

• verse 9:3 The manner of His coming

10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the war-horses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with

you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.

II Welcome His Coming (v 9-13)

III Rest in His Deliverance (9:14-10:1)

14 Then the LORD will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign LORD will sound the

trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south, 15 and the LORD Almighty will shield them.

III Rest in His Deliverance (9:14-10:1)

1 Everything will Happen very Fast14 Then the LORD will appear over them; his arrow will flash like lightning. The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet; he will march in the storms of the south, 15 and the LORD Almighty will shield them.

III Rest in His Deliverance (9:14-10:1)

1 Everything will Happen very Fast2 They will be defended and

empowered by the Lord15 and the LORD Almighty will shield them.

They will destroy and overcome with slingstones.

III Rest in His Deliverance (9:14-10:1)

1 Everything will Happen very Fast2 They will be defended and empowered

by the Lord3 Great Celebration over their Salvation

SalvationBeautyFruitfulness