Zechariah 9:14 “Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like…”

Zechariah 9:14

Then 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

World English Bible

The LORD will be seen over them. His arrow will flash like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord shalbe seene ouer them, and his arrowe shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blowe the trumpet, and shall come forth with the whirlewindes of the South.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will march with whirlwinds of the south.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow, And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord will be seen over them, and his arrow will go out like the thunder-flame: and the Lord God, sounding the war-horn, will go in the storm-winds of the South.

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Cross references

“seen”

Zechariah 2:5 Zechariah 14:3 Zechariah 12:8 Joshua 10:11–14 Joshua 10:42 Matthew 28:20

Zechariah 2:5 · BSB

For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

Zechariah 14:3 · BSB

Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.

Zechariah 12:8 · BSB

On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

Joshua 10:11–14 · BSB

As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.

Joshua 10:42 · BSB

And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

Matthew 28:20 · BSB

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

“his”

Psalm 18:14 Isaiah 30:30 Psalm 45:3–5 Revelation 6:2 Psalm 77:17 Psalm 77:18

Psalm 18:14 · BSB

He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Isaiah 30:30 · BSB

And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Psalm 45:3–5 · BSB

Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

Revelation 6:2 · BSB

So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.

Psalm 77:17 · BSB

The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

Psalm 77:18 · BSB

Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

“blow”

Isaiah 27:13 Isaiah 18:3 Joshua 6:4 Joshua 6:5 2 Corinthians 10:4 2 Corinthians 10:5

Isaiah 27:13 · BSB

And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 18:3 · BSB

All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.

Joshua 6:4 · BSB

Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

Joshua 6:5 · BSB

And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city. ”

2 Corinthians 10:4 · BSB

The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

2 Corinthians 10:5 · BSB

We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

“whirlwinds”

Isaiah 66:15 Isaiah 21:1

Isaiah 66:15 · BSB

For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

Isaiah 21:1 · BSB

This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

Also

Habakkuk 3:11 Isaiah 31:5

Habakkuk 3:11 · BSB

Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

Isaiah 31:5 · BSB

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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

15The 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.

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