# Zechariah 09 📖: Your King Comes on a Donkey [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Zechariah Overview]] | [[Zechariah 08]] | [[Zechariah 10]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Coming of the True King [[#Verse 01.]] This is an oracle, the Lord’s message concerning the land of Hadrach, with its focus on Damascus: The eyes of all humanity, especially of the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord,  [[#Verse 02.]] as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise. [[#Verse 03.]] Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets.  [[#Verse 04.]] Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea—she will be consumed by fire. [[#Verse 05.]] Ashkelon will see and be afraid; Gaza will be in great anguish, as will Ekron, for her hope will have been dried up. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited.  [[#Verse 06.]] A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines.  [[#Verse 07.]] I will take away their abominable religious practices; then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God, like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.  [[#Verse 08.]] Then I will surround my temple to protect it like a guard from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it. [[#Verse 09.]] Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: He is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey— on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey. [[#Verse 10.]] I will remove the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be removed. Then he will announce peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth. [[#Verse 11.]] Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.  [[#Verse 12.]] Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.  [[#Verse 13.]] I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow. I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior’s sword. [[#Verse 14.]] Then the Lord will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Sovereign Lord will blow the trumpet and will proceed in the southern storm winds.  [[#Verse 15.]] The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar.  [[#Verse 16.]] On that day the Lord their God will deliver them as the flock of his people, for they are the precious stones of a crown sparkling over his land.  [[#Verse 17.]] How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Matthew 21:4-5 and John 12:14-15 quote 9:9 at Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. 2. Many scholars connect 9:1-8 with the march of Alexander the Great through Syria, Tyre, and Philistia in 332 BC. 3. Tyre was famous for its island fortress and wealth (9:3), yet Alexander captured it after a seven-month siege. 4. A donkey was a royal mount in Israel's early history; Solomon rode David's mule at his coronation (1 Kings 1:33). 5. 9:10 pictures the end of war horses and chariots, the weapons of conquering kings. 6. "From sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth" (9:10) echoes Psalm 72:8. 7. "The blood of My covenant" (9:11) recalls Exodus 24:8 and points to Jesus' words at the Last Supper. 8. A waterless pit (9:11) was used as a prison, as with Joseph (Genesis 37:24). 9. "Sons of Greece" (9:13) translates the Hebrew *Javan*. 10. Chapters 9-14 are divided into two "burdens" or oracles, beginning at 9:1 and 12:1. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the righteous King who came to Jerusalem humble and riding on a donkey (9:9; Matthew 21:4-5). By the blood of His covenant He sets prisoners free (9:11; Matthew 26:28). ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. Zion's King comes righteous, victorious, and humble on a donkey (9:9). What does this reveal about the kind of King Jesus is? 2. God promises to set prisoners free because of the blood of the covenant (9:11). What does Jesus' blood set us free from? 3. God calls His people "prisoners of hope" (9:12). What would it look like to live as a prisoner of hope today? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 9: Rejoice, Zion! Your King is coming, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey. - 📖 verse 10: He will proclaim peace to the nations, and His rule will reach to the ends of the earth. - 📖 verse 12: Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 [[Matthew 21#Verse 04.|Matthew 21:4-9]] - Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey. - 🔗 [[John 12#Verse 14.|John 12:14-15]] - Your King is coming. - 🔗 [[Matthew 26#Verse 28.|Matthew 26:28]] - The blood of the covenant. - 🔗 [[Psalm 72#Verse 08.|Psalm 72:8]] - He will rule from sea to sea. - 🔗 [[Luke 04#Verse 18.|Luke 4:18]] - Freedom for the captives. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Zechariah 09- SOAP|The King is Coming]] ## 📂 Internal Notes