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title: "Commentary on Zechariah and Malachi"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 102 of 109
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-zechariah-and-malachi/102/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Zechariah and Malachi, section 102. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-zechariah-and-malachi/102/"
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# Commentary on Zechariah and Malachi

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on the last two prophets of the Old Testament.

## 102. Chapter 9

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-zechariah-and-malachi/102/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-zechariah-and-malachi/102/#p-N

[¶0] 1 The burden of the word of Jehovah On the land of Hadrach, And Damascus its resting-place, When to Jehovah shall be the eye of man And of all the tribes of Israel:

[¶1] 2 Even Hamath shall border on it, Tyre also Sidon, Though it be very wise:

[¶2] 3 And built hath Tyre a fortress for herself, And heaped together silver as dust, And gold as the mire of the streets;

[¶3] 4 Behold, Jehovah will drive her out, And smite in the sea her power, And with fire shall she be consumed. (239)

[¶4] 5 See shall Ashkelon, and fear, And Gaza, — and it will be very sorrowful; Ekron also, — for confounded shall be her expectation: And perish shall the king from Gaza, And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited;

[¶5] 6 And dwell shall a stranger in Ashdod, For I will cut off the pride of the Philistines;

[¶6] 7 And take away will I his blood from his mouth And his abominations from between his teeth; And he, the remnant, even he shall be for our God; He shall be even as a leader in Judah, And Ekron, as a Jebusite:

[¶7] 8 I will also be a camp to my house From an army, when passing through and returning; And pass through them shall the exactor no more; For now I have seen with mine eyes.

[¶8] 9 Exult greatly, thou daughter of Zion, Shout, thou daughter of Jerusalem; Behold, the King shall come to thee, Just and saved shall he be, Poor and riding on an ass, Even on a colt, the foal of an ass:

[¶9] 10 And cut off shall I the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; cut off also shall be the bow of war; And speak peace shall he to the nations; And his dominion shall be from sea to sea, And from the river to the extremities of the earth.

[¶10] 11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, Have I sent forth thy captive From the pit, in which there was no water:

[¶11] 12 Return to the stronghold, ye captives of hope; Even to day I declare, Double blessings will I render to thee;

[¶12] 13 For I will bend for me Judah as a bow, I will fill my quiver with Ephraim; And will rouse thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Greece; And I will make thee as the sword of a mighty man:

[¶13] 14 Jehovah also shall over them be seen, And go forth as lightning shall his arrow; Yea, the Lord Jehovah, with the trumpet shall he blow, And march forth in the whirlwind of the south. (269)

[¶14] 15 Jehovah of hosts will defend them, And they shall devour and subdue with sling-stones; They shall also drink and make a noise as through wine, And filled shall they be as the bowls, As the corners of the altar;

[¶15] 16 And save them shall Jehovah their God In that day, as a flock, his own people; For as the stones of a crown shall they be raised over his land.

[¶16] 17 For how great is his goodness! And how great his beauty! Corn shall refresh young men, And new wine the maids. (276)