KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Zechariah 9:14
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh will be seen over them; and his arrow will go flash like lightning; and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Zechariah 9
11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water.
12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare [that] I will render double unto thee;
13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
14 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.
15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, [and] as the corners of the altar.
16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for [they shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
17 For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
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וַֽיהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDעֲלֵיהֶ֣םH5921 · aluponיֵֽרָאֶ֔הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוְיָצָ֥אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeכַבָּרָ֖קH1300 · ba.raqto use lightningחִצּ֑וֹH2671 · chetsarrowוַֽאדֹנָ֤יH136 · a.do.naiLordיְהֹוִה֙H3069 · ye.ho.vihYHWH/Godבַּשּׁוֹפָ֣רH7782 · sho.phartrumpetיִתְקָ֔עH8628 · ta.qato blowוְהָלַ֖ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבְּסַעֲר֥וֹתH5591 · sa.artempestתֵּימָֽן׃H8486 · te.mansouth
Cross-references
Psalm 18:14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.Isaiah 66:15For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; [so] it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.Psalm 144:5-6Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.Zechariah 2:5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.Zechariah 14:3Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.Habakkuk 3:11The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear.Isaiah 27:13And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.Isaiah 30:30And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and [with] the flame of a devouring fire, [with] scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.Joshua 6:4-5And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.Exodus 14:24-25And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,Joshua 10:42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.Psalm 77:17-18The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.Psalm 45:3-5Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.Hebrews 2:4God also bearing [them] witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?Acts 4:10-11Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole.2 Corinthians 10:4-5(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)Matthew 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.
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