Zechariah 9:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

They shall devour

Subdue

1 Samuel 17:45

1 Corinthians 1:18

With sling stones

Filled like bowls

Zechariah 14:20

The corners

Exodus 27:2

Leviticus 4:7

General references

Psalm 149:7

Isaiah 24:9

Bible References

They shall devour

They shall be like mighty men in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight because the LORD is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.

"On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.

Subdue

Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

With sling stones

For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.

Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior, and their hearts shall be glad as with wine. Their children shall see it and be glad; their hearts shall rejoice in the LORD.

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine.

Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers.We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.

I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk.Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!

and your mouth like the best wine.It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth.

"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

But others mocking said, "They are filled with new wine."

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Filled like bowls

And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "Holy to the LORD." And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as the bowls before the altar.

The corners

And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the LORD that is in the tent of meeting, and all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

General references

to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,

No more do they drink wine with singing; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.