Zakharia 9:15
Konteks9:15 The Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, 1 full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar. 2
Zakharia 12:6
Konteks12:6 On that day 3 I will make the leaders of Judah like an igniter 4 among sticks and a burning torch among sheaves, and they will burn up all the surrounding nations right and left. Then the people of Jerusalem will settle once more in their place, the city of Jerusalem.
Zakharia 14:4
Konteks14:4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which lies to the east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, leaving a great valley. Half the mountain will move northward and the other half southward. 5
Zakharia 14:8
Konteks14:8 Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, 6 half of them to the eastern sea 7 and half of them to the western sea; 8 it will happen both in summer and in winter.
[9:15] 1 tn Heb “they will drink and roar as with wine”; the LXX (followed here by NAB, NRSV) reads “they will drink blood like wine” (referring to a figurative “drinking” of the blood of their enemies).
[9:15] 2 sn The whole setting is eschatological as the intensely figurative language shows. The message is that the
[12:6] 3 sn On that day (referring to the day of the
[12:6] 4 tn Heb “a firepot” (so NASB, NIV); NRSV “a blazing pot”; NLT “a brazier.”
[14:4] 5 sn This seismic activity provides a means of escape from Jerusalem so that the Messiah (the
[14:8] 6 sn Living waters will flow out from Jerusalem. Ezekiel sees this same phenomenon in conjunction with the inauguration of the messianic age (Ezek 47; cf. Rev 22:1-5; also John 7:38).
[14:8] 7 sn The eastern sea is a reference to the Dead Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
[14:8] 8 sn The western sea is a reference to the Mediterranean Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).