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| 1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. |
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| 2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. |
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| 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. |
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| 4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. |
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| 5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. |
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| 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. |
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| 7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. |
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| 8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes. |
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| 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. |
Rejoice greatly – Verses 9:9 to 10:4 were fulfilled at our Lord's first advent. R2124:5
Great is the joy now among saints as they recognize the King. R1795:5
Shout – "If these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out." (Luke 19:40) B225; R2746:1, R3538:4, R5090:6, R5362:4; PD65/77
"Hosanna!" (Matt. 21:9)--Salvation, Blessing. Praise! R2746:1, R5090:3, R3538:5, R3850:6, R5495:1; B225
The word Hosanna is an acclaim of praise, confidence and expectancy, closely resembling the thought of the word, Hallelujah. R3538:2
Nationally, they did not receive him with shouts of rejoicing. R599:4
After the shout of the multitude ceased, it was apparently taken up by the children in the Temple without any particular meaning. R3852:4, R3538:5
The people, recognizing the wonderful miracle wrought upon Lazarus, congregated and hailed him as Messiah. R2447:6
Their unstable and fickle minds, swayed by false teachers and unwilling to act on their convictions in the face of opposition, would, only a few days later, cry, Crucify him! Crucify him! R1795:2, R1696:4
The saints' proclamation of Christ's presence and Kingdom is the shout--heard, if not believed. R1795:5
Daughter of Jerusalem – The Lord did not consider the multitudes with him as, in any sense of the word, representing the city and the nation. R2746:2, R599:4
Thy King cometh – The day when Israel's double, or Mishneh, turned. OV77:5, OV95:4; B226; R2296:6
On the tenth day (ninth day--OV78:1) of the first month, when the chosen people of Israel were taking up their lambs for the Passover. OV95:4,5; F461
Referring primarily to Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem five days before his crucifixion. B224
This message has proved to be the test to both the fleshly and the spiritual houses of Israel. C136; B241
The Lord's assumption of the office of King. R4122:3
The formal offer of the Kingdom by Jesus, which the Jews, as a people, neglected to accept. R5494:3, R2296:3
Foreshadowing his coming glory and triumphal entry upon the Kingdom at his return from the far country (heaven), armed with a plenitude of power and authority. R2746:1
Prefiguring the coming of Christ as King in the end of the Gospel age, in AD 1878. R1795:2, R1696:1
At his baptism John introduced him as the Bridegroom; during his ministry he superintended a reaping work; at the end of his visible ministry he rides in as a King. R114:6*
Being rejected, as foretold, he consequently did not then set up the Kingdom. R113:2
It was a grand or ludicrous triumphal entry into the city of the great King--according to the standpoint from which it was viewed. R2745:3
Unto thee – Not to Herod's palace, to demand possession of it; not to Pilate's palace, to demand recognition of him; but to his Father's house or palace--to the Temple. R2746:3
Just, and having salvation – Righteous and victorious is he. OV77:6
Lowly – He was to be a King (Isa. 32:1), yet he would be born in a manger (Luke 2:12) and come as one of the humblest of earth. R1063:2*
Riding upon an ass – This was fulfilled just five days before his crucifixion. R4122:3, R3850:6
The Jews were familiar with this prophecy, and had long been awaiting for Messiah to fulfill it. R3850:6
An ass was used rather than a horse. Tradition tells us that so all the kings of Israel were accustomed to ride to their coronation. R2745:3
The only occasion we have any knowledge of Jesus riding--not for weariness, but after the manner of kings, to ride in triumph on white asses. R3850:2; PD65/77
It was necessary that the Lord do literally what the prophets foretold, that Israel be without excuse in their rejection of him. R3850:6
Of an ass – Of a she-ass. OV77:6
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| 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. |
I will cut off – Verse 10 notes the evil consequences to follow their rejection of their King. B225
Be cut off – Ultimately. OV77:6
He – The "Prince of Peace." (Isa. 9:6) R1614:4
Shall speak peace – All of this, except the riding into Jerusalem, belongs to the restitution age. HG52:5
When the elect company is selected and exalted to power with Christ their Head, then he shall make "wars to cease unto the ends of the earth." (Psa. 46:9) R820:6
But not until he has first made known his presence in the whirlwind of revolution and in the storm of trouble. D238
When mankind has been humbled and made teachable by the leveling process of the great time of trouble. R1869:3, R1614:4, R1484:6
Primarily to God's chosen people (Israel), and through them to the Gentiles. OV97:1
By different methods than the Kiel canal celebration and the World's Congress of Religions. D238; R2515:2
His voice commanding "Peace" will shake the earth (social structure) and the heavens (ecclesiastical structure). R2515:2
"Be still and know that I am God." (Psa. 46:10) R2515:3; D637
Unto the heathen – In respect to becoming part of the spiritual seed of Abraham. OV97:1
To the ends of the earth – Without an opponent. R4974:4
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| 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. |
Thy prisoners – In death all are captives. A112
Out of the pit – The grave, and hopeless depair. A112
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| 12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
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Turn you – The invitation of the Messiah, to the Jew first. OV78:T
To the strong hold – Christ was their stronghold, had they but received him; but they rejected him, therefore the denunciation. R599:5; B225; OV78:T
Prisoners – Typically, Israel under the Roman yoke. B225
Actually, Israel and all mankind under the control of sin and death. B225; F353
Of hope – So-called because Christ has the "Keys of hell and of death." (Rev. 1:18) R2601:1; A99; HG384:2
Because of God's plan for their release. OV177:2, OV224:3; SM30:1
Hoping for a coming king who would deliver and exalt them to the promised dominion of earth. B225
Even to day – To you Jews, because you are about to reject the Messiah. B225; OV78:T
He points out the very day that the second part of the double began. CR104:5; R1379:1, R599:4; SM399:3
It was that very day he wept over the city, left their house desolate, and the second half, which makes the double, began. HG53:5
The standpoint of the future is taken, and the things spoken of as accomplished facts. R1754:6
Render double – Mishneh, a second portion, a repetition; implying a casting off from all favor for as long a period as they had enjoyed favor, namely 1845 years, from AD 33 to 1878, when the Berlin Congress of Nations was held, which greatly ameliorated the condition of the Jews. B218
Twofold. OV78:T
A duplication of chastisement. B225
Where their double of waiting for the Kingdom expired, the King did come, in AD 1878. R1202:4
"And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double." (Jer. 16:18) "She hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins." (Isa. 40:2) B227; R1202:4
(Jeremiah 16:16) looked at the matter from the far past and told what would come; ( Zechariah 9:12) stood at the turning point and told of its very day; (Isaiah 40:2) comes down prophetically to the end of the double in AD 1878. OV78:2; SM399:2,3, SM400:1
Literally, the other half. R599:5
Has been accomplished, accounting for the Zionist movement. R5920:6
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| 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. |
Judah...Ephraim – Not mentioned as antagonistic or rival kingdoms, but as unitedly sharing divine favors. R2124:5
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| 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. |
Blow the trumpet – The seventh trumpet, the Trump of God, the Last Trump, the Jubilee Trump. A316; B148; R2025:3*, R2026:2
With whirlwinds – The time of trouble. D528
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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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