Adam Clarke Commentary - Zechariah 9:13

Adam Clarke Commentary - Zechariah 9:13 - 9:13

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Zechariah 9:13 - 9:13

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9:1 - 9:1
9:2 - 9:2
9:3 - 9:3
9:4 - 9:4
9:5 - 9:5
9:6 - 9:6
9:7 - 9:7
9:8 - 9:8
9:9 - 9:9
9:10 - 9:10
9:11 - 9:11
9:12 - 9:12
9:13 - 9:13
9:14 - 9:14
9:15 - 9:15
9:16 - 9:16
9:17 - 9:17

When I have bent Judah - Judah is the bow, and Ephraim is the arrows; and these are to be shot against the Greeks. I am inclined, with Bp. Newcome, to consider that the language of this prophecy is too strong to point out the only trifling advantage which the Maccabees gained over Antiochus, who was of Macedonian descent; and it is probable that these prophecies remain to be fulfilled against the present possessors of Javan or Greece, Macedonia, and a part of Asia Minor.