That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
Parallel translations
- WEB salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us;
- BSB salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
- NKJV That we should be saved from our enemies And from the hand of all who hate us,
- NASB Salvation from our enemies, And from the hand of all who hate us;
- NLT Now we will be saved from our enemies and from all who hate us.
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Quick answer
Zechariah praises God for the promised salvation that rescues His people from their enemies. It matters because God keeps His covenant promises to deliver.
Overview
Continuing his Spirit-filled prophecy at John's birth, Zechariah celebrates the deliverance God is bringing through the coming Messiah. While Israel longed for rescue from political enemies, the deeper deliverance Christ brings is from sin, death, and Satan. God's saving power is not abstract but concrete and faithful to His ancient promises.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 106:10And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
- Deut 33:29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
- Zeph 3:15–20The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
- Jer 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
- Jer 32:37Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
- Ezek 34:28And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
- Luke 1:74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
- Isa 54:7–17For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
- Ezek 34:25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
- Jer 30:9–11But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
- Isa 14:1–3For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
- 1 Jn 3:8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
- Zech 9:9–10Rejoice 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.
- Ezek 28:26And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
- Isa 44:24–26Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
- Ps 106:47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
- Ezek 38:8After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
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