Zechariah 9:13

God will wield Judah and Ephraim like a bow and sword against Greece. He will empower His people to triumph over their enemies.

Cross-references · 31

• Rev 17:14They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”
• Zech 10:3–7“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.
• Isa 49:2He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.
• Joel 3:6–8You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
• Rev 19:15And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
• Ps 45:3Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
• Zech 12:2–8“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.
• Zech 1:21“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
• Ps 18:32–35It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
• Rev 1:16He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
• 2 Cor 10:3–5For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
• Amos 2:11I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
• 1 Cor 1:21–28For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
• Heb 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
• Ps 144:1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
• Dan 8:21–25The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
• Obad 1:21The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.
• Lam 4:2How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
• Dan 11:32–34With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
• Mic 5:4–9He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
• Rev 19:21And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
• Rom 15:16–20to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• Eph 6:17And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
• Rev 2:12To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.
• Isa 41:15–16Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
• 2 Tim 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
• Mic 4:2–3And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Jer 51:20“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
• Ps 149:6May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,
• Mark 16:15–20And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Ps 49:2–9both low and high, rich and poor alike.

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