Zechariahs Burden of Hadrach Against Israels Northern Enemies

Zechariah 9 opens with one of the most geographically sweeping foreign-nation oracles in the prophetic books: "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. And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise" (Zechariah 9:1-2). The catalog continues south through the Philistine pentapolis (Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, Ashdod) before pivoting to the great messianic prophecy of the king coming "lowly, and riding upon an ass" (Zech 9:9) — fulfilled in Jesus's triumphal entry to Jerusalem.

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