Zechariah 9:10

Geneva Bible (1560)

And I wil cut off the charets from Ephraim, and the horse from Ierusalem: the bowe of the battel shalbe broken, & he shal speake peace vnto the heathen, & his dominion shalbe from sea vnto sea, & from the Riuer to the end of the land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִכְרַתִּי־רֶ֣כֶב מֵאֶפְרַ֗יִם וְסוּס֙ מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְנִכְרְתָה֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת מִלְחָמָ֔ה וְדִבֶּ֥ר שָׁל֖וֹם לַגּוֹיִ֑ם וּמָשְׁלוֹ֙ מִיָּ֣ם עַד־יָ֔ם וּמִנָּהָ֖ר עַד־אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

wə-hiḵrattî-reḵeḇ from-ʾep̄rayim wə-sûs from-yərûšālaim wə-niḵrəṯāh qešeṯ milḥāmāh wə-dibber šālôm to-the-gôyim û-mošlô from-yām until-yām û-from-nāhār until-ʾap̄sê-ʾāreṣ.

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *hiḵrattî*: verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I will cut off
• *reḵeḇ*: noun, masculine, singular - chariot
• *mē*: preposition - from
• *ʾep̄rayim*: proper noun - Ephraim
• *sûs*: noun, masculine, singular - horse
• *mi*: preposition - from
• *yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *niḵrəṯāh*: verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will be cut off
• *qešeṯ*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - bow of
• *milḥāmāh*: noun, feminine, singular - war/battle
• *dibber*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will speak
• *šālôm*: noun, masculine, singular - peace
• *la*: preposition + definite article - to the
• *gôyim*: noun, masculine, plural - nations
• *û*: conjunction - and
• *mošlô*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his dominion
• *yām*: noun, masculine, singular - sea
• *ʿaḏ*: preposition - until/to
• *nāhār*: noun, masculine, singular - river
• *ʾap̄sê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - ends of
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

• *hiḵrattî*: I will cut off/I will destroy/I will eliminate
• *reḵeḇ*: chariot/war vehicle/chariotry
• *niḵrəṯāh*: will be cut off/will be eliminated/will cease to exist
• *qešeṯ* *milḥāmāh*: bow of war/battle bow/weapon of war
• *dibber*: he will speak/he will command/he will declare
• *šālôm*: peace/prosperity/welfare/wholeness
• *mošlô*: his dominion/his rule/his kingdom
• *yām* *ʿaḏ*-*yām*: from sea to sea/from one sea to another
• *nāhār* *ʿaḏ*-*ʾap̄sê*-*ʾāreṣ*: from the river to the ends of the earth/from the Euphrates to the boundaries of the world

Referenced Verses

• Hos 1:7 : 7 Yet I will haue mercie vpon the house of Iudah, and wil saue them by the Lord their God, and wil not saue them by bow, nor by sword nor by battell, by horses, nor by horsemen.
• Hos 2:18 : 18 And in that day wil I make a couenant for them, with the wilde beasts, and with the foules of the heauen, and with that that creepeth vpon the earth: and I will breake the bowe, and the sworde and the battell out of the earth, and will make them to sleepe safely.
• Mic 4:2-4 : 2 Yea, many nations shal come & say, Come, and let vs goe vp to the Mountaine of the Lord, and to the House of the God of Iaakob, and hee will teache vs his wayes, and we wil walke in his pathes: for the Lawe shall goe forth of Zion, and the worde of the Lord from Ierusalem. 3 And he shall iudge among many people, & rebuke mightie nations a farre off, & they shall breake their swordes into mattockes, and their speares into sithes: nation shal not lift vp a sword against nation, neither shall they learne to fight any more. 4 But they shall sit euery man vnder his vine, and vnder his figge tree, and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lorde of hostes hath spoken it.
• Mic 5:4 : 4 And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, and in the maiestie of the Name of the Lord his God, & they shal dwel still: for now shal he be magnified vnto the ends of the world.
• Mic 5:10-11 : 10 And it shal come to passe in that day, sayth the Lorde, that I will cut off thine horses out of the middes of thee, and I will destroy thy charets. 11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, & ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes.
• 2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (For the weapons of our warrefare are not carnall, but mightie through God, to cast downe holdes) 5 Casting downe the imaginations, and euery high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captiuitie euery thought to the obedience of Christ,
• Col 1:20-21 : 20 And through peace made by that blood of that his crosse, to reconcile to himselfe through him, through him, I say, all thinges, both which are in earth, and which are in heauen. 21 And you which were in times past strangers and enemies, because your mindes were set in euill workes, hath he nowe also reconciled,
• Isa 60:12 : 12 For the nation and the kingdome, that will not serue thee, shall perish: and those nations shalbe vtterly destroyed.
• Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seuenth Angell blewe the trumpet, and there were great voyces in heauen, saying, The kingdomes of this worlde are our Lordes, and his Christes, and he shall reigne for euermore.
• Eph 2:13-17 : 13 But nowe in Christ Iesus, ye which once were farre off, are made neere by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken the stoppe of the partition wall, 15 In abrogating through his flesh the hatred, that is, the Lawe of commandements which standeth in ordinances, for to make of twaine one newe man in himselfe, so making peace, 16 And that he might reconcile both vnto God in one body by his crosse, and slay hatred thereby, 17 And came, and preached peace to you which were afarre off, & to them that were neere.
• Hag 2:22 : 22 (2:23) And I will ouerthrowe the throne of kingdomes, & I wil destroy the strength of the kingdomes of the heathen, and I wil ouerthrowe the charets, and those that ride in them, and the horse and the riders shal come downe, euery one by the sword of his brother.
• Zech 10:4-5 : 4 Out of him shall the corner come foorth: out of him the nayle, out of him ye bowe of battell, and out of him euery appointer of tribute also. 5 And they shalbe as the mightie men, which treade downe their enemies in the mire of the streetes in the battell, and they shall fight, because the Lorde is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
• Acts 10:36 : 36 Ye know the worde which God hath sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Iesus Christ, which is Lord of all:
• Rom 15:9-9 : 9 And let the Gentiles prayse God, for his mercie, as it is written, For this cause I wil confesse thee among the Gentiles, and sing vnto thy Name. 10 And againe he saith, Reioyce, ye Gentiles with his people. 11 And againe, Prayse the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laude ye him, all people together. 12 And againe Esaias sayth, There shall be a roote of Iesse, and hee that shall rise to reigne ouer the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust. 13 Nowe the God of hope fill you with all ioye, and peace in beleeuing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the holy Ghost.
• 2 Cor 5:18 : 18 And all things are of God, which hath reconciled vs vnto himselfe by Iesus Christ, and hath giuen vnto vs the ministerie of reconciliation.
• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Now then are we ambassadours for Christ: as though God did beseeche you through vs, we pray you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled to God.
• Deut 11:24 : 24 All the places whereon the soles of your feete shal tread, shalbe yours: your coast shalbe fro the wildernes & from Lebanon, & from the Riuer, euen the riuer Perath, vnto ye vttermost Sea.
• 1 Kgs 4:21 : 21 And Salomon reigned ouer all kingdomes, from the Riuer vnto the lande of the Philistims, and vnto the border of Egypt, and they brought presents, & serued Salomon all the dayes of his life.
• Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the endes of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt krush them with a scepter of yron, and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell. 10 Be wise nowe therefore, ye Kings: be learned ye Iudges of the earth. 11 Serue the Lorde in feare, and reioyce in trembling. 12 Kisse the sonne, least he be angry, and ye perish in the way, when his wrath shall suddenly burne. blessed are all that trust in him.
• Ps 72:3 : 3 The mountaines & the hilles shall bring peace to the people by iustice.
• Ps 72:7-9 : 7 In his dayes shall the righteous florish, and abundance of peace shalbe so long as the moone endureth. 8 His dominion shall be also from sea to sea, and from the Riuer vnto the endes of the land. 9 They that dwell in ye wildernes, shall kneele before him, and his enemies shall licke the dust. 10 The Kings of Tarshish & of the yles shall bring presents: the Kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring giftes. 11 Yea, all Kings shal worship him: all nations shall serue him.
• Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall be for euer: his name shall indure as long as the sunne: all nations shall blesse him, and be blessed in him.
• Ps 98:1-3 : 1 A Psalme. Sing vnto the Lord a newe song: for hee hath done marueilous things: his right hand, and his holy arme haue gotten him the victorie. 2 The Lord declared his saluation: his righteousnes hath he reueiled in the sight of ye nations. 3 He hath remembred his mercy and his trueth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth haue seene the saluation of our God.
• Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For vnto vs a childe is borne, and vnto vs a Sonne is giuen: and the gouernement is vpon his shoulder, and he shall call his name Wonderfull, Counseller, The mightie God, The euerlasting Father, The prince of peace, 7 The increase of his gouernement & peace shall haue none end: he shall sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and vpon his kingdome, to order it, and to stablish it with iudgement and with iustice, from hencefoorth, euen for euer: the zeale of the Lord of hostes will performe this.
• Isa 11:10 : 10 And in that day the roote of Ishai, which shall stand vp for a signe vnto the people, the nations shall seeke vnto it, and his rest shall be glorious.
• Isa 49:6 : 6 And hee sayde, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my seruaunt, to raise vp the tribes of Iaakob, and to restore the desolations of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou maiest bee my saluation vnto the ende of the worlde.
• Isa 57:18-19 : 18 I haue seene his wayes, and wil heale him: I wil leade him also, & restore comfort vnto him, and to those that lament him. 19 I create the fruite of the lips, to be peace: peace vnto them that are farre off, and to them that are neere, sayth the Lorde: for I will heale him.