Parallel Verses New International Version and the LORD Almighty will shield them. They will destroy and overcome with slingstones. They will drink and roar as with wine; they will be full like a bowl used for sprinkling the corners of the altar. King James Bible The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. Darby Bible Translation Jehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, [and] make a noise as from wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar. World English Bible Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. Young's Literal Translation Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar. Zechariah 9:15 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe Lord of hosts shall defend then - He alone is the sure trust of his Church. Subdue with sling-stones - This was an ancient and powerful instrument in the hands of the Hebrews. See the note on Judges 20:16. They shall drink - After the victory gained as above, thy people shall hold a feast, and drink and be filled with wine. There is no intimation here that they shall drink the blood of their enemies, as some barbarous nations were accustomed to do. When they have gained the victory, they shall banquet abundantly on the spoils taken from the enemy. As the corners of the altar - They shall pour out libations of wine at the foot of the altar, as the priests were accustomed to pour out the blood of the victims. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge they shall devour. subdue. with sling stones. or, with the stones of the sling. shall drink. Songs 7:9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goes down sweetly... Acts 2:13-18 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine... Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; filled like bowls. or, fill both the bowls, etc. Zechariah 14:20 In that day shall there be on the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD... the corners. Library Messiah's Entrance into JerusalemRejoice 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. -- And He shall speak peace unto the heathen. T he narrowness and littleness of the mind of fallen man are sufficiently conspicuous in the idea he forms of magnificence and grandeur. The pageantry and parade of a Roman triumph, or of an eastern monarch, as described in history, exhibit him to us … John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1 History of the Interpretation. The Quotation in Matt. Ii. 6. Fifthly, as this Revelation, to the Judgment of Right and Sober Reason, Cross References Exodus 27:2 Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. Job 41:28 Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it. Psalm 78:65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine. Isaiah 37:35 "I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!" Zechariah 12:6 "On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place. Zechariah 12:8 On that day the LORD will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them. Zechariah 14:3 Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle. 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