Zechariah 9:9 (DRB)

Passage

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: and even he shall be left to our God, and he shall be as a governor in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite.

Zechariah 9:8 And I will encompass my house with them that serve me in war, going and returning, and the oppressor shall no more pass through them: for now I have seen with my eyes.

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

Zechariah 9:10 And I will destroy the chariot out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow for war shall be broken: and he shall speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power shall be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.

Zechariah 9:11 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rejoice", "greatly", "daughter", "sion", "shout", "jerusalem", and "behold". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rejoice" and "greatly", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And I will encompass my house with..." into verse 10's "And I will destroy the chariot out...", so "rejoice" and "greatly" belong inside that flow. In Zechariah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "rejoice" and "greatly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.