Zechariah 9:15 (YLT)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Zechariah 9:13 For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled <FI>with<Fi> Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.

Zechariah 9:14 And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow, And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.

Zechariah 9:15 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 9:16 And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day, as a flock of His people, For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground.

Zechariah 9:17 For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins--make fruitful!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "hosts", "doth", "cover", "consumed", "subdued", and "sling-stones". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "hosts", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And Jehovah doth appear for them And..." into verse 16's "And saved them hath Jehovah their God...", so "jehovah" and "hosts" 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 "jehovah" and "hosts" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.