Zechariah 9:10 (WEB)
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem. The battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Fathers and councils · 4
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV
“…to preach deliverance to the captives, and first build a city which they truly deem the city of God, and cut off at the same time the chariots of Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; that He ought also to eat butter and honey, in order to choose the good before He should come to know how to bring forth evil.” — editor's note: Cf. Zech. ix. 10.
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“…to the captives, nor that He had built up what they truly consider the city of God, nor cut off “the chariots of Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem,” nor eaten butter and honey, and, before knowing or preferring the evil, had selected the good.” — editor's note: Cf. Zech. ix. 10.
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Jerome
“After he has described the horses, red, black, white, and grisled, and the cutting off of the chariot from Ephraim and of the horse from Jerusalem he goes on to prophesy and predict a king who shall be a poor man and who shall sit “upon a colt the foal of an ass.”” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 10.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…Himself poor, and mounting an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass: and His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.”” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9, 10.
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Cross-references · 1
Psalm 72:8 and Zechariah 9:10 share the same wording (11 words).