## Rashi on Zechariah Chapter 9

###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:1:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:1:1)

**בְּאֶרֶץ חַדְרָךְ.** דָּרַשׁ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בַּר אֶלְעָאִי: זֶה מָשִׁיחַ, שֶׁהוּא חַד לְעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת וְרַךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן דּוֹרְמַסְקִית: יְהוּדָה בְּרִבִּי, עַד מָתַי אַתָּה מְעַוֵּת עָלֵינוּ אֶת הַכְּתוּבִים? מֵעִיד אֲנִי עָלַי שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ, שֶׁאֲנִי מִדַּמֶּשֶׂק, וְיֵשׁ מָקוֹם שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ חַדְרָךְ. וּמָה אֲנִי מְקַיֵּם **וְדַמֶּשֶׂק מְנֻחָתוֹ**? שֶׁעֲתִידָה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם לִהְיוֹת מַגַּעַת עַד דַּמֶּשֶׂק, וְאֵין מְנוּחָתוֹ אֶלָּא יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״זֹאת מְנוּחָתִי עֲדֵי עַד״ (תהלים קלב:יד). אָמַר לוֹ: וּמָה אֲנִי מְקַיֵּם ״וְנִבְנְתָה עִיר עַל תִּלָּהּ״ (ירמיהו ל:יח)? אָמַר לוֹ: שֶׁאֵין עֲתִידָה לָזוּז מִמְּקוֹמָהּ. כָּךְ בְּרַיְתָא שְׁנוּיָה בְּסִפְרֵי (ספרי דברים א:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the land of Hadrach** R’ Judah the son of Ilai expounded: This is the Messiah, who is sharp against the nations and soft to Israel. R’ Yose the son of a Damascene mother said to him [to Judah the son of Ilai]: “Judah, our master, how long will you pervert the verses for us? I call heaven and earth to testify for me, that I am from Damascus, and there is a place named Hadrach. [Rabbi Yose continued:] Now how do I explain: ‘And Damascus is His resting place?’” That Jerusalem is destined to reach as far as Damascus. ‘His resting place’ means only Jerusalem, as it is said: (Psalms 132:14) “This is My resting place to eternity.” He said to him [i.e. R’ Judah to R’ Yose]: “Now how do I explain (Jer. 30: 18) ‘And the city shall be built on its mound?’” He replied: “That it is not destined to move from its place.” So was the baraitha taught in Sifre (Deut. 1:1).


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:1:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:1:2)

**כִּי לַה׳ עֵין אָדָם.** כִּי בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִשְׁעֶה הָאָדָם עַל עוֹשֵׂהוּ וְעֵינָיו אֶל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא תִּרְאֶינָה (ישעיהו יז:ז), כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר לְמַעְלָה ״נֵלְכָה עִמָּכֶם״ (זכריה ח:כג), וְנִסְפְּחוּ הֵם וְעָרֵיהֶם עַל עָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for man’s eye shall be to the Lord** For on that day man will turn to his Maker, and his eyes will see the Holy One, blessed be He, as [the prophet] states above: Let us go with you. And they and their cities will join the cities of Israel.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:1:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:1:3)

**וְכָל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.** חֲשׁוּבִים לַה׳ עַל כָּל הָאֻמּוֹת הַקַּדְמוֹנִים. כְּיוֹצֵא בוֹ: ״וְשָׁלֹמֹה אָהַב נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֹת רַבּוֹת וְאֶת בַּת פַּרְעֹה״ (מלכים א יא:א), וַהֲלֹא בַּת פַּרְעֹה בִּכְלָל הָיְתָה? אֶלָּא שֶׁהָיְתָה בַּת פַּרְעֹה חֲבִיבָה לוֹ כְּנֶגֶד כֻּלָּם. אַף כָּאן, כָּל הָאֻמּוֹת יִהְיוּ לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּנֶגֶד כּוּלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and all the tribes of Israel** They are regarded by God above all the nations. Similarly, Scripture states (I Kings 11: 1): “King Solomon loved many foreign women and the daughter of Pharaoh.” Now, was the daughter of Pharaoh not included in the generalization? But the daughter of Pharaoh was as dear to him as all of them. Here, too, all the nations shall belong to the Holy One, blessed be He, and Israel is equal to all of them.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:2:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:2:1)

**וְגַם חֲמָת תִּגְבָּל בָּהּ.** תַּשִּׂיג גְּבוּלָהּ בִּגְבוּל יְרוּשָׁלָיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And also Hamath shall border thereon** Its border shall reach the border of Jerusalem


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:2:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:2:2)

**צוֹר וְצִידוֹן.** גַּם הֵמָּה בְּנוֹתֶיהָ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁ**חָכְמָה מְאֹד** שֶׁנִּתְחַכְּמָה מְאֹד, וּסְבוּרָה לִהְיוֹת לְעוֹלָם גְּבֶרֶת בְּחָכְמָתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Tyre and Sidon** They, too, shall be its [Jerusalem’s] villages, although it has become exceedingly wise. She [Tyre] became exceedingly wise and thought to be forever a mistress with her wisdom.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:3:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:3:1)

**וַתִּבֶן צוֹר מָצוֹר לָהּ.** וְאוֹמֶרֶת: ״מִי יוֹרִידֵנִי לָאָרֶץ״? (עובדיה א:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Tyre built a fortification for herself** and [Tyre] says, “Who will bring me down to earth?”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:3:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:3:2)

**וַתִּצְבֹּר כֶּסֶף כֶּעָפָר.** וּמִתְהַלֶּלֶת בְּעָשְׁרָהּ׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and she gathered silver like dust** and boasts of her wealth.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:3:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:3:3)

**וְחָרוּץ.** מִין מַרְאִית זָהָב׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and gold** a certain appearance of gold.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:4:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:4:1)

**הִנֵּה אֲדֹ׳.** שֶׁהוּא שַׁלִּיט עַל כֹּל׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold, the Lord** Who is the ruler over all.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:4:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:4:2)

**יוֹרִישֶׁנָּה.** לְשׁוֹן ״מוֹרִישׁ וּמַעֲשִׁיר״ (שמואל א ב:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall impoverish her** an expression similar to (I Sam. 2: 7) “impoverishes and makes rich.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:4:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:4:3)

**וְהִכָּה בַיָּם חֵילָהּ.** וְהִבְלִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ יַמִּים מָמוֹנָהּ, יַעֲלֶה עָלֶיהָ אֶת הַיָּם וְיַטְבִּיעֶנָּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר יְחֶזְקֵאל (יחזקאל כז:כו-כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He shall smite her wealth in the sea** And shall cause her wealth to be swallowed in the midst of the seas. He shall cause the sea to rise over it and sink it, as Ezekiel said (27).


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:5:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:5:1)

**תִּרְאֶה אַשְׁקְלוֹן.** אֶת מַפֶּלֶת צוֹר **וְתִירָא**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Ashkelon shall see** the downfall of Tyre and fear.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:5:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:5:2)

**וְעֶקְרוֹן** אַף הִיא **תִּירָא:**

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Ekron** too, shall fear.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:5:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:5:3)

**כִּי הוֹבִישׁ מֶבָּטָהּ.** שֶׁהָיְתָה נִשְׁעֶנֶת עַל צוֹר, שֶׁהָיְתָה רֹאשׁ לִבְנֵי עֵשָׂו. וְעֶקְרוֹן אַף הִיא לֶאֱדוֹם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת מְגִלָּה (מגילה ו.). וּתְחִלָּה הָיְתָה מִשֶּׁל פְּלִשְׁתִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the one to whom she looked was ashamed** For [Ashkelon] relied on Tyre, which was the head of the sons of Esau, and Ekron, too, belonged to Edom, as our Sages said in tractate Megillah (6a): “Ekron shall be uprooted (Zeph. 2:4).” This is Caesarea, which belongs to Edom, and it originally belonged to the Philistines.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:6:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:6:1)

**וְיָשַׁב מַמְזֵר בְּאַשְׁדּוֹד.** וְיָשַׁב עַם נָכְרִי **בְּאַשְׁדּוֹד**, הֵם יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהָיוּ בָּהּ נָכְרִים (קידושין עב:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the strangers shall dwell in Ashdod** And a strange people shall dwell in Ashdod. Those are the Israelites, who were strange in it.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:7:1)

**וַהֲסִרֹתִי דָמָיו מִפִּיו.** שֶׁל עֵשָׂו אֵלּוּ בֵּית בִּימָה שֶׁלָּהֶם שֶׁהָיוּ זוֹרְקִים שָׁם דְּמֵי זִבְחֵיהֶם (מגילה ו.). וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִין שְׁפִיכוּת דָּמִים שֶׁהָיָה שׁוֹפֵךְ דְּמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will remove his blood from his mouth** From the mouth of Esau. This is their house of Bamia [one of Edom’s principal deities (Rashi to Megillah 6a)], where they would sprinkle the blood of their sacrifices. Others interpret this to mean the bloodshed, that the [Edomites] would shed the blood of Israel.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:7:2)

**וְנִשְׁאַר גַּם הוּא לֵאלֹהֵינוּ.** אֵלּוּ בָּתֵּי כְּנֵסִיּוֹת וּבָתֵּי מִדְרָשׁוֹת שֶׁבַּגָּלוּת (מגילה כט.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it, too, shall remain to our God** These are the synagogues and the studyhalls in our exile.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:7:3)

**וְהָיָה כְּאַלּוּף בִּיהוּדָה.** אֵלּוּ טַרְטִיָּאוֹת וְקַרְקְסִיָּאוֹת שֶׁלָּהֶם, שֶׁעֲתִידִים שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה לְלַמֵּד בָּהֶם תּוֹרָה בָּרַבִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it shall be like a study hall in Judah** These are their theaters and circuses, where the princes of Judah are destined to teach Torah in public.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:7:4)

**וְהָיָה כְּאַלּוּף.** לְשׁוֹן אִלּוּף וְלִמּוּד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it shall be like a study hall** an expression of study and learning.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:5
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:7:5)

**וְעֶקְרוֹן.** תִּהְיֶה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Ekron** shall be to Israel.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:6
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:7:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:7:6)

**כִּיבוּסִי.** יְרוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like Jebusi** Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:8:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:8:1)

**וְחָנִיתִי לְבֵיתִי מִצָּבָה.** אֶחֱנֶה אֵצֶל בֵּיתִי לְהָגֵן עָלֶיהָ מִן הַמַּעֲמִידִים מִבְצָר וּמַשְׁחִית, שֶׁלֹּא יַצִּיבוּ עָלֶיהָ. וְדֻגְמָתוֹ ״וְכָל צֹבֶיהָ וּמְצֹדָתָהּ״ (ישעיהו כט:ז). וְיֵשׁ עוֹד לִפְתֹּר מִצָּבָה כְּמוֹ מִצָּבָא בְּאָלֶ״ף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will encamp beside My house against a garrison** I will encamp beside My house to protect it from those who set up a garrison and raiders, that they should not set these up against it. A similar word is used in (Isa. 29:7) “and all those stationed around her, and those who trap her.” It is also possible to interpret מִצָבָה as מִצָבָא, with an ‘alef’ [meaning against a host].


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:8:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:8:2)

**כִּי עַתָּה רָאִיתִי.** צָרָתָם בְּעֵינַי, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעַד הֵנָּה הִסְתַּרְתִּי פָנַי מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for now I have seen with My eyes** Now I have seen their distress with My eyes, although until now I have hidden My countenance from them.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:9:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:9:1)

**הִנֵּה מַלְכֵּךְ יָבוֹא לָךְ.** אִי אֶפְשָׁר לְפוֹתְרוֹ אֶלָּא עַל מֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ **וּמָשְׁלוֹ מִיָּם עַד יָם**, וְלֹא מָצִינוּ מוֹשֵׁל לְיִשְׂרָאֵל כָּזֶה בִּימֵי בַּיִת שֵׁנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold! Your king shall come to you** It is impossible to interpret this except as referring to the King Messiah, as it is stated: “and his rule shall be from sea to sea.” We do not find that Israel had such a ruler during the days of the Second Temple.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:9:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:9:2)

**צַדִּיק וְנוֹשָׁע.** בַּה׳׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**just and victorious** saved by the Lord.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:9:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:9:3)

**עָנִי.** עֲנְוְתָן:


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:9:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:9:4)

**וְרוֹכֵב עַל חֲמוֹר.** מִדַּת עֲנָוָה הִיא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and riding a donkey** This is a symbol of humility.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:9:5
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:9:5)

**וְעַל עַיִר.** כְּמוֹ ״וַעֲיָרִים עֲשָׂרָה״ (בראשית לב:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a foal of she-donkeys** as in (Gen. 32:16) “and ten foals.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:10:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:10:1)

**וְהִכְרַתִּי רֶכֶב.** שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ צְרִיכִין לָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will cut off the chariots** for they will not need them.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:10:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:10:2)

**וּמָשְׁלוֹ.** וּמִמְשָׁל שֶׁלּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his rule** וּמָשְׁלוֹ


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:10:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:10:3)

**מִיָּם וְעַד יָם.** ״מִיַּמָּא וְעַד מַעֲרְבָא״, לְסוֹף הָעוֹלָם (בראשית רבה ע:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the sea to the west** From its sea to the west, to the end of the world.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:10:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:10:4)

**וּמִנָּהָר.** פְּרָת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and from the river** The Euphrates.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:11:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:11:1)

**גַּם אַתְּ.** תִּוָּשְׁעִי עִמּוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא צַדִּיק וְנוֹשָׁע (זכריה ט:ט), כִּי **בְדַם בְּרִיתֵךְ** הֲרֵי נִבֵּאתִי לָכֶם לֶעָתִיד, וְגַם עַתָּה מִגָּלוּת בָּבֶל שֶׁאַתֶּם עַכְשָׁיו בְּתוֹכָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You, too** shall be saved with him, as he is just and victorious. For with the blood of your covenant, I prophesied for you for the future; and for now, too, from the Babylonian exile in which you are now found.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:11:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:11:2)

**בְּדַם בְּרִיתֵךְ.** בִּזְכוּת דַּם הַבְּרִית שֶׁנִּזְרַק עֲלֵיכֶם בְּסִינַי, **הִנֵּה דַם הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת** (שמות כד:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with the blood of your covenant** With the merit of the blood of the covenant that was sprinkled upon you at Sinai, as it is written (Exod. 24:8): “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:11:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:11:3)

**שִׁלַּחְתִּי אֲסִירַיִךְ.** מִן הַגָּלוּת (ויקרא רבה יט:ו)׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have freed your prisoners** from the exile.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:12:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:12:1)

**שׁוּבוּ לְבִצָּרוֹן.** לְכֹחֲכֶם וְלִכְבוֹדְכֶם, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאַתֶּם עַתָּה בִּרְשׁוּת מַלְכֵי פָּרַס, אַתֶּם **אֲסִירֵי הַתִּקְוָה.** אֲשֶׁר קִוִּיתֶם לִי עַד הֵנָּה לְמַלֹּאות דְּבָרַי לְקֵץ שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה (ירמיה כט:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Return to the stronghold** To your strength and to your glory, even though you are now under the rule of the kings of Persia. **you prisoners of hope** who hoped for Me until now that My words [would] be fulfilled at the end of seventy years.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:12:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:12:2)

**גַּם הַיּוֹם מַגִּיד מִשְׁנֶה אָשִׁיב לָךְ.** עוֹד **הַיּוֹם** אֲנִי **מַגִּיד** לְךָ בְּשׂוֹרָה שְׁנִיָּה, לְבַד זוֹ שֶׁל בִּנְיָן. וּמַה הִיא הַגָּדָה הַשְּׁנִיָּה שֶׁאֲנִי שָׁב לִשְׁנוֹת לָכֶם?:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Also today, I will restore to you a double promise** Today I will yet tell you second tidings, besides those of the building. And what is the second narrative that I am returning to repeat to you?


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:13:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:13:1)

**כִּי דָרַכְתִּי לִי יְהוּדָה.** סוֹף שֶׁאַנְטִיוֹכוּס יִטֹּל הַמְּלוּכָה מִיַּד מַלְכֵי פָרַס וְיָרֵעוּ לָכֶם, וַאֲנִי אֶדְרֹךְ יְהוּדָה לִהְיוֹת לִי כְּקֶשֶׁת מִלְחָמָה, וְיִלָּחֲמוּ בְּאַנְטִיוֹכוּס בִּימֵי חַשְׁמוֹנָאִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For I bend Judah for Me** Eventually, the Greeks will wrest the kingdom from the Persian kings and inflict harm upon you, and I will bend Judah to be a war bow for me; and Judah will wage war against the Greeks in the days of the Hasmoneans.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:13:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:13:2)

**קֶשֶׁת מִלֵּאתִי אֶפְרָיִם.** מִקְרָא קָצָר הוּא, כְּמוֹ קֶשֶׁת מִלֵּאתִי יַד אֶפְרָיִם, כְּמוֹ ״וְיֵהוּא מִלֵּא יָדוֹ בַקֶּשֶׁת״ (מלכים ב ט:כד). אֶפְרָיִם יִהְיֶה לִי כְּאַשְׁפָּה מְלֵאָה חִצִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a bow; I filled [the hand of] Ephraim** This is an elliptical verse: Like a bow, I filled the hand of Ephraim; as (II Kings 9:24), “And Jehu put all his strength into his bow.” Ephraim shall be as a quiver full of arrows to Me.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:13:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:13:3)

**וְעוֹרַרְתִּי בָנַיִךְ צִיּוֹן.** עַל חֵיל אַנְטִיוֹכוּס (פסיקתא רבתי ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will arouse your children, O Zion** The children of Zion on the children of Javan.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:14:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:14:1)

**וַה׳ עֲלֵיהֶם יֵרָאֶה.** בְּסֵפֶר יוֹסִיפוֹן מָצִינוּ: בָּעֵת הַהִיא נִרְאָה מוֹפֵת לְאַנְשֵׁי יְרוּשָׁלָיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the Lord shall appear over them** In the book of Josippon (chap. 18), we find that at that time a sign appeared to the people of Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:14:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:14:2)

**בַּשּׁוֹפָר יִתְקָע.** יִרְעַם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall sound the shofar** He shall thunder.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:14:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:14:3)

**בְּסַעֲרוֹת תֵּימָן.** לְסַעֵר אֶת אַנְשֵׁי תֵימָן, הֵם חֵיל אַנְטִיוֹכוּס. וְיֵשׁ מֵרַבּוֹתֵינוּ (ירושלמי תענית ב,ד) שֶׁפָּתְרוּהוּ עַל אֱדוֹם, לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He shall go with the whirlwinds of the south** To storm the people of the south; they are the Greeks. And some of our Sages interpreted [the phrase] as referring to Edom in the future.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:15:1)

**וְאָכְלוּ.** שְׁלַל אוֹיְבֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall devour** the spoils of their enemies.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:15:2)

**וְכָבְשׁוּ.** תַּחְתֶּיהָ **אַבְנֵי קָלַע**, הֵם הַיְּוָנִים שֶׁהֵם מְלֻמְּדֵי קֶשֶׁת וְלִקְלֹעַ בָּאֶבֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall tread** under them **sling-stones** They are the Greeks, who are trained to use the bow and to sling stones.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:15:3)

**וְהָמוּ כְּמוֹ יָיִן.** הֲמִיּוֹן בְּקוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוֹמִים שְׁתוּיֵי יָיִן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They shall make a noise like [those who drink] wine** They shall make noise with a voice of joy and happiness, as those who have drunk much wine make noise.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:15:4)

**וּמָלְאוּ.** נַפְשׁוֹתָם כָּל טוֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall become full** Their souls shall become full of all good.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:5
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:15:5)

**כַּמִּזְרָק.** שֶׁמָּלֵא דָם לִפְנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the basin** that is full of blood. before the altar.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:6
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:15:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:15:6)

**כְּזָוִיּוֹת מִזְבֵּחַ.** שֶׁמְּנַסְּכִין שָׁם יַיִן וְהַיַּיִן צָף עָלָיו כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת סֻכָּה (סוכה מט:) לְשׁוֹן שְׂבִיעָה לְשׁוֹן שִׁכְרוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the corners of the altar** where wine is libated. The wine would flow upon it, as we learned in tractate Sukkah (49b). This is an expression of satiety, an expression of drunkenness.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:16:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:16:1)

**כְּצֹאן עַמּוֹ.** כַּצֹּאן שֶׁהִסִּיעַ מִמִּצְרַיִם לִהְיוֹת לוֹ לְעָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the flocks of His people** Like the flocks that He caused to travel from Egypt to become His people.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:16:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:16:2)

**כִּי אַבְנֵי נֵזֶר.** כִּי הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי חַשְׁמוֹנָאִים הַמִּתְפָּאֲרִים בְּאַבְנֵי נֵזֶר בְּטוּרֵי חֹשֶׁן וְאֵפוֹד יִהְיוּ מִתְנוֹסְסִים בְּנִסִּים עַל אַדְמָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for crown stones are exalted on His land** For the priests, the sons of the Hasmoneans, who boast of the crown stones in the rows of the breast-plate and the ephod, will be exalted with miracles on their land.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:17:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:17:1)

**כִּי מַה.** רַב **טוּבוֹ.** הַצָּפוּן שֶׁל אוֹתוֹ הַדּוֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For how** How great is the goodness laid out for that generation.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:17:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:17:2)

**דָּגָן בַּחוּרִים.** הַנּוֹתֵן כֹּחַ לַבַּחוּרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Corn... young men** Which gives strength to young men.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 9:17:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 9:17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/9:17:3)

**וְתִירוֹשׁ.** אֲשֶׁר **יְנוֹבֵב בְּתוּלוֹת** בְּנִיב שִׁיר וְשִׂמְחָה. וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִין אֲשֶׁר יְנוֹבֵב וְיִצְמַח בְּקַרְקַע בְּתוּלָה, וְהוּא יַיִן מְשֻׁבָּח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and new wine** Which causes maids to speak in song and joy. Others interpret יְנוֹבֵב [as that] which will be fruitful and grow in virgin soil, which is superior wine.