Old Testament | Zechariah 9:9-12 (with Bryan Zuetel)

Opening Song:
Daughters of Zion by Erin Rose, Isaac Wardell, and Paul Zach

Lyrics:
When will the truth come out
When will Your justice roll down
When will Your kingdom come and evil be undone
When will the wicked kneel
And the abused be healed
When will our sisters speak
With no more shame or fear

(So) How long how long
When will the daughters of Zion rejoice
In the house of the Lord

Out of the miry clay we will rise up someday
Sorrow won't always last the dark will surely pass
Woe to the wicked ones
For what their hands have done
God is our righteous judge
And He will raise us up

(So) let Your justice roll down
(Let Your justice roll down)
Let Your justice roll down
(Let Your justice roll down)

Passage:
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall speak peace to the nations;
his rule shall be from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
(Zechariah 9:9–12 ESV)

Musical Reflection:
Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 by J.S. Bach

Reflection Notes:
Bach’s well-known prelude spins out a series of modulations, almost imperceptible at first. The new harmonies continually unfold in a way that intrigues but never shocks.

Prayer:
Father, what we know not, teach us; what we have not, give us; what we are not, make us; for the sake of your Son our Savior. Amen.
-Old Anglican Prayer