oracles in Amos and Ezekiel), but God defends Jerusalem and promises that his king (verse 9) will triumphantly enter the city to bring peace among all nations.

[12] Fragments containing parts of this chapter (a revision of the Septuagint) were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, i.e., Naḥal Ḥever 8Ḥev1 (8ḤevXIIgr); late 1st century BCE) with extant verses 1–5[13][14][15] This section contains some 'wisdom influence', such as the 'eye' motif (cf.

the wording in the New International Version: "Hadrach" refers to a city-state in the northern region of Syria, stretching from south of Aleppo to north of Damascus.

[21] There are two typical readings of the second part of this verse: some texts, as above, refer to "the eyes of man", or of "all humanity",[22] which are turned towards the LORD.

[16] The New Testament authors saw this verse as a prophecy pointing to Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the day now known as Palm Sunday, as quoted in Matthew 21:5 and John 12:15).

[27] This part pictures God as a warrior who brings "ultimate victory to his oppressed people against the Greeks" (verse 13).

Verses 9–10 (from the King James Version) are quoted in the English-language oratorio "Messiah" by George Frideric Handel (HWV 56).