Animals
colt in Zechariah 9
KOLT
This creature shows up in Zechariah 9:9: “Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation;…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Zechariah 9:9
“Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
What kids can learn
When you hear colt in Zechariah, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Zechariah 9:9 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Zechariah 9:9
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Rejoicegreatly,daughterofZion!Shout,daughterofJerusalem!Behold,yourKingcomestoyou!Heisandhavingsalvation;lowly,andonadonkey,onacolt,thefoalofadonkey.