Charles Ellicott Commentary Zechariah 9:1

"The burden of the word of Jehovah upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus [shall be] its resting-place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Jehovah);" — Zechariah 9:1 (ASV)

In the land. —Better, on the land.

Hadrach. —Until recently, this word was an insuperable difficulty for commentators, but now it is known from various Assyrian inscriptions that Hadrach (Ha-ta-ri-ka) was the name of a town or district in the vicinity of Damascus and Hamath. (Records of the Past, Vol. V.)

The rest [that is, the resting place] of it. —Namely, of the prophecy; that is, the judgments of God should begin at that city. The Septuagint has θυσία αὐτοῦ, “his sacrifice,” reading different vowels.

When the eyes ... the Lord. —Various renderings of these words have been proposed, but the best is, for to the Lord [will] the eye of man [be directed], and [that of] all the tribes of Israel. That is, when God’s judgments are fulfilled against these districts, the eyes of all will be turned towards Him in wonder.

The Septuagint reads: διότι Κύριος ἐφορᾷ ἀνθρώπους, καὶ πάσας φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ (interpreting “to” as possessive and “man” as the objective genitive), which means, “For to the Lord is an eye on man.”

Instead of Adam, “man,” some propose to read Aram, “Syria,” as the letters d and r are easily interchanged in the Asshurith (square Hebrew) and many other Oriental characters.