Prophecies against Neighboring Nations
1 The (a)burden of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, with (A)Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord),
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Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.
Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
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7 Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
And I will remove their blood from their mouth
And their detestable things from between their teeth.
Then they also will be a remnant for our God,
And be like a (e)clan in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
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And their detestable things from between their teeth.
Then they also will be a remnant for our God,
And be like a (e)clan in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
Deliverance of Judah and Ephraim
Footnotes:
a.
Zechariah 9:1: ['Or ', oracle]
b.
Zechariah 9:2: ['Or ', because]
c.
Zechariah 9:2: ['I.e. they think they are']
d.
Zechariah 9:6: ['Lit ', bastard will]
e.
Zechariah 9:7: ['Or ', chief]
f.
Zechariah 9:8: ['Or ', as a guard, so that none will go back and forth]
g.
Zechariah 9:9: ['Or ', vindicated and victorious]
h.
Zechariah 9:9: ['Lit ', son of a female donkey]
i.
Zechariah 9:10: ['I.e. Euphrates']
j.
Zechariah 9:11: ['Lit ', cistern in which there is no water]
k.
Zechariah 9:12: ['Or ', Stronghold]
l.
Zechariah 9:12: ['Lit ', of the hope]
m.
Zechariah 9:13: ['Lit ', for Me]
n.
Zechariah 9:14: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]
o.
Zechariah 9:16: ['Or ', Displayed over]
p.
Zechariah 9:17: ['Lit ', goodness]
q.
Zechariah 9:17: ['Lit ', his]
Cross references:
O.
Zechariah 9:9:
Psalm 110:1; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 9:7; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 23:6; Matthew 21:5; John 12:15
AE.
Zechariah 9:13:
Joel 3:6
AF.
Zechariah 9:13:
Psalm 45:3
AM.
Zechariah 9:15:
Job 41:28