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Zechariah 9:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. "

Zechariah 9:6

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4 Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.

5 Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

6 Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

8 I will encamp around my house against the army, that no one pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.

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Amos 1:8

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"I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD."

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Zephaniah 2:4

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"For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up."

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Jeremiah 25:20

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"and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;"

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Ezra 7:24

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"Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or laborers of this house of God."

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Micah 5:14

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"I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you; and I will destroy your cities."

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Deuteronomy 23:2

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"A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into the LORD’s assembly."

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Zechariah 9:1

"A revelation. The LORD’s word is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus— for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward the LORD—"

Zechariah 9:2

"and Hamath, also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise."

Zechariah 9:3

"Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets."

Zechariah 9:4

"Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire."

Zechariah 9:5

"Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited."

Zechariah 9:7

"I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite."

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