Zechariah 9:4 — Meaning and Application

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“Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.”

Zechariah 9:4

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And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

Ashkelon shall see {it}, and fear; Gaza also {shall see it}, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

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Zechariah 9:1

"The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus {shall be} the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, {shall be} toward the LORD."

Zechariah 9:2

"And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise."

Zechariah 9:3

"And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets."

Zechariah 9:5

"Ashkelon shall see {it}, and fear; Gaza also {shall see it}, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited."

Zechariah 9:6

"And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines."

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