Zechariah 9:1
The burden of the word of LORD upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus its resting-place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward LORD),
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2and also Hamath, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:12O our God, will thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. Neither do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon thee.
Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait for thee, and thou give them their food in due season.
Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
Isaiah 17:7In that day men shall look to their maker, and their eyes shall have respect for the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 52:10LORD has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Jeremiah 23:33And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of LORD? Then thou shall say to them, What burden! I will cast you off, says LORD.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 9:1
At this chapter begins another sermon, which is continued to the end of ch. xi. It is called, "The burden of the word of the Lord," for every word of God has weight in it to those who regard it, and will be a heavy weight upon those who do not, a dead weight. Here is, I. A prophecy against the Jews' unrighteous neighbours—the Syrians, Tyrians, Philistines, and others ( ver. 1-6 ), with an intimation of mercy to some of them, in their conversion ( ver. 7 ), and a promise of mercy to God's people, in their… Read the whole commentary →