Zechariah 9:6
And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
In Context
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.
Isaiah 23:9It was the purpose of the Lord of armies to put pride to shame, to make sport of the glory of those who are honoured in the earth.
Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.
Zephaniah 2:10This will be their fate because of their pride, because they have said evil, lifting themselves up against the people of the Lord of armies.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 9:2-9
Prophecy against Syria; Prophecy against the Enemies of Israel; Judgments and Mercies. ( b. c. 510.) 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 . 2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. 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. 4 Behold, the Lord will cast her… Read the whole commentary →