Zechariah 9:1
The burden of a word of YHWH against the land of Hadrach, and Demmeseh—his place of rest: (When to YHWH [is] the eye of man, || And of all the tribes of Israel).
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2And also Hamath borders thereon, || Tyre and Sidon, for—very wise!
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:12O our God, do You not execute judgment on them? For there is no power in us before this great multitude that has come against us, and we do not know what we do, but our eyes [are] on You.”
Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look to You, || And You are giving their food to them in its season,
Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz has seen:
Isaiah 17:7In that day man looks to His Maker, || Indeed, his eyes look to the Holy One of Israel,
Isaiah 52:10YHWH has made His holy arm bare || Before the eyes of all the nations, || And all the ends of the earth have seen || The salvation of our God.
Jeremiah 23:33“And when this people, or the prophet, || Or a priest, asks you, saying, What [is] the burden of YHWH? Then you have said to them: You [are] the burden, and I have left you,” || A declaration of YHWH.
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 →