Zechariah 9:1
The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and his sacrifice shall be in Damascus; for the Lord looks upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel.
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In Context
2And in Hamath, even in her coasts, are Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:12O Lord our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no strength to resist this great multitude that is come against us; and we know not what we shall do to them: but our eyes are toward thee.
Isaiah 13:1The vision which Isaiah son of Amoz saw against Babylon.
Isaiah 17:7In that day a man shall trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 52:10And the Lord shall reveal his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation that comes from our God.
Jeremiah 23:33And if this people, or the priest, or the prophet, should ask, What is the burden of the Lord? then thou shalt say to them, Ye are the burden, and I will dash you down, saith the 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 →