Zechariah 9:6

And aliens shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will bring down the pride of the Philistines.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Ashkelon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and Ekron; for she is ashamed at her trespass; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

7And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and these also shall be left to our God, and they shall be as a captain of a thousand in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God shall give 1 Wealth, and substance, and honor, 1 And he wants nothing for his soul 1 Of all things that he shall desire, 1 Yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, 1 For a stranger shall devour it: 1 This is vanity, and an evil infirmity. 1

Isaiah 23:9The Lord of hosts has purposed to bring down all the pride of the glorious ones, and to disgrace every glorious thing on the earth.

Zephaniah 2:10This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.

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 →

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