Zechariah 9:4

Hinei, Adonoi will cause it to be taken, 1 and He will strike her power on the yam; 1 and she shall be devoured with eish. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

In Context

3And Tzor did build herself a matzor (stronghold), 1 and heaped up kesef like the dust, 1 and fine gold like the mire of the streets. 1

5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; 1 Azah (Gaza) also shall see it, 1 and tremble greatly, 1 and Ekron; for her hope shall be put to shame; 1 and Melech shall perish out of Azah (Gaza), 1 and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:2Otzarot resha profit nothing, 1 but tzedakah (righteousness) saveth from mavet. 1

Isaiah 23:1The massa (burden) of Tzor: 1 Howl, ye oniyyot (ships) of Tarshish; 1 for it is destroyed, so that there is no bais, no entering in; 1 from the Eretz Kittim (Land of Cyprus) 1 niglah (it is revealed) to them. 1

Ezekiel 26:17And they shall take up a kinah (lament, funeral dirge) for thee, and say to thee: 1 How thou hast perished, 1 that wast inhabited of seafaring men, 1 the renowned ir (city), 1 which wast chazakah on the yam, 1 she and her inhabitants, which spread their terror — 1 all who live there. + 26:17 in Tyre 1

Ezekiel 28:2Ben adam, say unto the Nagid Tzor, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: 1 Because thine lev is lifted up [in pride], 1 and thou hast said, El ani (I am a g-d), 1 and I sit on a moshav elohim (seat of g-ds), 1 in the midst of the yamim (seas); 1 yet thou art adam, and not El, 1 though thou set thine mind as the lev elohim; 1

Ezekiel 28:16By the multitude of thy trading 1 they have filled the midst of thee with chamas, 1 and thou hast sinned; 1 therefore I will banish thee as profane out of the Har Elohim; 1 and I will destroy thee, O guardian keruv, 1 from the midst of the stones of eish. 1

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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