Zechariah 9:4
Look! The Lord will dispossess her and destroy her strength on the sea, so she will be devoured by fire.
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Proverbs 10:2Treasures accumulated by wickedness have no value, 1 but doing what is right keeps you from death. 1
Isaiah 23:1A declaration about Tyre: 1 Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for there is neither home nor harbor; 1 from the land of Cyprus it has been revealed to them. + 23:1 Instead of Cyprus , some modern versions keep Kittim , the Hebrew name for this island. 1
Ezekiel 26:17They will lift up a lament for you and say to you, 1 How you, who were inhabited by sailors, have been destroyed. The famous city that was so strong—it is now gone from the sea. 1 The ones living in her once spread a terror about themselves upon everyone who lived near them. 1
Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Your heart is arrogant! You have said, “I am a god! I will sit in the seat of the gods in the heart of the seas!” Even though you are a man and not a god, you make your heart like the heart of a god;
Ezekiel 28:16Through your great trade you were filled with violence, and so you sinned. So I threw you out of the mountain of God, as a one who was defiled, and I destroyed you, guardian cherub, and drove you from among the fiery stones.
Joel 3:8I will sell your sons and your daughters, 1 by the hand of the people of Judah. 1 They will sell them to the Sabeans, 1 to a nation far off, 1 for Yahweh has spoken.” 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 →