Zechariah 9:5
Ashkelon will see and be afraid! Gaza also will tremble greatly! Ekron, her hopes will be disappointed! The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall no longer be inhabited!
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6Strangers will make their homes in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
Cross References
Isaiah 14:28In the year that king Ahaz died this declaration came: 1
Isaiah 20:5They will be dismayed and ashamed, because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their glory.
Jeremiah 47:4For the day is coming that will devastate all of the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon 1 every survivor who wants to help them. For Yahweh is devastating the Philistines, 1 those who remain from the island of Caphtor.
Jeremiah 51:8Babylon will fall suddenly and be destroyed. 1 Wail for her! Give her medicine for her pain; perhaps she can be healed. 1
Ezekiel 26:15The Lord Yahweh says this to Tyre, 'Will not the islands quake with the sound of your downfall, and with the groans of the wounded when the terrible slaughter is in your midst?
Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will turn into a devastation. 1 They will drive out Ashdod at noon, and they will uproot Ekron! 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 →