Zechariah 9:1
The burden of a word of Jehovah against the land of Hadrach, and Demmeseh — his place of rest: (When to Jehovah [is] the eye of man, And of all the tribes of Israel.)
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for — very wise!
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:12'O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee [are] our eyes.'
Psalms 145:15The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season,
Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz hath seen:
Isaiah 17:7In that day doth man look to His Maker, Yea, his eyes to the Holy One of Israel look,
Isaiah 52:10Jehovah hath made bare His holy arm Before the eyes of all the nations, And seen have all the ends of the earth, The salvation of our God.
Jeremiah 23:33And when this people, or the prophet, Or a priest, doth ask thee, saying, What [is] the burden of Jehovah? Then thou hast said unto them: Ye [are] the burden, and I have left you, An affirmation of Jehovah.
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 →