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Zechariah 9:6
6And a mongrel race will live in Ashdod, And I will put an end to the pride and arrogance of the Philistines.
Zechariah 9:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- New International Version (NIV)A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod, and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.
- English Standard Version (ESV)a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“A mixed race shall settle in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
Context of Zechariah 9:6
4Behold, the Lord will dispossess her And throw her wealth into the sea; And Tyre will be devoured by fire. 5Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in pain, And Ekron, for her hope and expectation, has been ruined. The king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited. And a mongrel race will live in Ashdod, And I will put an end to the pride and arrogance of the Philistines. 7I will take the blood from their mouths And their detestable things from between their teeth [those repulsive, idolatrous sacrifices eaten with the blood]. Then they too will be a remnant for our God, And be like a clan in Judah, And Ekron will be like one of the Jebusites. 8Then I will camp around My house [as a guard] because of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And no oppressor will again overrun them (Israel), For now My eyes are upon them [providentially protecting them].
Read all of Zechariah 9Zechariah 9:6 word by word
וְיָשַׁ֥ב מַמְזֵ֖ר בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י גְּא֥וֹן פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Zechariah 9:6
- Ecclesiastes 2:18So I hated all the fruit (gain) of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will succeed me.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God has not given him the power or capacity to enjoy them [all those things which are gifts from God], but a stranger [in whom he has no interest succeeds him and] enjoys them. This is vanity and it is a [cause of] great distress.
- Amos 1:8And I will cut off and destroy the inhabitants from Ashdod, And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon; And I will unleash My power and turn My hand [in judgment] against Ekron, And the rest of the Philistines [in Gath and the towns dependent on these four Philistine cities] shall die,” Says the Lord God.
- Isaiah 2:12For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against all who are proud and arrogant And against all who are lifted up, That they may be degraded.
- Isaiah 23:9The Lord of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty, To bring into contempt and humiliation all the honored of the earth.
- Isaiah 28:1Woe (judgment is coming) to [Samaria] the splendid crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the rich valley Of those who are overcome with wine!
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and faithful and His ways are just, and He is able to humiliate and humble those who walk in [self-centered, self-righteous] pride.”
- Zephaniah 2:10This they shall have in return for their pride, because they have taunted and become arrogant against the people of the Lord of hosts.
- 1 Peter 5:5Likewise, you younger men [of lesser rank and experience], be subject to your elders [seek their counsel]; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another [tie on the servant’s apron], for God is opposed to the proud [the disdainful, the presumptuous, and He defeats them], but He gives grace to the humble.
Commentaries on Zechariah 9:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6A bastard shall dwell in Ashdod - This character would suit Alexander very well, who most certainly was a bastard; for his mother Olympia said that Jupiter Ammon entered her apartment in the shape of a dragon, and begat Alexander! Could her husband Philip believe this? The word signifies a stranger.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And a bastard shall dwell at Ashdod - oThe “mamzer” was one born unlawfully, whether out of marriage, or in forbidden marriage, or in adultery. Here it is, probably, like our “spurious brood”; whether it was so itself or in the eyes of the Ashdodites; whence he adds. I will cut off the pride of the Philistines - Pride would survive the ruin of their country, the capture of their cities, the less of independence. It would not survive the loss of their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6mixed race: This Hebrew word appears elsewhere only in Deuteronomy 23:2, where it refers to children born outside of marriage. Zechariah uses it to indicate that the Philistines will eventually lose their political and social identity.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. bastard--not the rightful heir; vile and low men, such as are bastards (De 23:2) [Grotius]. An alien; so the Septuagint; implying the desolation of the region wherein men shall not settle, but sojourn in only as aliens passing through [Calvin].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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