Zechariah 9:4

Zechariah 9:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
• New International Version (NIV)But the Lord will take away her possessions and destroy her power on the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions and strike down her power on the sea, and she shall be devoured by fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, the Lord will cast her out; He will destroy her power in the sea, And she will be devoured by fire.

Context of Zechariah 9:4

2and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd. 3Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets. Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire. 5Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited. 6A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

Zechariah 9:4 word by word

הִנֵּ֤ה אֲדֹנָי֙ יֽוֹרִשֶׁ֔נָּה וְהִכָּ֥ה בַיָּ֖ם חֵילָ֑הּ וְהִ֖יא בָּאֵ֥שׁ תֵּאָכֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• will impoverish herיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• and castנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• her wealthחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
• into the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• and sheהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• will be consumedאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• by fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Zechariah 9:4

• Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
• Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
• Isaiah 23:1This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
• Ezekiel 28:16By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
• Joel 3:8I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
• Ezekiel 26:17Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
• Ezekiel 27:26Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
• Ezekiel 28:18By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.
• Amos 1:10So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”

Commentaries on Zechariah 9:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Will smite her power in the sea - See Ezekiel 26:17. Though Alexander did take Tyre, Sidon, Gaza, etc.; yet it seems that the prediction relative to their destruction was fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar. See Amos 1:6-8; Zephaniah 2:4, Zephaniah 2:7.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Behold - Such were the preparations of Tyre. Over against them, as it were, the prophet sets before our eyes the counsels of God. Theodoret: “Since they had severed themselves from the providence of God, they were now to experience His power.” “The Lord will cast her out”, literally, deprive her of her possessions, give her an heir of what she had amassed, namely: the enemy; “and he will smite her power or wealth”, of which Ezekiel says, “With thy wisdom…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The term fortress (Hebrew matsor) is a play on words with the name of the city of Tyre (Hebrew tsor). This famous island fortress (Isaiah 23:4; Ezekiel 26:5) was captured and destroyed by Alexander the Great in 332 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. (Eze 26:4, 12; 27:27). cast her out--Hebrew, "dispossess her," that is, will cast her inhabitants into exile [Grotius]. Alexander, though without a navy, by incredible labor constructed a mole of the ruins of Old Tyre (fulfilling Eze 26:4-12, &c., by "scraping her dust from her," and "laying her stones, timber, and dust in the midst of the water"), from the shore to the island, and, after a seven months' siege, took the city by storm, slew with the…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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• Zechariah, Book of

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