Zechariah 9:5

Zechariah 9:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
• New International Version (NIV)Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, and Ekron too, for her hope will wither. Gaza will lose her king and Ashkelon will be deserted.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid; Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish; Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded. The king shall perish from Gaza; Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Ashkelon shall see it and fear; Gaza also shall be very sorrowful; And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation. The king shall perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

Context of Zechariah 9:5

3Tyre built itself a fortress. It piled up silver like dust and gold like mud in the streets. 4The Lord will take away its possessions. He will throw its wealth into the sea and burn the city down. Ashkelon will see ⌞this⌟ and be afraid. Gaza will also be in great pain, also Ekron, because its hope will fade. Gaza will lose its king. Ashkelon will no longer be lived in. 6A mixed race will live in Ashdod, and I will cut off the Philistines’ arrogance. 7I will remove the blood from their mouths and the disgusting things from between their teeth. Then only a few of them will be left for our God like a tribe in Judah, and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.

Zechariah 9:5 word by word

תֵּרֶ֨א אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן וְתִירָ֗א וְעַזָּה֙ וְתָחִ֣יל מְאֹ֔ד וְעֶקְר֖וֹן כִּֽי־הֹבִ֣ישׁ מֶבָּטָ֑הּ וְאָ֤בַד מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ מֵֽעַזָּ֔ה וְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹן לֹ֥א תֵשֵֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ashkelonאַשְׁקְלוֹן'ashqelôn · AshkelonH831
• shall seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and fearיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
• Gazaעַזָּה‛azzâh · GazaH5804
• and be veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• sorrowfulחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: writh in painH2342
• and Ekronעֶקְרוֹן‛eqrôn · EkronH6138
• for her expectationמַבָּטmabbâţ mebbâţ · expectationH4007
• shall be ashamedיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• and the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• shall perishאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• shall not be inhabitedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Zechariah 9:5

• Isaiah 14:29All you Philistines, don’t rejoice that the rod of the one who struck you is broken, because a viper will come from that snake’s root, and his descendant will be a flying, fiery serpent.
• Jeremiah 47:1The Lord spoke this message to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.
• Ezekiel 25:15“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: The Philistines have taken revenge with spiteful hearts. They have tried to destroy their long-time enemies.
• Zephaniah 2:4Gaza will be deserted, and Ashkelon will be destroyed. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be torn out by the roots.
• Acts 8:26An angel from the Lord said to Philip, “Get up, and take the desert road that goes south from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
• Jeremiah 51:8Babylon will suddenly fall and be shattered. Cry for it. Bring medicine for its pain. Maybe it can be healed.
• Ezekiel 26:15“This is what the Almighty Lord says to Tyre: The people who live on the coast will shake with fear when they hear about your defeat. They will groan when your people are wounded and slaughtered.
• Revelation 18:9“The kings of the earth who had sex with her and lived in luxury with her will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke rise from her raging fire.
• Isaiah 20:5Then the people will be shattered and ashamed because Sudan was their hope and Egypt was their beauty.
• Romans 5:5We’re not ashamed to have this confidence, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
• Philippians 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of. I will speak very boldly and honor Christ in my body, now as always, whether I live or die.

Commentaries on Zechariah 9:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear - All these prophecies seem to have been fulfilled before the days of Zechariah; another evidence that these last chapters were not written by him. Her expectation shalt be ashamed - The expectation of being succoured by Tyre.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Ashkelon shall see and fear - The words express that to see and fear shall be as one. The mightiest and wealthiest, Tyre, having fallen, the neighbor cities of Philistia who had hoped that her might should be their stay, shall stand in fear and shame. Tyre, being a merchant-city, the mother-city of the cities of the African coast and in Spain, its desolation caused the more terror Isaiah 23:5-11. And the - (a) d king shall perish from Gaza - that is it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Ashkelon … Gaza … Ekron … Ashdod: These Philistine cities are on Israel's coastal plain. David defeated them (2 Samuel 5:17–25), but they later regained some independence. The prophets Amos and Zephaniah predicted similar judgments against these four cities (Amos 1:6–8; Zephaniah 2:4–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Ashkelon, &c.--Gath alone is omitted, perhaps as being somewhat inland, and so out of the route of the advancing conqueror. Ekron ... expectation ... ashamed--Ekron, the farthest north of the Philistine cities, had expected Tyre would withstand Alexander, and so check his progress southward through Philistia to Egypt. This hope being confounded ("put to shame"), Ekron shall "fear." king shall perish from Gaza--Its government shall be overthrown. In…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