Zechariah 9:6

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 she will be consumed with fire. 5Ashkelon will see it and be afraid. Gaza too will writhe in great pain; Also Ekron, because her hope has been ruined. Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited. And a people of mixed origins will live in Ashdod, And I will eliminate the pride of the Philistines. 7And I will remove their blood from their mouth And their detestable things from between their teeth. Then they also will be a remnant for our God, And be like a clan in Judah, And Ekron will be like a Jebusite. 8But I will camp around My house because of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And no oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.

Zechariah 9:6 word by word

וְיָשַׁ֥ב מַמְזֵ֖ר בְּאַשְׁדּ֑וֹד וְהִכְרַתִּ֖י גְּא֥וֹן פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

• mixedמַמְזֵרmamzêr · bastardH4464
• will liveיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• Ashdodאַשְׁדּוֹד'ashdôd · AshdodH795
• And I will eliminateכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430

Cross-references for Zechariah 9:6

• Ecclesiastes 2:18So I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
• Ecclesiastes 6:2a person to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God has not given him the opportunity to enjoy these things, but a foreigner enjoys them. This is futility and a severe affliction.
• Amos 1:8I will also eliminate every inhabitant from Ashdod, As well as him who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon; And I will direct My power against Ekron, And the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” Says the Lord God.
• Isaiah 2:12For the Lord of armies will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is arrogant and haughty, And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be brought low.
• Isaiah 23:9The Lord of armies has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty, To despise all the honored of the earth.
• Isaiah 28:1Woe to the proud crown of the habitually drunk of Ephraim, And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley Of those who are overcome with wine!
• Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just; and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
• Zephaniah 2:10This they will have in return for their arrogance, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of armies.
• 1 Peter 5:5You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God is opposed to the proud, 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

Topics related to Zechariah 9:6

• Ashdod
• Bastard
• Philistines

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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