Zechariah 9:7

Zechariah 9:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
• New International Version (NIV)I will take the blood from their mouths, the forbidden food from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God and become a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will take away its blood from its mouth, and its abominations from between its teeth; it too shall be a remnant for our God; it shall be like a clan in Judah, and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth. Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God and become like a clan in Judah. The Philistines of Ekron will join my people, as the ancient Jebusites once did.

Context of Zechariah 9:7

5Ashkelon 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. 6“A mixed race shall settle in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. I will take away the blood from his mouth, And the abominations from between his teeth. But he who remains, even he shall be for our God, And shall be like a leader in Judah, And Ekron like a Jebusite. 8I will camp around My house Because of the army, Because of him who passes by and him who returns. No more shall an oppressor pass through them, For now I have seen with My eyes. 9“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.

Zechariah 9:7 word by word

וַהֲסִרֹתִ֨י דָמָ֜יו מִפִּ֗יו וְשִׁקֻּצָיו֙ מִבֵּ֣ין שִׁנָּ֔יו וְנִשְׁאַ֥ר גַּם־ה֖וּא לֵֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וְהָיָה֙ כְּאַלֻּ֣ף בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה וְעֶקְר֖וֹן כִּיבוּסִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will take awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• his bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• out of his mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• and his abominationsשִׁקּוּץshiqqûts shiqqûts · abominationH8251
• from between his teethשֵׁןshên · toothH8127
• but he that remainethשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• for our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and he shall be as a governorאַלּוּף'alûph 'allûph · chiefH441
• in Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and Ekronעֶקְרוֹן‛eqrôn · EkronH6138
• as a Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyebûsîy · JebusiteH2983

Cross-references for Zechariah 9:7

• 1 Samuel 17:34But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,
• Psalms 3:7Arise, O Lord; Save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
• Psalms 58:6Break their teeth in their mouth, O God! Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
• Amos 3:12Thus says the Lord: “As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion Two legs or a piece of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be taken out Who dwell in Samaria— In the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch!
• Zechariah 8:23“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” ’ ”
• Isaiah 11:12He will set up a banner for the nations, And will assemble the outcasts of Israel, And gather together the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.
• Isaiah 19:23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.
• Jeremiah 48:47“Yet I will bring back the captives of Moab In the latter days,” says the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
• Jeremiah 49:6But afterward I will bring back The captives of the people of Ammon,” says the Lord.
• Ezekiel 16:57before your wickedness was uncovered. It was like the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and of the daughters of the Philistines, who despise you everywhere.
• Isaiah 49:22Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations, And set up My standard for the peoples; They shall bring your sons in their arms, And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders;
• Isaiah 60:14Also the sons of those who afflicted you Shall come bowing to you, And all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet; And they shall call you The City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
• Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• 2 Samuel 24:16And when the angel stretched out His hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
• 1 Chronicles 11:4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
• 1 Chronicles 21:15And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was destroying, the Lord looked and relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who was destroying, “It is enough; now restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Commentaries on Zechariah 9:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I will take away his blood out of his mouth - The Philistines, when incorporated with the Israelites, shall abstain from blood, and every thing that is abominable. And Ekron as a Jebusite - As an inhabitant of Jerusalem. Many of the Philistines became proselytes to Judiasm; and particularly the cities of Gaza, and Ashdod. See Josephus Antiq. lib. xlii., c. 15, s. 4.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth - The “abominations” being idol-sacrifices, the “bloods” will also be, the blood mingled with the wine of sacrifices, of which David says, “Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer” Psalm 16:4; and Ezekiel unites the offences, “Ye eat With the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood” Ezekiel 33:25. But he that remaineth - Better, “And he too” shall remain over to our God.” Of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7blood: The Philistines ate meat with blood, which was considered ceremonially unclean (see Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 3:17; Acts 15:20). Abominations refer to eating unclean foods (see Leviticus 11:2–23). they too will become a remnant for our God: This predicts Philip’s work in the Philistine coastal cities (see Acts 8:40). The Jebusites were a Canaanite group (see Genesis 10:16; 1 Chronicles 1:14) living near Jerusalem. The city of Jebus (Jerusalem) was…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. take ... his blood out of ... mouth--Blood was forbidden as food (Ge 9:4; Le 7:26). abominations--things sacrificed to idols and then partaken of by the worshippers (Nu 25:2; Ac 15:29). The sense is, "I will cause the Philistines to cease from the worship of idols." even he shall be for our God--"even he," like Hamath, Damascus, Tyre, &c., which, these words imply, shall also be converted to God (Is 56:3, "son of the stranger joined himself to the…Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 9:7

• Idolatry
• Philistines

In the dictionaries

• Ekron
• God
• Judah
• Jebus; Jebusi; Jebusite
• Governor
• Pride
• Prophecy
• Abomination of Desolation
• Bible, the
• Duke

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