The threatenings of the Gentiles. 9 The coming of Christ.

The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of [a]Hadrach: and Damascus shall be his [b]rest: when the [c]eyes of man, even of all the tribes of Israel shall be toward the Lord.

And Hamath also shall border [d]thereby: Tyre also and Sidon, though they be [e]very wise.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 9:1 Whereby he meaneth Syria.
  2. Zechariah 9:1 God’s anger shall abide upon their chief city, and not spare so much as that.
  3. Zechariah 9:1 When the Jews shall convert and repent, then God will destroy their enemies.
  4. Zechariah 9:2 That is, by Damascus: meaning, that Hamath or Antioch should be under the same rod and plague.
  5. Zechariah 9:2 He secretly showeth the cause of their destruction, because they deceived all others by their craft and subtlety, which they cloaked with this name of wisdom.

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