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.

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

A prophecy:(A)

The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrak
    and will come to rest on Damascus(B)
for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel
    are on the Lord[a]
and on Hamath(C) too, which borders on it,
    and on Tyre(D) and Sidon,(E) though they are very skillful.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 9:1 Or Damascus. / For the eye of the Lord is on all people, / as well as on the tribes of Israel,