Zechariah 9:5 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 9:5

Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.

BSB

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ASV

Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah (420)

(Verse 5 onwards) Ascalon will see it and be afraid; Gaza will writhe in agony, and Ekron too, for her hope will wither. Gaza will lose her king and Ashkelon will be deserted. Foreigners will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron, concluding that their own turns come next, now that the cup of trembling goes round. What will become of their house when their neighbour's is on fire?

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Ashkelon 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 Isa 23:5-11. And the - (a) king shall perish from Gaza - that is it shall have no more kings.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תֵּרֶ֨א	te.Re'	it will see	H7200 →
אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן	'ash.ke.Lon	Ashkelon	H831 →
וְתִירָ֗א	ve.ti.Ra'	so it may be afraid	H3372 →
וְעַזָּה֙	ve.'a.Zah	and Gaza	H5804 →
וְתָחִ֣יל	ve.ta.Chil	so it may be in anguish	H2342 →
מְאֹ֔ד	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →
וְעֶקְר֖וֹן	ve.'ek.Ron	and Ekron	H6138 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
הֹבִ֣ישׁ	ho.Vish	it will be ashamed	H954 →
מֶבָּטָ֑הּ	me.ba.Tah	object of confidence its	H4007 →
וְאָ֤בַד	ve.'A.vad	and he will perish	H6 →
מֶ֙לֶךְ֙	Me.lekh	a king	H4428 →
מֵֽעַזָּ֔ה	me.'a.Zah	from Gaza	H5804 →
וְאַשְׁקְל֖וֹן	ve.'ash.ke.Lon	and Ashkelon	H831 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תֵשֵֽׁב׃	te.Shev	it will remain	H3427 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 8:26
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
leads to
- Acts 5:19
  But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
- 2 Kings 1:3
  But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel…
- Hebrews 1:14
  Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- Acts 27:23
  For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
- Acts 12:23
  Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Through
Jeremiah 47:1
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
leads to
- Jeremiah 25:20
  all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- Genesis 10:19
  and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- 1 Kings 4:24
  For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

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