Zechariah 9:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. ”

Zechariah 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold - Such were the preparations of Tyre. Over against them, as it were, the prophet sets before our eyes the counsels of God. Theodoret: “Since they had severed themselves from the providence...
Zechariah 9:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her (f) power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. (f) Though those of Tyre think themselves invincible by reason of the sea that su...
Zechariah 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

This paragraph, of which the beginning is mutilated and the text is otherwise corrupt, is written in verse, lines of three beats each, arranged in tristichs. This form of verse is unusual, the more c...
Zechariah 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. the Lord* . One of 134 places where the Sopherim say they altered "Jehovah" to "Adonai". App-32 and compare App-4. cast her out . dispossess her.
Zechariah 9:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He now declares that God would be an avenger. Behold, he says, Jehovah will possess, or cause to possess, as some read, but they are mistaken, owing to the two meanings of the verb ירש, ir...
Zechariah 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. Will smite her power in the sea - See Ezekiel 26:17 . Though Alexander did take Tyre,...
Zechariah 9:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Will smite her power in the sea— The Sidonians, (according to Diodorus Siculus,) on the approach of the army sent against them by Ochus king of Persia, first of all destroyed their shipping at sea;...
Zechariah 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. Behold, the Lord will cast her out - ( Ezekiel 26:4 ; Ezekiel 26:12 ; Ezekie...
Zechariah 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judgments on the Nations. The Prince of Peace 1-8. A judgment is about to fall on Damascus, Hamath, Tyre, Sidon, and the cities of the Philistines. A remnant from Philistia will acknowledge God. G...
Zechariah 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1. THE COMING OF THE GREEKS Zechariah 9:1-8 This passage runs exactly in the style of the early prophets. It figures the progress of war from the north of Syria southwards by the valley of the...
Zechariah 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Nations Will Seek the God of Israel Zechariah 8:18-23 ; Zechariah 9:1-8 In his final answer the prophet gives a delightful picture of the future, which was on the eve of complete realizati...
Zechariah 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the second division of the prophecy in which there are two messages. The first the prophet described as "the burden of the word of the Lord upon the land of Hadrach"; it deals with the re...
Zechariah 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus and Zidon, though it be very wise. 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and line gold as the mire of the streets....
Zechariah 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, the Lord will cast her out ,.... Or "inherit her" f, or "them", as the Septuagint render the words; when, being converted, she would become the Lord's inheritance and possession, and her ric...
Zechariah 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. Ver. 4. Behold, the Lord will cast her out ] Or, impoverish her, as some render it;...
Zechariah 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And Hamath also shall border there by Or, Hamath also shall be within its borders. That is, the borders of this prophecy. Hamath shall be involved in the calamities which this prophecy denounces. “...
Zechariah 9:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Syria, Tyre and Philistia to Fall Under Judgment (vv. 1-8) Beginning with this chapter the book of Zechariah has a distinctly different character. No dates are mentioned as in the first section...
Zechariah 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophecy against Syria; Prophecy against the Enemies of Israel; Judgments and Mercies. B. C. 510....
Zechariah 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Behold; observe it, for I tell you truth; though strange, it will be so. The Lord will cast her out; the Lord will do this, he will eject and cast her out of her inheritance, as the word in the H...
Zechariah 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God Declares Judgment on the Surrounding Nations and Security to His People ( Zechariah 9:1-8 ). The section begins by indicating that all are watching for what YHWH will do, and that those who pr...
Zechariah 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Hadrach ] Part of Syria, near Damascus. Rest ] On which God’s wrath shall rest, and permanently abide. Eyes ] of Israel, and of other people, would mark the providence of God; or,...
Zechariah 9:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

As we read these ancient prophecies, we will not only notice how exactly they have been fulfilled, but we will also try to learn the lesson that they are intended to teach us. Zechariah 9:1-4 . Th...
Zechariah 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 9:1 . The burden of Hadrach and Damascus. Hadrach, the old name of Hazor, the Hebrews being accustomed to adhere to primitive names of cities and nations. Judges 4:2 ; Jeremiah 49:28 ....
Zechariah 9:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

The burden of the Word of the Lord The dark and bright side of God ’s revelation to mankind I. The dark side of the Divine Word. Notice two things-- 1. In this aspect it is here called a “b...
Zechariah 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-14:21 Part III . THE FUTURE OF THE POWERS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD . Verse 1-11:17 A. THE FIRST BURDEN . Zechariah 9:1...
Zechariah 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judgment upon the Land of Hadrach
Zechariah 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 1:10 ; Ezekiel 26:17 ; Ezekiel 27:26-36 ; Ezekiel 28:16 ; Ezekiel 28:18 ; Ezekiel 28:2 ; Ezekiel 28:8 ; Isaiah 23:1-7 ; Joel 3:8 ; Proverbs 10:2 ; Proverbs 11:4
Zechariah 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cast her out — Of her inheritance, as the word properly means.

Zechariah 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zechariah 9:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zechariah 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zechariah 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zechariah 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 9:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zechariah 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zechariah 9:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Zechariah 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 9:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zechariah 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zechariah 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zechariah 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes