Zechariah 9:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Zechariah 9:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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 mi...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Ashkelon. Now 'Askalan. see. fear. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6). Hebrew. tera. vetira . May be Englished by "shall gaze . and be amazed (or be dazed) ": or "shall peer a...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  In this verse also is described the devastation of those cities which the Prophet names; as though he had said, that all those cities which had risen up against God’s people were devoted to ext...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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 inh...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ashkelon shall see it, &c.— "The cities of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, shall be very much terrified at the news of Tyre being destroyed; whence they hoped for succour against th...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 inh...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  See it, and fear. — Well might Philistia fear and tremble on hearing of the destruction of Tyre. Ashkelon and Ekron, it is true, are not mentioned in connection with this march of Alexander, but th...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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....

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• Zechariah 9:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ashkelon shall see [it], and fear ,.... That is, as Kimchi explains it, when Ashkelon shall see that Tyre humbles herself and submits, she shall humble herself and submit also: and the sense may be,...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 inh...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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. “...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Prophecy against Syria; Prophecy against the Enemies of Israel; Judgments and Mercies. B. C.  510....

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ashkelon, threatened by Zephaniah, Zephaniah 2:4 , which threat was executed by the Babylonians soon after the Jews captivity, when Nebuchadnezzar wasted the seacoast, and besieged and took Tyre...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 9:5 .] Principal cities of the Philistines given. Gath only left out, probably owing to its situation inland, lying out of the route of the army. The fall of Tyre terr...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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 ....

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - 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...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Judgment upon the Land of Hadrach

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 8:26 ; Ezekiel 25:15-17 ; Ezekiel 26:15-21 ; Isaiah 14:29-31 ; Isaiah 20:5 ; Isaiah 20:6 ; Jeremiah 47:1 ; Jeremiah 47:4-7 ; Jeremiah 51:8 ; Jeremiah 51:9 ; Philippians 1:20 ; Revela...

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• Zechariah 9:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Her expectation — Her hope that Tyre would break Alexander's power, or hold out against it. Ashamed — Turned into shame and confusion. The king — The government shall be overthrown. Shall not be in...

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