the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Zechariah 9:2
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This message is also against the city of Hamath near Damascus. And this message is against Tyre and Sidon, even though those people have been so wise and skillful.
And Hamath also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
The message is also against the city of Hamath, on the border, and against Tyre and Sidon, with their skill.
and Hamath, also, which borders thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
And Hamath also shall border by it; Tyre and Zidon, though it be very wise.
And Hamath also, which borders on it (Damascus), Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
and on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
And Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
And Emath in termes therof, and Tirus, and Sidon; for thei token to hem wisdom greetli.
and Hamath also which bordereth thereon: Tyre and Zidon, because she is very wise.
and also upon Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.
Judgment will also fall on the nearby city of Hamath, as well as on Tyre and Sidon, whose people are clever.
and Hamath, also, which bordereth thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
As well as Hamath, which is by its limit, and Tyre and Zidon, because they are very wise.
also Hamat at its border, Tzor and Tzidon, for she is very wise.
and also [on] Hamath [which] bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise.
And Hamath also shall border thereon; Tyre and Zidon, for she is very wise.
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus and Zidon, though it be very wise.
Doom is certain for Hamath, near Damascus, and for the cities of Tyre and Sidon, though they are so clever.
The Word of the Lord is against Hamath also, which is beside Hadrach, and against Tyre and Sidon, even though they are very wise.
Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
And Hamath also shall border thereby: Tyrus also and Zidon, though they be very wise.
Against Hamath also which borders Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they have become very wise.
Moreover also, Hamath, adjoineth thereto, Tyre and Zidon, - because very wise;
Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.
Hamath also, which borders thereon, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
The borders of Hemath shalbe harde therby, Tyrus also and Sidon, for they are very wyse.
And in Emath, even in her coasts, are Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise.
Hamath, which borders on Hadrach, also belongs to him, and so do the cities of Tyre and Sidon, with all their skill.
and also against Hamath, which borders it,as well as Tyre and Sidon,though they are very shrewd.
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
and also Hamath, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon—yes, they are very wise!
and Hamath also borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for -- very wise!
The borders of Hemath shal be harde therby, Tyrus also & Sidon, for they are very wise.
as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise.
Also against Hamath, which borders on it, And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
And Hamath also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
And Hamath also, which borders on it;And Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Hamath: Numbers 13:21, 2 Kings 23:33, 2 Kings 25:21, Jeremiah 49:23, Amos 6:14
Tyrus: Isaiah 23:1-18, Ezekiel 26:1 - Ezekiel 28:26, Joel 3:4-8, Amos 1:9, Amos 1:10
Zidon: 1 Kings 17:9, Ezekiel 28:21-26, Obadiah 1:20
it be: Ezekiel 28:3-5, Ezekiel 28:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 10:18 - Hamathite Joshua 11:8 - great Zidon 2 Kings 19:13 - the king Isaiah 11:11 - Hamath Jeremiah 25:22 - Tyrus Jeremiah 47:4 - Tyrus Ezekiel 26:2 - Tyrus Ezekiel 28:4 - General Ezekiel 47:16 - Hamath Matthew 11:22 - Tyre Acts 27:3 - Sidon
Cross-References
God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the eretz, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the eretz."
Out of the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
But flesh with the life of it, the blood of it, you shall not eat.
God spoke to Noach, and to his sons with him, saying,
Noach began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
Ham, the father of Kana`an, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
Shem and Yefet took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.
They journeyed: and a terror of God was on the cities that were round about them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Ya`akov.
I will give shalom in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil animals to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
I will send the animal of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Hamath also shall border thereby,.... By the land of Hadrach, or by Damascus; and that it was near Damascus is clear from
Isaiah 10:9 it is called Hamath the great in Amos 6:2 and according to Jerom d, is the same with Antioch, which he says was so called by some; and the Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel on Numbers 13:21, renders Hamath by Antioch: and, if so, here was the Lord's rest likewise; here the Gospel was preached, and many converted, and a church, consisting of Jews and Gentiles, was formed; and here the disciples were first called Christians, Acts 11:26.
Tyrus and Zidon; these were famous cities of Phoenicia; upon the borders of these our Lord himself was, Matthew 15:21 of the conversion of the inhabitants of these places the psalmist prophecies,
Psalms 45:12 here likewise the Lord had his resting place; we read of the disciples here, Acts 21:3:
though it be very wise; particularly Tyre, which was famous for wisdom, Ezekiel 28:3 which the Lord confounded by the preaching of the Gospel, and by the foolishness of that saved them that believe. Kimchi refers this to the times of the Messiah; his note is, she shall not trust in her wisdom in the time of the Messiah: so Ben Melech.
d Comment. in Amos, fol. 44. C. & Quaest. Hebr. in Genesim, fol. 67. B. So Cyril. in Amos, p. 312.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And Hamath also shall border thereby - o. Near to it in place and character, it shall share its subdual. After the betrayal of Damascus, Parmenio was set over all Syria. “The Syrians, not as yet tamed by the losses of war, despised the new empire, but, swiftly subdued, they did obediently what they were commanded.”
And Zidon - Zidon, although probably older than Tyre , is here spoken of parenthetically, as subordinate. Perhaps, owing to its situation, it was a wealthy , rather than a strong place. Its name is “Fishing-town;” in Joshua, it is called “the great” Joshua 11:8; Joshua 19:28, perhaps the metropolis; while Tyre is named from its strength Joshua 19:29. It infected Israel with its idolatry Judges 10:6, and is mentioned among the nations who oppressed them and from whom God delivered them on their prayers Judges 10:12, probably under Jabin. In the time of the Judges, it, not Tyre, was looked to for protection Judges 18:7, Judges 18:28. In the times of Ezekiel it had become subordinate, furnishing “rowers” Ezekiel 27:8 to Tyre; but Esarhaddon, about 80 years before, boasts that he had taken it, destroyed its inhabitants, and re-populated it with people from the East, building a new city which he called by his own name . Tyre too had been taken by Nebuchadnezzar . At the restoration from the captivity, Sidon had the first place, Ezra 3:7, which it retained in the time of Xerxes . But Artaxerxes Ochus gained possession of it by treachery, when all Phoenicia revolted from Persia, and, besides those crucified, 40,000 of its inhabitants perished by their own hands , twenty years before the invasion of Alexander, to whom it submitted willingly .
The prophet having named Tyre and Zidon together, yet continues as to Tyre alone, as being alone of account in the days of which he is speaking, those of Alexander.
Although - Rather, “because she is very wise.” Man’s own wisdom is his foolishness and destruction, “as the foolishness of God” is his wisdom and salvation. God “taketh the wise in their own craftiness” Job 5:13. “For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe” 1 Corinthians 1:21. Of the Hagarenes it is said, they “seek wisdom upon earth; none of these know the way of wisdom, or remember her paths” (Baruch 3:23). The wisdom of Tyre was the source of her pride, and so of her destruction also. “Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man and not God, though thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; behold thou art wiser them Daniel, there is no secret that they can hide from thee. Therefore I will bring strangers upon thee - they shall bring thee down to the pit” Ezekiel 28:2, Ezekiel 28:8. So of Edom Obadiah says, “The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock. Shall I not destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?” Obadiah 1:3, Obadiah 1:8.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Zechariah 9:2. And Hamath also shall border thereby — Hamath on the river Orontes; and Tyre and Sidon, notwithstanding their political wisdom, address, and cunning, shall have a part in the punishment.
These prophecies are more suitable to the days of Jeremiah than to those of Zechariah; for there is no evidence - although Alexander did take Damascus, but without bloodshed - that it was destroyed from the times of Zechariah to the advent of our Lord. And as Tyre and Sidon were lately destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, it is not likely that they could soon undergo another devastation.
