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The Burden against Israel’s Enemies

Zechariah 9:2

In 11 translations

BSB
and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.
KJV
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
WEB
and Hamath, also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
ASV
and Hamath, also, which bordereth thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
LSV
And also Hamath borders thereon, || Tyre and Sidon, for—very wise!
YLT
And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for — very wise!
DBY
and also [on] Hamath [which] bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise.
DRC
Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.
GNV
And Hamath also shall border thereby: Tyrus also and Zidon, though they be very wise.
JPS
And Hamath also shall border thereon; Tyre and Zidon, for she is very wise.
LXXE
And in Emath, even in her coasts, are Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְגַם־חֲמָ֖ת תִּגְבָּל־בָּ֑הּ צֹ֣ר וְצִיד֔וֹן כִּ֥י חָֽכְמָ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐν Ἠμὰθ ἐν τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῆς Τύρος καὶ Σιδὼν, διότι ἐφρόνησαν σφόδρα.

Who and where

📍 Hamath📍 Sidon📍 Tyre◆ Prophecies of Zechariah

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
  • Jeremiah 49:23Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
  • Ezekiel 28:2–5“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though…
  • 2 Kings 23:33And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
  • Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
  • Obadiah 1:20And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.
  • Amos 6:14For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”
  • Ezekiel 28:21–26“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her. And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that…
  • Joel 3:4–8Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your…
  • Ezekiel 26:1–21In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung…
  • 2 Kings 25:21There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
  • Isaiah 23:1–18This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of…
  • 1 Kings 17:9“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
  • Amos 1:9–10This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood. So I will…

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