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Zechariah 9:2
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and also against Hamath, which borders it,as well as Tyre and Sidon,though they are very shrewd.
And Hamat, also, which borders on it; Tzor and Tzidon, because they are very wise.
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus and Zidon, though it be very wise.
And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be 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, 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 on it (Damascus), Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
And Hamath also shall border thereby: Tyrus also and Zidon, though they be 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.
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.
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.
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.
Against Hamath also which borders Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they have become 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 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 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.
And Hamath also shall border thereon; Tyre and Zidon, for she is 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.
and Hamath also which bordereth thereon: Tyre and Zidon, because she is 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 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.
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.
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.
Moreover also, Hamath, adjoineth thereto, Tyre and Zidon, - because very wise;
Hamath also, which borders thereon, 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.
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
And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.
Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat.
Thus also said God to Noe, and to his sons with him:
And Noe a husbandman began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard.
Which when Cham the father of Chanaan had seen, to wit, that his father’s nakedness was uncovered, he told it to his two brethren without.
But Sem and Japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders, and going backward, covered the nakedness of their father: and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
And when they were departed, the terror of God fell upon all the cities round about, and they durst not pursue after them as they went away.
I will give peace in your coasts: you shall sleep, and there shall be none to make you afraid. I will take away evil beasts: and the sword shall not pass through your quarters.
And I will send in upon you the beasts of the field, to destroy you and your cattle, and make you few in number: and that your highways may be 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.
