Zechariah 9 · Verse 4

Zechariah 9:4

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, King James Version

Zechariah 9:4 in other translations

BSBBehold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.
WEBBehold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.
ASVBehold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
YLTLo, the Lord doth dispossess her, And He hath smitten in the sea her force, And she with fire is consumed.
DARBYBehold, the Lord will take possession of her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
BBESee, the Lord will take away her heritage, overturning her power in the sea; and she will be burned up with fire.
WebsterBehold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

What does Zechariah 9:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. (Eze 26:4, 12; 27:27). cast her out--Hebrew, "dispossess her," that is, will cast her inhabitants into exile [Grotius]. Alexander, though without a navy, by incredible labor constructed a mole of the ruins of Old Tyre (fulfilling Eze 26:4-12, &c., by "scraping her dust from her," and "laying her stones, timber, and dust in the midst of the water"), from the shore to the island, and, after a seven months' siege, took the city by storm, slew with the sword about eight thousand, enslaved thirteen thousand, crucified two thousand, and set the city on "fire," as here foretold [Curtius, Book 4]. smite her power in the sea--situated though she be in the sea, and so seeming impregnable (compare Eze 28:2, "I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the sea"). "Her power" includes not only her fortifications, but her fleet, all of which Alexander sank in the sea before her very walls [Curtius, Book 4]. Eze 26:17 corresponds, "How art thou destroyed which wast strong in the sea!"

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 Will smite her power in the sea - See Eze 26:17. Though Alexander did take Tyre, Sidon, Gaza, etc.; yet it seems that the prediction relative to their destruction was fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar. See Amo 1:6-8; Zep 2:4, Zep 2:7.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 9:1-8

Here are judgements foretold on several nations. While the Macedonians and Alexander's successors were in warfare in these countries, the Lord promised to protect his people. God's house lies in the midst of an enemy's country; his church is as a lily among thorns. God's power and goodness are seen in her special preservation. The Lord encamps about his church, and while armies of proud opposers shall pass by and…

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Zechariah 9:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הִנֵּ֤הhi.Nehthere!H2009
אֲדֹנָי֙'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יֽוֹרִשֶׁ֔נָּהyo.ri.She.nahhe will dispossess itH3423
וְהִכָּ֥הve.hi.Kahand he will strikeH5221
בַיָּ֖םvai.Yamin the seaH3220
חֵילָ֑הּchei.Lahwealth itsH2428
וְהִ֖יאve.Hi'and itH1931
בָּאֵ֥שׁba.'Eshby <the> fireH784
תֵּאָכֵֽל\׃te.'a.Khelit will be consumedH398

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Cross references for Zechariah 9:4

  • Ezekiel 28:18

    Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

  • Amos 1:10

    But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

  • Ezekiel 26:17

    And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!

  • Ezekiel 28:2

    Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine 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 set thine heart as the heart of God:

  • Ezekiel 27:26-36

    Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; …

  • Ezekiel 26:3-5

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

  • Ezekiel 28:8

    They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

  • Proverbs 10:2

    Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Ezekiel 28:16

    By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

  • Isaiah 23:1-7

    The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. …

  • Proverbs 11:4

    Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Joel 3:8

    And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Lord.
Pr 10:2; 11:4; Isa 23:1-7; Eze 28:16; Joe 3:8
he will.
Eze 26:17; 27:26-36; 28:2,8
shall.
Eze 28:18; Am 1:10

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Context

  • Zechariah 9:3

    And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

  • Zechariah 9:4

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

  • Zechariah 9:5

    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.

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Zechariah 9:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí, el Señor la empobrecerá, y herirá en la mar su fortaleza, y ella será consumida de fuego.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, le Seigneur s’en emparera et brisera sa force dans la mer, et elle sera dévorée par le feu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, der Herr wird es einnehmen und seine Macht im Meere schlagen; und es selbst wird vom Feuer verzehrt werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce Dominus possidebit eam: et percutiet in mari fortitudinem ejus, et hæc igni devorabitur.