Zechariah 9:4

New American Bible - revised edition

But now the Lord will dispossess it, and cast its wealth into the sea, and it will be devoured by fire.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but justice saves from death.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is useless on a day of wrath, but justice saves from death.

Isaiah 23:11

His hand he stretches out over the sea, he shakes kingdoms; The Lord commanded the destruction of Canaan’s strongholds:

Ezekiel 26:17

They will raise lament over you and say to you: How you have perished, gone from the seas, Renowned City! Once she was mighty on the sea, she and her inhabitants, Those who spread their terror to all who dwelt nearby.

Ezekiel 28:16

Your commerce was full of lawlessness, and you sinned. Therefore I banished you from the mountain of God; the cherub drove you out from among the fiery stones.

Ezekiel 28:18

Because of the enormity of your guilt, and the perversity of your trade, you defiled your sanctuary. I brought fire out of you; it devoured you; I made you ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who see you.

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Because you are haughty of heart, you say, “I am a god! I sit on a god’s throne in the heart of the sea!” But you are a man, not a god; yet you pretend you are a god at heart!

Ezekiel 28:8

They shall thrust you down into the pit: you shall die a violent death in the heart of the sea.

Amos 1:10

I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its strongholds.

Zechariah 9:5

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too will be in great anguish; Ekron also, for its hope will wither. The king will disappear from Gaza, Ashkelon will not be inhabited,