Zechariah 9:4

New English Translation

Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea – she will be consumed by fire.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:2

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

Isaiah 23:11

The Lord stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan’s fortresses.

Ezekiel 26:17

They will sing this lament over you: “‘How you have perished – you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!

Ezekiel 28:16

In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I defiled you and banished you from the mountain of God – the guardian cherub expelled you from the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 28:18

By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade, you desecrated your sanctuaries. So I drew fire out from within you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth before the eyes of all who saw you.

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Your heart is proud and you said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas” – yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.

Ezekiel 28:8

They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.

Joel 3:8

I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. They will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away. Indeed, the Lord has spoken!

Amos 1:10

So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses.”

Zechariah 9:5

Ashkelon will see and be afraid; Gaza will be in great anguish, as will Ekron, for her hope will have been dried up. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited.