Zechariah 9:5

New English Translation

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 14:28

In the year King Ahaz died, this message was revealed:

Jeremiah 47:1

The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

Joel 3:4

Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? I will very quickly repay you for what you have done!

Amos 1:6

This is what the Lord says: “Because Gaza has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They deported a whole community and sold them to Edom.

Amos 1:8

I will remove the ruler from Ashdod, the one who holds the royal scepter from Ashkelon. I will strike Ekron with my hand; the rest of the Philistines will also die.” The sovereign Lord has spoken!

Zechariah 9:4

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

Zechariah 9:6

A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines.

Acts 8:26

Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.)

Romans 5:5

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Philippians 1:20

My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.