Zechariah 9:2 “and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon,…”

Zechariah 9:2

and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

World English Bible

and Hamath, also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.

American Standard Version

and Hamath, also, which bordereth thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Hamath also shall border thereby: Tyrus also and Zidon, though they be very wise.

Darby Translation

and also [on] Hamath [which] bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise.

Young's Literal Translation

And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for — very wise!

Bible in Basic English

As well as Hamath, which is by its limit, and Tyre and Zidon, because they are very wise.

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Cross references

“Hamath”

Jeremiah 49:23 Numbers 13:21 2 Kings 23:33 2 Kings 25:21 Amos 6:14

Jeremiah 49:23 · BSB

Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.

Numbers 13:21 · BSB

So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

2 Kings 23:33 · BSB

And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Kings 25:21 · BSB

There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

Amos 6:14 · BSB

For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

“Tyrus”

Isaiah 23:1–18 Joel 3:4–8 Ezekiel 26:1–28 Amos 1:9 Amos 1:10

Isaiah 23:1–18 · BSB

This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

Joel 3:4–8 · BSB

Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads…

Ezekiel 26:1–28 · BSB

In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Amos 1:9 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.

Amos 1:10 · BSB

So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”

“Zidon”

1 Kings 17:9 Ezekiel 28:21–26 Obadiah 1:20

1 Kings 17:9 · BSB

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

Ezekiel 28:21–26 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.

Obadiah 1:20 · BSB

And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.

“it be”

Ezekiel 28:12 Ezekiel 28:3–5

Ezekiel 28:12 · BSB

“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 28:3–5 · BSB

Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!

Also

Ezekiel 28:2–5

Ezekiel 28:2–5 · BSB

“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though yo…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place— for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD —

3Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

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