Zechariah 9:7 “I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from be…”

Zechariah 9:7

I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

World English Bible

I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

American Standard Version

And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I wil take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from betweene his teeth: but he that remaineth, euen he shalbe for our God, and he shalbe as a prince in Iudah, but Ekron shalbe as a Iebusite.

Darby Translation

and I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; but he that remaineth, he also shall belong to our God, and shall be as a leader in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

Young's Literal Translation

And turned aside his blood from his mouth, His abominations from between his teeth, And he hath remained, even he, to our God, And he hath been as a leader in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.

Bible in Basic English

And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his disgusting things from between his teeth; and some of his people will be kept for our God: and he will be as a family in Judah, and Ekron as one living in Jerusalem.

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Cross references

“I will”

1 Samuel 17:34–36 Psalm 3:7 Psalm 58:6 Amos 3:12

1 Samuel 17:34–36 · BSB

David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,

Psalm 3:7 · BSB

Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 58:6 · BSB

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

Amos 3:12 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a co…

“he that”

Zechariah 8:23 Isaiah 11:12–14 Isaiah 19:23–25 Jeremiah 48:47 Jeremiah 49:6 Jeremiah 49:39

Zechariah 8:23 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”

Isaiah 11:12–14 · BSB

He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 19:23–25 · BSB

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

Jeremiah 48:47 · BSB

Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity, ” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

Jeremiah 49:6 · BSB

Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity, ” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:39 · BSB

“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity, ” declares the LORD.

“a governor”

Galatians 3:28 Isaiah 60:14–16 Isaiah 49:22 Isaiah 49:23

Galatians 3:28 · BSB

There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 60:14–16 · BSB

The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 49:22 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

Isaiah 49:23 · BSB

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to sha…

“a Jebusite”

2 Samuel 24:16–23 1 Chronicles 11:4–6 1 Chronicles 21:15–30 1 Chronicles 22:1

2 Samuel 24:16–23 · BSB

But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LOR…

1 Chronicles 11:4–6 · BSB

Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.

1 Chronicles 21:15–30 · BSB

Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At tha…

1 Chronicles 22:1 · BSB

Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

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

In context

6A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

8But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.

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