Zech.9.5

Zechariah 9:5

KJV

Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

The Burden against Israel’s Enemies

Cross References

Isaiah 14:29

KJV GOD

¶ Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

Philistia Will Be Destroyed

Judgment on Philistia

Jeremiah 47:5

KJV GOD

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

Judgment on the Philistines

Joel 3:4

KJV GOD

Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

The LORD Judges the Nations

Amos 1:8

KJV GOD

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

Zephaniah 2:4

KJV

¶ For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

Judgment on the Philistines

Zechariah 9:4

KJV

Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

The Burden against Israel’s Enemies

Zechariah 9:6

KJV GOD

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.