Zechariah 9:5

"Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire."

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 9:5, these words symbolize God's judgment on a powerful nation or entity, metaphorically destroying it through natural disasters like those in the sea and fire, representing both physical and spiritual devastation. This prophecy points to the ultimate sovereignty of God over all earthly powers.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Ashkelon shall see and fear -The words express that to see and fear shall be as one. The mightiest and wealthiest, Tyre, having fallen, the neighbor cities of Philistia who had hoped that her might should be their stay, shall stand in fear and shame. Tyre, being a merchant-city, the mother-city of the cities of the African coast and in Spain, its desolation caused the more terrorIsaiah 23:5-11. And the -(a)king shall perish from Gaza -that is it shall have no more kings. It had been the policy of the world-empires to have tributary kings in the petty kingdoms which they conquered, thus providing lot their continued tranquil submission to themselves .

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