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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Zechariah 9:2

Verse Zechariah 9:2. And Hamath also shall border thereby] Hamath on the river Orontes; and Tyre and Sidon, notwithstanding their political wisdom, address, and cunning, shall have a part in the punishment.

These prophecies are more suitable to the days of Jeremiah than to those of Zechariah; for there is no evidence - although Alexander did take Damascus, but without bloodshed - that it was destroyed from the times of Zechariah to the advent of our Lord. And as Tyre and Sidon were lately destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, it is not likely that they could soon undergo another devastation.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HAMATH ALSO SHALL BORDER THEREBY - o. Near to it in place and character, it shall share its subdual. After the betrayal of Damascus, Parmenio was set over all Syria. “The Syrians, not as yet tamed...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE TWO PROPHETIC BURDENS--THE GREAT PROPHECIES OF THE FUTURE I. The First Burden (9-11) CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The burden of the land of Hadrach (Zechariah 9:1) _ 2. Zion's King of Peace (Zechariah 9...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    This paragraph, of which the beginning is mutilated and the text is otherwise corrupt, is written in verse, lines of three beats each, arranged in tristichs. This form of verse is unusual, the more co...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HAMATH. Now Hama, SHALL BORDER THEREBY. [which] bordereth thereon: i.e. on the land of Hadrach. THOUGH. because....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Zechariah 9:1-8. The punishment of Israel's enemies The first section opens with a prediction (Zechariah 9:1-8), from which the title of the whole of this first group of prophecies is derived, of the...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _shall border thereby_ i.e. as it is near Damascus in situation and like it in character, so shall it be the neighbour or companion of Damascus in the calamities which shall come upon it. The clause m...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE BURDEN, &C.— Houbigant renders these verses, _The burden,_ &c. _against the land of Hadrach, and against Damascus, which is opposite to it. For the Lord beholdeth all men, as well as the tribes of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER XXXVIII THE TRIUMPH OF ZION THROUGH HER MESSIAH JUDGEMENT AGAINST ISRAEL'S ENEMIES. Zechariah 9:1-8 RV. The burden of the word of Jehovah upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. AND HAMATH ALSO - a Syrian kingdom, with a capital of the same name, north of Damascus. SHALL BORDER THEREBY - shal...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGMENTS ON THE NATIONS. THE PRINCE OF PEACE 1-8. A judgment is about to fall on Damascus, Hamath, Tyre, Sidon, and the cities of the Philistines. A remnant from Philistia will acknowledge God. God...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HAMATH] a city in the valley of the Orontes, in Upper Syria. It was renamed Epiphaneia by Antiochus Epiphanes. SHALL BORDER THEREBY] RV 'which bordereth thereon.' Tyre (Tyrus) and Sidon were famous ci...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 9 V1 What the *LORD says warns (about punishment) to the country of Hadrach. (The punishment) will start at Damascus. (This will ha...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HAMATH... THEREBY. — Better, _And even upon Hamath,_ [which] _borders on it_: viz., on Damascus. Thus far concerning Syria; now he speaks of Phœnicia. The terms of the denunciation of Syria are so...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ גַם ־חֲמָ֖ת תִּגְבָּל ־בָּ֑הּ צֹ֣ר וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    1. THE COMING OF THE GREEKS Zechariah 9:1 This passage runs exactly in the style of the early prophets. It figures the progress of war from the north of Syria southwards by the valley of the Orontes...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    6. WAR UPON THE SYRIAN TYRANTS Zechariah 9:1 This is taken by some with the previous chapter, by others with the passage following. Either connection seems precarious. No conclusion as to date can be...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE NATIONS WILL SEEK THE GOD OF ISRAEL Zechariah 8:18-23; Zechariah 9:1-8 In his final answer the prophet gives a delightful picture of the future, which was on the eve of complete realization. So e...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the second division of the prophecy in which there are two messages. The first the prophet described as "the burden of the word of the Lord upon the land of Hadrach"; it deals with the rej...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Hamath also shall border (d) by it; Tyre, and Zidon, though it be (e) very wise. (d) That is, by Damascus: meaning, that Harnath or Antiochia would be under the same rod and plague. (e) He secre...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Emath, or Emesa, not far from Damascus. (Calmet) --- It shall also fall a prey to Alexander. (Haydock) --- Tyre was become again very rich and strong, (Calmet) and gloried in its wisdom; yet was taken...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus and Zidon, though it be very wise. 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and line gold as the mire of the streets....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Zechariah goes on with the same subject: for he says now, that destruction was nigh all the nations who, being neighbors, harassed the people of God. Yesterday I briefly referred to what he had in vie...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10. The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the consequen...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HAMATH ALSO SHALL BORDER THEREBY,.... By the land of Hadrach, or by Damascus; and that it was near Damascus is clear from Isaiah 10:9 it is called Hamath the great in Amos 6:2 and according to Je...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. Ver. 2. _And Hamath also shall border thereby_] _i.e._ Shall share in the same punishment with Damascus, and fare the w...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And Hamath also shall border there by_ Or, Hamath also shall be within its borders. That is, the borders of this prophecy. Hamath shall be involved in the calamities which this prophecy denounces. “I...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Hamath also shall border thereby, or, "Hamath," the district bounding Palestine on the north, "which borders thereon," this, together with Damascus, representing Syria; TYRUS AND ZIDON, the cities...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JUDGMENT UPON THE LAND OF HADRACH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    SYRIA, TYRE AND PHILISTIA TO FALL UNDER JUDGMENT (vv. 1-8) Beginning with this chapter the book of Zechariah has a distinctly different character. No dates are mentioned as in the first section of t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 Here are judgements foretold on several nations. While the Macedonians and Alexander's successors were in warfare in these countries, the Lord promised to protect his people. God's house lies in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HAMATH; a principal noted town of Syria, once called Epiphania; it was near neighbour to the Jews, for it was a boundary of the Land of Promise. SHALL BORDER THEREBY; shall be so near to this storm wh...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 9:2 Hamath H2574 borders H1379 (H8799) Tyre H6865 Sidon H6721 very H3966 wise H2449 (H8804)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD DECLARES JUDGMENT ON THE SURROUNDING NATIONS AND SECURITY TO HIS PEOPLE (ZECHARIAH 9:1). The section begins by indicating that all are watching for what YHWH will do, and that those who pride them...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Zechariah 9:1. _The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach,_ Or, Syria, Zechariah 9:1. _And Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, s...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    As we read these ancient prophecies, we will not only notice how exactly they have been fulfilled, but we will also try to learn the lesson that they are intended to teach us. Zechariah 9:1. The burd...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Burden upon the cities surrounding Palestine. Christ presented as King-Savior in His first advent. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Christ, Israel's King, who came as the meek and lowl...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Zechariah 9:1. _The burden of Hadrach and Damascus._ Hadrach, the old name of Hazor, the Hebrews being accustomed to adhere to primitive names of cities and nations. Judges 4:2; Jeremiah 49:28. This k...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The burden of the Word of the Lord _ The dark and bright side of God ’s revelation to mankind I. The dark side of the Divine Word. Notice two things-- 1. In this aspect it is here called a “burden...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 9:1 The Return of the King. The reference to the surrounding nations in Zechariah 8:20 and...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] HADRACH] Part of Syria, near Damascus. REST] On which God’s wrath shall rest, and permanently abide. EYES] of Israel, and of other people, would mark the providence of God; or, “Jehov...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSE 1-14:21 Part III. THE FUTURE OF THE POWERS OF THE WORLD AND OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. VERSE 1-11:17 A. THE FIRST...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, and all of the tribes of Israel shall be toward the LORD. And Hamath also s...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Kings 25:21; Amos 1:10; Amos 1:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hamath — A principal town of Syria. Shall border — Shall be so near the storm, that they shall not quite escape. Very wise — Each of them are subtle, and think by craft to save themselves, but God der...

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