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Zechariah 9

Zech. 9:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
will cast her out
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
, and he will smite
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
her power
chayil (Hebrew #2428)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV usage: able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Pronounce: khah'-yil
Origin: from 2342
in the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
; and she shall be devoured
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
with fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
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Cross References

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the Lord.
Prov. 10:2• 2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 10:2)
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Prov. 11:4• 4Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 11:4)
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Isa. 23:1‑7• 1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish! for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, none entering in. From the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
 2Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle! The merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished thee.
 3And on great waters, the seed of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of the nations.
 4Be thou ashamed, Sidon, for the sea hath spoken, the strength of the sea, saying, I have not travailed nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men nor brought up virgins.
 5--When the report came into Egypt, they were sorely pained at the news of Tyre.
 6Pass over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast!
 7Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? Her feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. (Isa. 23:1‑7)
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Ezek. 28:16• 16By the abundance of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned; therefore have I cast thee as profane from the mountain of God, and have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. (Ezek. 28:16)
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Joel 3:8• 8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken. (Joel 3:8)
he will.
Ezek. 26:17• 17And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How hast thou perished, that wast inhabited from the seas, O renowned city, which wast strong in the sea,--she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all them that dwell therein! (Ezek. 26:17)
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Ezek. 27:26‑36• 26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.
 27Thy substance, and thy markets, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, they that repair thy leaks, and they that barter with thee, and all thy men of war that are in thee, along with all thine assemblage which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall.
 28The open places shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.
 29And all that handle the oar, the mariners, all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships; they shall stand upon the land,
 30and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in ashes.
 31And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird themselves with sackcloth; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.
 32And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, Who is like Tyre, like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea?
 33When thy wares went forth over the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy substance and of thy merchandise.
 34In the time when thou art broken by the seas, in the depths of the waters, thy merchandise and all thine assemblage in the midst of thee have fallen.
 35All the inhabitants of the isles are amazed at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, their countenance is troubled.
 36The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more. (Ezek. 27:26‑36)
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Ezek. 28:2,8• 2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a *god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas, (and thou art a man, and not *God,) and thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:
 8They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of those that are slain in the heart of the seas. (Ezek. 28:2,8)
shall.
Ezek. 28:18• 18By the multitude of thine iniquities, by the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries: and I have brought forth a fire out of the midst of thee--it hath consumed thee; and I have brought thee to ashes upon the earth, in the sight of all them that behold thee. (Ezek. 28:18)
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Amos 1:10• 10And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. (Amos 1:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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