KJV King James Version
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
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Zechariah 9:6
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
WEB World English Bible
Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
ASV American Standard Version
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines.
Surrounding context — Zechariah 9
3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
5 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.
6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7 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.
8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
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Amos 1:8And 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.Zephaniah 2:10This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified [themselves] against the people of the LORD of hosts.1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.Isaiah 2:12-17For the day of the LORD of hosts [shall be] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that is] lifted up; and he shall be brought low:Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty [is] a fading flower, which [are] on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!Daniel 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.Ecclesiastes 2:18-21Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.Isaiah 23:9The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, [and] to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
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