Zechariah 9:1 References

1 The burden of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, with aDamascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord),

a Isaiah 17:1, Jeremiah 49:23-27, Amos 1:3-5

Isaiah 17

1 The aoracle concerning bDamascus. "Behold, Damascus is about to be cremoved from being a city And will become a dfallen ruin.

Jeremiah 49

23 Concerning aDamascus. "bHamath and cArpad are put to shame, For they have heard bad news; They are ddisheartened. There is anxiety by the sea, It ecannot be calmed.

24 "Damascus has become helpless; She has turned away to flee, And panic has gripped her; aDistress and pangs have taken hold of her Like a woman in childbirth.

25 "How the acity of praise has not been deserted, The town of My joy!

26 "Therefore, her ayoung men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day," declares the Lord of hosts.

27 "I will aset fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of bBen-hadad."

Amos 1

3 Thus says the Lord, "For athree transgressions of bDamascus and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.

4 "So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael And it will consume the citadels of aBen-hadad.

5 "I will also abreak the gate bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, And him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden; So the people of Aram will go exiled to bKir," Says the Lord.