Zechariah 9:4
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Behold the Lord shall possess her, and shall strike her strength in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire.

the Lord.

Proverbs 10:2 The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

Proverbs 11:4 The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.

Isaiah 23:1-7 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them. . . .

Ezekiel 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise, thy inner parts were filled with iniquity, and thou hast sinned: and I cast thee out from the mountain of God, and destroyed thee, O covering cherub, out of the midst of the stones of fire.

Joel 3:8 And I will sell your sons, and your daughters, by the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far off, for the Lord hath spoken it.

he will.

Ezekiel 26:17 And taking up a lamentation over thee, they shall say to thee: How art thou fallen, that dwellest in the sea, renowned city that wast strong in the sea, with thy inhabitants whom all did dread?

Ezekiel 27:26-36 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind hath broken thee in the heart of the sea. . . .

Ezekiel 28:2,8 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am God, and I sit in the chair of God in the heart of the sea: whereas thou art a man, and not God: and hast set thy heart as if it were the heart of God. . . .

shall.

Ezekiel 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, and by the iniquity of thy traffic: therefore I will bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, to devour thee, and I will make thee as ashes upon the earth in the sight of all that see thee.

Amos 1:10 And I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the houses thereof.

Context
Judgement Against Israel's Enemies
3And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets. 4Behold the Lord shall possess her, and shall strike her strength in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire.5Ascalon shall see, and shall fear, and Gaza, and shall be very sorrowful: and Accaron, because her hope is confounded: and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.…
Cross References
Isaiah 23:11
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he troubled kingdoms: the Lord hath given a charge against Chanaan, to destroy the strong ones thereof.

Ezekiel 26:3
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, O Tyre, and I will cause many nations to come up to thee, as the waves of the sea rise up.

Ezekiel 27:34
Now thou art destroyed by the sea, thy riches are in the bottom of the waters, and all the multitude that was in the midst of thee is fallen.

Ezekiel 28:18
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, and by the iniquity of thy traffic: therefore I will bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, to devour thee, and I will make thee as ashes upon the earth in the sight of all that see thee.

Amos 1:10
And I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the houses thereof.

Zechariah 9:5
Ascalon shall see, and shall fear, and Gaza, and shall be very sorrowful: and Accaron, because her hope is confounded: and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.

Lexicon
Behold,
הִנֵּ֤ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

the Lord
אֲדֹנָי֙ (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

will impoverish her
יֽוֹרִשֶׁ֔נָּה (yō·w·ri·šen·nāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

and cast
וְהִכָּ֥ה (wə·hik·kāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

her power
חֵילָ֑הּ (ḥê·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

into the sea,
בַיָּ֖ם (ḇay·yām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

and she
וְהִ֖יא (wə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will be consumed
תֵּאָכֵֽל׃ (tê·’ā·ḵêl)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

by fire.
בָּאֵ֥שׁ (bā·’êš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire


Additional Translations
Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her power into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

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

And therefore the Lord will take them for a possession, and will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be consumed with fire.

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

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

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

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

Lo, the Lord doth dispossess her, And He hath smitten in the sea her force, And she with fire is consumed.
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