Holy Scripture
Zechariah 9:4
A church father on this verse
“Many, I know, respect the Jews and think that their present way of life is a venerable one. This is why I hasten to uproot and tear out this deadly opinion. I said that the synagogue is no better than a theater, and I bring forward a prophet as my witness. Surely the Jews are not more deserving of belief than their pr…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4And therefore the Lord will take them for a possession, and will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be consumed with fire.
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2And in Hamath, even in her coasts, are Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise.
3And Tyre built strongholds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.
— Zechariah 9:4 —
5Ashkelon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and Ekron; for she is ashamed at her trespass; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
6And aliens shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will bring down the pride of the Philistines.