SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:7
y quitaré su sangre de su boca, y sus abominaciones de sus dientes, y quedarán de ellos también para nuestro Dios, y serán como capitanes en Judá, y Ecrón como el jebuseo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 9:7
Verse 7. I will take away his blood out of his mouth] The Philistines, when incorporated with the Israelites, shall abstain from blood, and every thing that is abominable. And Ekron as a Jebusite.] As an inhabitant of Jerusalem. Many of the Philistines became proselytes to Judiasm; and particularly the cities of Gaza, and Ashdod. See JosEphesians Antiq. lib. xlii., c. 15, s. 4.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 7. And I will take away his blood out of his mouth , etc.] The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read “their blood”; not the blood of the bastard, but of the Philistines. The Targum is, “I will destroy them that eat blood”; the meaning may be, that they shall no more thirst after blood, nor drink it; nor breathe out threatenings and slaughter against the saints, or persecute the people of God: or that they should no more offer the blood of their sacrifices upon the altars to their deities, or eat things sacrificed to them: and his abominations from between his teeth ; their idols and idolatries they were tenacious of, as a man is of his food, or of any thing that is grateful to him; it may design things sacrificed to idols, eaten by them: but he that remaineth, even he [shall be] for our God : the Targum paraphrases it, “and the proselytes that remain among them, they also shall be added to the people of our God:” Jarchi interprets it of the synagogues and schools in the captivity of Edom or Rome; but Aben Ezra’s note is much better, that there shall be none remaining of the Philistines, but only such who serve the blessed God openly: but the true sense is, that here should be a remnant, according to the election of grace, who should evidently appear to be the Lord’s people, by their conversion and effectual calling: and he shall be as a governor in Judah ; the Targum is, “they shall be as the princes of the house of Judah;” that is, as the heads of the families in that tribe; (see Micah 5:2) compared with ( Matthew 2:6) all true Christians are as princes, yea, they are kings and priests unto God; and some of them are Plak , as a guide, teacher; and instructor of others; who go before them, and instruct them in the doctrines of the Gospel, as pastors and ministers of the word: and Ekron as a Jebusite ; that is, the inhabitant of Ekron, that shall be converted to Christ, shall be as an inhabitant of Jerusalem, which was called Jebus, ( 1 Chronicles 11:4) shall have a dwelling in the church, the city of God, and enjoy all the privileges and immunities of it. Kimchi says this refers to the times of the Messiah, when, he supposes, the Ekronites will be tributary to the Israelites, as the Jebusites were in the days of David.
The Targum is, “and Ekron shall be filled with the house of Israel, as Jerusalem.”
The Syriac version is, “and Ekron shall be as Hebron”.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - Here are judgements foretold on several nations. While the Macedonian and Alexander's successors were in warfare in these countries, the Lor promised to protect his people. God's house lies in the midst of a enemy's country; his church is as a lily among thorns. God's power an goodness are seen in her special preservation. The Lord encamps abou his church, and while armies of proud opposers shall pass by an return, his eyes watch over her, so that they cannot prevail, an shortly the time will come when no exactor shall pass by her any more.
Original Hebrew
והסרתי 5493 דמיו 1818 מפיו 6310 ושׁקציו 8251 מבין 996 שׁניו 8127 ונשׁאר 7604 גם 1571 הוא 1931 לאלהינו 430 והיה 1961 כאלף 441 ביהודה 3063 ועקרון 6138 כיבוסי׃ 2983
