(A)a mixed people[a] shall dwell in Ashdod,
    and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 9:6 Or a foreign people; Hebrew a bastard

I will cut off the inhabitants from (A)Ashdod,
    and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
    and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
says the Lord God.

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Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. (A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for (B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

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10 This shall be their lot in return (A)for their pride,
    because they taunted and boasted
    against the people of the Lord of hosts.

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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, (A)praise and extol and honor the (B)King of heaven, (C)for all his works are right and his ways are just; and (D)those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

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Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem

28 Ah, the proud crown of (A)the drunkards of Ephraim,
    and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
    which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!

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The Lord of hosts has purposed it,
    (A)to defile the pompous pride of all glory,[a]
    to dishonor all the honored of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:9 The Hebrew words for glory and hosts sound alike

12 (A)For the Lord of hosts has a day
    against all that is proud and lofty,
    against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
13 against all the (B)cedars of Lebanon,
    lofty and lifted up;
    and against all the (C)oaks of Bashan;
14 against all (D)the lofty mountains,
    and against all the uplifted hills;
15 against every high tower,
    and against every fortified wall;
16 against all (E)the ships of Tarshish,
    and against all the beautiful craft.
17 (F)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
    and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
    and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

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a man (A)to whom (B)God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he (C)lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God (D)does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity;[a] it is a grievous evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:2 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 4, 9, 11 (see note on 1:2)

The Vanity of Toil

18 I hated (A)all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must (B)leave it to the man who will come after me, 19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 20 So I (C)turned about and gave my heart up to despair (D)over all the toil of my labors under the sun, 21 because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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