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1 The burden of the word of the LORD [Yahweh] in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus [will be] the rest of it: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, [will be] toward the LORD [Yahweh].
2 And Hamath also will border by it; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
3 And Tyrus built herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.
5 Ashkelon will see [it], and fear; Gaza also [will see it], and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation will be ashamed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6 And a bastard will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remains, even he, [will be] for our God, and he will be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
8 And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passes by, and because of him that returns: and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be cut off: and he will speak peace to the heathen: and his dominion [will be] from sea [even] to sea, and from the river [even] to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit in which [is] no water.
12 Turn you to the strong hold, you prisoners of hope: even today do I declare [that] I will render double to you;
13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and made you as the sword of a mighty man.
14 And the LORD [Yahweh] will be seen over them, and his arrow will go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
15 The LORD [Yahweh] of hosts will defend them; and they will devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they will drink, [and] make a noise as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, [and] as the corners of the altar.
16 And the LORD [Yahweh] their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they [will be as] the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
17 For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn will make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.