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¹ The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
    and ^(a)Damascus is its resting place.
For the Lord has an eye on mankind
    and on all the tribes of Israel,^[a]
2 (b)and on Hamath also, which borders on it,
    ^(c)Tyre and ^(d)Sidon, though ^(e)they are very wise.
³ Tyre has built herself ^(f)a rampart
    and ^(g)heaped up silver like dust,
    and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
⁴ But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions
    and strike down ^(h)her power on the sea,
    and ⁽ⁱ⁾she shall be devoured by fire.

^5 (j)Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
    Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
    Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
    Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
^6 (k)a mixed people^[b] shall dwell in Ashdod,
    and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
⁷ I will take away ^(l)its blood from its mouth,
    and ^(m)its abominations from between its teeth;
⁽ⁿ⁾it too shall be a remnant for our God;
    it shall be like ^(o)a clan in Judah,
    and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
⁸ Then ^(p)I will encamp at my house as a guard,
    ^(q)so that none shall march to and fro;
^(r)no oppressor shall again march over them,
    ^(s)for now I see with my own eyes.

^9 (t)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
    Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
^(u)Behold, ^(v)your king is coming to you;
    righteous and having salvation is he,
^(w)humble and mounted on a donkey,
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
^10 (x)I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
    and ^(y)the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
    and ^(z)he shall speak peace to the nations;
^(aa)his rule shall be from sea to sea,
    and from ^(ab)the River^[c] to the ends of the earth.
¹¹ As for you also, because of ^(ac)the blood of my covenant with you,
    ^(ad)I will set your prisoners free from ^(ae)the waterless pit.
¹² Return to your stronghold, O ^(af)prisoners of hope;
    today I declare that ^(ag)I will restore to you double.
¹³ For ^(ah)I have bent Judah as my bow;
    I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
    against your sons, ^(ai)O Greece,
    and wield you like a warrior's sword.

¹⁴ Then the Lord will appear over them,
    and ^(aj)his arrow will go forth like lightning;
^(ak)the Lord God will sound the trumpet
    and will march forth in ^(al)the whirlwinds ^(am)of the south.
¹⁵ The Lord of hosts ^(an)will protect them,
    and ^(ao)they shall devour, ^(ap)and tread down the sling stones,
and ^(aq)they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
    and be full like a bowl,
    drenched ^(ar)like the corners of the altar.

¹⁶ On that day the Lord their God will save them,
    as ^(as)the flock of his people;
for ^(at)like the jewels of a crown
    they shall shine on his land.
^17 (au)For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
    ^(av)Grain shall make the young men flourish,
    and new wine the young women.