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¹ The burden of the word of the LORD. In the land of Hadrach, and in Damascus shall be His resting-place; for the LORD'S is the eye of man and all the tribes of Israel.² And Hamath also shall border thereon; Tyre and Zidon, for she is very wise.³ And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.⁴ Behold, the Lord will impoverish her, and He will smite her power into the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.⁵ Ashkelon shall see it, and fear, Gaza also, and shall be sore pained, and Ekron, for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.⁶ And a bastard shall 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 detestable things from between his teeth, and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chief in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.⁸ And I will encamp about My house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more; for now have I seen with Mine eyes.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy king cometh unto thee, he is triumphant, and victorious, lowly, and riding upon an ass, even 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 shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.¹¹ As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

¹² Return to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope; even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.¹³ For I bend Judah for Me, I fill the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Javan, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.¹⁴ And the LORD shall be seen over them, and His arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord GOD will blow the horn, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.¹⁵ The LORD of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like the basins, like the corners of the altar.¹⁶ And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of His people; for they shall be as the stones of a crown, glittering over His land.¹⁷ For how great is their goodness, and how great is their beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids.