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Yahweh's Oracle Against Israel's Enemies

¹ The ^(F1)oracle of the word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, with ^(C1)Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward Yahweh),

² And ^(C1)Hamath also, which borders on it;
^(C2)And Tyre and ^(C3)Sidon, ^(F1)because ^(F2)they are ^(C2)very wise.

³ So Tyre built herself a ^(C1)tight fortification
And ^(C2)tied up silver like dust
And ^(C3)fine gold like the mire of the streets.

⁴ Behold, the Lord will ^(C1)dispossess her
And strike her wealth down into the sea;
And she will be ^(C2)consumed with fire.

⁵ Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.
Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, for her hope has been put to shame.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

⁶ And those of illegitimate birth will inhabit ^(C1)Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

⁷ And I will remove their blood from their mouth
And their detestable things from between their teeth.
Then they also will be a remnant for our God,
And be like a ^(F1)clan in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.

⁸ But I will camp around My house ^(F1)because of an army,
Because of ^(C1)him who passes by and returns;
And ^(C2)no taskmaster will pass over them anymore,
For now I have seen with My eyes.

The Coming King of Zion

^9 (C1)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Make a loud shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your ^(C2)king is coming to you;
He is ^(F1)(C3)righteous and ^(C4)endowed with salvation,
^(F2)(C5)Lowly and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a ^(F3)(C6)colt, the ^(F4)foal of a pack animal.

¹⁰ I will ^(C1)cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the ^(C2)horse from Jerusalem;
And the ^(C3)bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak ^(C4)peace to the nations;
And His ^(C5)reign will be from sea to sea
And from the ^(F1)River to the ends of the earth.

¹¹ As for you also, because of the ^(C1)blood of your covenant,
I have set your ^(C2)prisoners free from the ^(F1)waterless pit.

¹² Return to the ^(F1)(C1)stronghold, O prisoners ^(F2)who have the ^(C2)hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will return ^(C3)double to you.

¹³ For I will ^(C1)bend Judah ^(F1)as My bow;
I will fill the bow with Ephraim.
And I will rouse up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O ^(F2)(C2)Greece;
And I will make you like a ^(C3)mighty man's sword.

¹⁴ Then Yahweh will appear ^(C1)over them,
And His ^(C2)arrow will go forth like lightning;
And Lord Yahweh will blow the ^(C3)trumpet
And will go in the ^(C4)storm winds of the south.

^15 (C1)Yahweh of hosts will defend them.
And they will ^(C2)consume and trample on the ^(C3)stones of a sling;
And they will drink and ^(C4)roar as with wine;
And they will be filled like a sacrificial bowl,
Drenched like the ^(C5)corners of the altar.

¹⁶ And Yahweh their God will ^(C1)save them in that day
As the flock of His people;
For they are as the stones of a ^(C2)crown,
^(F1)Sparkling in His land.

¹⁷ For what ^(C1)goodness and ^(C2)what beauty will be ^(F1)theirs!
Grain will make the choice men flourish, and new wine the virgins.