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Prophecies against Neighboring Nations

¹ The ^(F1)burden of the word of the LORD 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 the LORD),

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

³ For Tyre built herself a ^(C1)fortress
And ^(C2)piled up silver like dust,
And ^(C3)gold like the mire of the streets.

⁴ Behold, the Lord will ^(C1)dispossess her
And cast her wealth 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 expectation has been confounded.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

⁶ And a ^(F1)mongrel race will dwell in ^(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 oppressor will pass over them anymore,
For now I have seen with My eyes.

^9 (C1)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your ^(C2)king is coming to you;
He is ^(F1)(C3)just and ^(C4)endowed with salvation,
^(C5)Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a ^(C6)colt, the ^(F2)foal of a donkey.

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)dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the ^(F1)River to the ends of the earth.

Deliverance of Judah and Ephraim

¹¹ As for you also, because of the ^(C1)blood of My covenant with you,
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 restore ^(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 stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O ^(C2)Greece;
And I will make you like a ^(C3)warrior's sword.

¹⁴ Then the LORD will appear ^(C1)over them,
And His ^(C2)arrow will go forth like lightning;
And the Lord ^(F1)GOD will blow the ^(C3)trumpet,
And will march in the ^(C4)storm winds of the south.

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

¹⁶ And the LORD 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 ^(F1)(C1)comeliness and ^(C2)beauty will be ^(F2)theirs!
Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.