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The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
    and will rest upon Damascus.
For to the Lord belongs the capital^[a] of Aram,^[b]
    as do all the tribes of Israel;
² Hamath also, which borders on it,
    Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
³ Tyre has built itself a rampart,
    and heaped up silver like dust,
    and gold like the dirt of the streets.
⁴ But now, the Lord will strip it of its possessions
    and hurl its wealth into the sea,
    and it shall be devoured by fire.

⁵ Ashkelon shall see it and be afraid;
    Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
    Ekron also, because its hopes are withered.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
    Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
⁶ a mongrel people shall settle in Ashdod,
    and I will make an end of the pride of Philistia.
⁷ I will take away its blood from its mouth,
    and its abominations from between its teeth;
it too shall be a remnant for our God;
    it shall be like a clan in Judah,
    and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
⁸ Then I will encamp at my house as a guard,
    so that no one shall march to and fro;
no oppressor shall again overrun them,
    for now I have seen with my own eyes.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!
    Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!
Lo, your king comes to you;
    triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on a donkey,
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
¹⁰ He^[c] will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
    and the war-horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
    and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea,
    and from the River to the ends of the earth.

¹¹ As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
    I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
¹² Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
    today I declare that I will restore to you double.
¹³ For I have bent Judah as my bow;
    I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will arouse your sons, O Zion,
    against your sons, O Greece,
    and wield you like a warrior's sword.

¹⁴ Then the Lord will appear over them,
    and his arrow go forth like lightning;
the Lord God will sound the trumpet
    and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
¹⁵ The Lord of hosts will protect them,
    and they shall devour and tread down the slingers;^[d]
they shall drink their blood^[e] like wine,
    and be full like a bowl,
    drenched like the corners of the altar.

¹⁶ On that day the Lord their God will save them
    for they are the flock of his people;
for like the jewels of a crown
    they shall shine on his land.
¹⁷ For what goodness and beauty are his!
    Grain shall make the young men flourish,
    and new wine the young women.