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¹ THE word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and against Damascus, which shall be a gift to him; for to the LORD are revealed the ways of men and of all the tribes of Israel;² Against Hamath also which borders Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they have become very wise.³ Tyre has built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the mire of the streets.⁴ Therefore, the LORD will destroy her and cast her wealth into the sea; and she shall be devoured by fire.⁵ Ashkelon shall see it and be afraid; Gaza also shall be very sorrowful, and Ekron; because her hope is confounded; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.⁶ And strangers shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will bring to an end the pride of the Philistines.⁷ And I will take away their blood out of their mouths, and their abominations from between their teeth; and they also shall be a remnant for our God, and they shall be like the princes of Judah, and Ekron shall be as a Jebusite.⁸ And I will cause to dwell over my house a governor because of him who passes by, and because of him who returns; and no oppressor shall come against them any more; for now I have seen with my own eyes.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you; he is righteous and a Saviour, lowly and riding upon an ass, upon a colt the foal of an ass.¹⁰ And he will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow shall be broken in the battle; and he shall speak peace to the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.¹¹ As for you also, by the blood of your covenant you have set free the captives out of the pit wherein is no water.

¹² Dwell in the stronghold, O you prisoners of the congregation; I will recompense you double for a days work.¹³ For I have bent my bow over Judah and filled my bow over Ephraim, and I have set your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and made Jerusalem like the sword of a mighty man.¹⁴ And the LORD shall be seen over the enemy, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go in the whirlwind to the south.¹⁵ The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink trouble like wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, and as 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 were holy stones cast upon his land.¹⁷ How good and how excellent is wheat for the young men, and wine makes the maids cheerful.