- 1. The burden of the word of Jehovah upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus [shall be] its resting-place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Jehovah);
- 2. and Hamath, also, which bordereth thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are 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 dispossess her, and he will smite her power in 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 put to shame; 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 abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain 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 just, and having salvation; 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 have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
- 12. Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee.
- 13. For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.
- 14. And Jehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
- 15. Jehovah 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 bowls, like the corners of the altar.
- 16. And Jehovah their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for [they shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land.
- 17. For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
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