The 1 burden of the word of Jehovah upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its resting-place (for 2 the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Jehovah); 1) Or oracle 2) Or Jehovah hath an eye upon men and upon all the tribe of Israel
2and Hamath, also, which bordereth thereon; Tyre and Sidon, 1 because they are very wise. 1) Or though
3And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
4Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite 1 her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. 1) Or the sea which is her rampart ; Or her rampart into the sea
5Ashkelon 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.
6And 1 a bastard shall 2 dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 1) Or a bastard race 2) Or sit as king
7And 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.
8And I will encamp about my house 1 against the army, that none pass through or return; and no 2 oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes. 1) Or as otherwise read as a garrison 2) Or exactor
9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and 1 having 2 salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass. 1) Heb saved 2) Or victory
10And 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.
11As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
121 Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render double unto thee. 1) Or Return
13For 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 1 Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man. 1) Heb Javan
14And 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.
15Jehovah 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.
16And 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, 1 lifted on high over his land. 1) Or glittering upon etc
17For how great is 1 his 2 goodness, and how great is 1 his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins. 1) Or their 2) Or prosperity