The burden of the word
of the LORD
in the land
of Hadrach
, and Damascus
shall be the rest
thereof: when the eyes
of man
, as of all the tribes
of Israel
, shall be toward the LORD
.
And Hamath also shall border
thereby; Tyrus
, and Zidon
, though it be very
wise
.
And Tyrus did build
herself a strong hold
, and heaped up
silver
as the dust
, and fine gold
as the mire
of the streets
.
Behold, the Lord will cast her out
, and he will smite
her power
in the sea
; and she shall be devoured
with fire
.
Ashkelon shall see
it , and fear
; Gaza
also shall see it , and be very
sorrowful
, and Ekron
; for her expectation
shall be ashamed
; and the king
shall perish
from Gaza
, and Ashkelon
shall not be inhabited
.
And a bastard shall dwell
in Ashdod
, and I will cut off
the pride
of the Philistines
.
And I will take away his blood
out of his mouth
, and his abominations
from between his teeth
: but he that remaineth
, even he, shall be for our God
, and he shall be as a governor
in Judah
, and Ekron
as a Jebusite
.
And I will encamp about mine house
because of the army
, because of him that passeth by
, and because of him that returneth
: and no oppressor
shall pass through
them any more: for now have I seen
with mine eyes
.
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
, and upon a colt
the foal
of an ass
.
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 heathen
: and his dominion
shall be from sea
even to sea
, and from the river
even to the ends
of the earth
.
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant
I have sent forth
thy prisoners
out of the pit
wherein is no water
.
Turn you to the strong hold
, ye prisoners
of hope
: even to day
do I declare
that I will render
double
unto thee;
When I have bent Judah
for me, filled
the bow
with Ephraim
, and raised up
thy sons
, O Zion
, against thy sons
, O Greece
, and made
thee as the sword
of a mighty man
.
And the LORD shall be seen
over them, and his arrow
shall go forth
as the lightning
: and the Lord
GOD
shall blow
the trumpet
, and shall go
with whirlwinds
of the south
.
The LORD of hosts
shall defend
them; and they shall devour
, and subdue
with sling
stones
; and they shall drink
, and make a noise
as through wine
; and they shall be filled
like bowls
, and as the corners
of the altar
.
And the LORD their God
shall save
them in that day
as the flock
of his people
: for they shall be as the stones
of a crown
, lifted up as an ensign
upon his land
.
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty
! corn
shall make the young men
cheerful
, and new wine
the maids
.