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The ^[a]burden of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, with ^(a)Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord ),

And ^(b)Hamath also, which borders on it; ^(c)Tyre and ^(d)Sidon, ^[b]though ^[c]they are ^(e)very wise.

For Tyre built herself a ^(f)fortress And ^(g)piled up silver like dust, And ^(h)gold like the mire of the streets.

Behold, the Lord will ⁽ⁱ⁾dispossess her And cast her wealth into the sea; And she will be ^(j)consumed with fire.

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid. Gaza too will writhe in great pain; Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded. Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

And a ^[d]mongrel race will dwell in ^(k)Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

And I will remove their blood from their mouth And their detestable things from between their teeth. Then they also will be a remnant for our God, And be like a ^[e]clan in Judah, And Ekron like a Jebusite.

But I will camp around My house ^[f]because of an army, Because of ^(l)him who passes by and returns; And ^(m)no oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.

⁽ⁿ⁾Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your ^(o)king is coming to you; He is ^[g](p)just and ^(q)endowed with salvation, ^(r)Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a ^(s)colt, the ^[h]foal of a donkey.

I will ^(t)cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the ^(u)horse from Jerusalem; And the ^(v)bow of war will be cut off. And He will speak ^(w)peace to the nations; And His ^(x)dominion will be from sea to sea, And from the ^[i]River to the ends of the earth.

As for you also, because of the ^(y)blood of My covenant with you, I have set your ^(z)prisoners free from the ^[j]waterless pit.

Return to the ^[k](aa)stronghold, O prisoners ^[l]who have the ^(ab)hope; This very day I am declaring that I will restore ^(ac)double to you.

For I will ^(ad)bend Judah ^[m]as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O ^(ae)Greece; And I will make you like a ^(af)warrior's sword.

Then the Lord will appear ^(ag)over them, And His ^(ah)arrow will go forth like lightning; And the Lord ^[n] God will blow the ^(ai)trumpet, And will march in the ^(aj)storm winds of the south.

^(ak)The Lord of hosts will defend them. And they will ^(al)devour and trample on the ^(am)sling stones; And they will drink and be ^(an)boisterous as with wine; And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin, Drenched like the ^(ao)corners of the altar.

And the Lord their God will ^(ap)save them in that day As the flock of His people; For they are as the stones of a ^(aq)crown, ^[o]Sparkling in His land.

For what ^[p](ar)comeliness and ^(as)beauty will be ^[q]theirs! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.