Yahweh’s Oracle Against Israel’s Enemies
The oracle of the word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, with aDamascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward Yahweh),
2 And aHamath also, which borders on it;
bAnd Tyre and cSidon, because they are bvery wise.
3 So Tyre built herself a atight fortification
And btied up silver like dust
And cfine gold like the mire of the streets.
4 Behold, the Lord will adispossess her
And strike her wealth down into the sea;
And she will be bconsumed with fire.
5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.
Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, for her hope has been put to shame.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6 And those of illegitimate birth will inhabit aAshdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7 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 clan in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.
8 But I will camp around My house because of an army,
Because of ahim who passes by and returns;
And bno taskmaster will pass over them anymore,
For now I have seen with My eyes.
The Coming King of Zion
9 aRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Make a loud shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your bking is coming to you;
He is crighteous and dendowed with salvation,
eLowly and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a fcolt, the foal of a pack animal.
10 I will acut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the bhorse from Jerusalem;
And the cbow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak dpeace to the nations;
And His ereign will be from sea to sea
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, because of the ablood of your covenant,
I have set your bprisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to the astronghold, O prisoners who have the bhope;
This very day I am declaring that I will return cdouble to you.
13 For I will abend Judah as My bow;
I will fill the bow with Ephraim.
And I will rouse up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O bGreece;
And I will make you like a cmighty man’s sword.
14 Then Yahweh will appear aover them,
And His barrow will go forth like lightning;
And Lord Yahweh will blow the ctrumpet
And will go in the dstorm winds of the south.
15 aYahweh of hosts will defend them.
And they will bconsume and trample on the cstones of a sling;
And they will drink and droar as with wine;
And they will be filled like a sacrificial bowl,
Drenched like the ecorners of the altar.
16 And Yahweh their God will asave them in that day
As the flock of His people;
For they are as the stones of a bcrown,
Sparkling in His land.
17 For what agoodness and bwhat beauty will be theirs!
Grain will make the choice men flourish, and new wine the virgins.