Chapter 9

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 border⁴ thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.¹

And Tyrus did build⁴ herself a strong hold, and heaped up⁴ silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

Behold, the Lord will cast her out,⁵⁵ and he will smite⁵² her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured¹¹ with fire.

Ashkelon shall see⁴ [it], and fear;⁴ Gaza also [shall see it], and be very sorrowful,⁴ and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed;⁵² and the king shall perish¹ from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.⁴

And a bastard shall dwell¹ in Ashdod, and I will cut off⁵² the pride of the Philistines.

And I will take away⁵² his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth,⁸ even he, [shall be] for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

And I will encamp¹ about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by,⁶ and because of him that returneth:⁶ and no oppressor⁶ shall pass⁴ through them any more: for now have I seen¹ with mine eyes.

Rejoice³ greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout,⁵⁴ O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh⁴ unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation;¹² lowly, and riding⁶ upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

And I will cut off⁵² the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off:⁸ and he shall speak¹⁴ 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 forth¹⁴ thy prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water.

Turn³ you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare⁵⁶ [that] I will render⁵⁵ double unto thee;

When I have bent¹ Judah for me, filled¹⁴ the bow with Ephraim, and raised up³¹ thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made¹ thee as the sword of a mighty man.

And the LORD shall be seen¹¹ over them, and his arrow shall go forth¹ as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow⁴ the trumpet, and shall go¹ with whirlwinds of the south.

The LORD of hosts shall defend⁵⁵ them; and they shall devour,¹ and subdue¹ with sling stones; and they shall drink,¹ [and] make a noise¹ as through wine; and they shall be filled¹ like bowls, [and] as the corners of the altar.

And the LORD their God shall save⁵² them in that day as the flock of his people: for they [shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign¹⁰⁹ upon his land.

For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful,⁴¹ and new wine the maids.