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9 |
1 | 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. |
2 | And
Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. |
3 | And Tyrus did build herself
a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of
the streets. |
4 | Behold,
the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she
shall be devoured with fire. |
5
| 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. |
6 | And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and
I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. |
7 | 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. |
8 | 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. |
9 | 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.
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10 | 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. |
11 | As for thee also, by the blood of
thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no
water. |
12 | Turn you to
the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will
render double unto thee; |
13 |
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. |
14 | 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. |
15 | 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. |
16 | 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. |
17 | For how great is his goodness, and how great is his
beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. |
