1 T he 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 A nd Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

3 A nd Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

4 B ehold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

5 A shkelon 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 A nd a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 A nd 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 A nd 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 R ejoice 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.

10 A nd 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 A s for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

12 T urn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

13 W hen 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 A nd 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 T he 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 A nd 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 F or how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.