¹The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach

And Damascus its resting place,

For the Lord has an eye on mankind

And on all the tribes of Israel,

²And Hamath also, which borders on it,

And Tyre, and Sidon,

For it is very wise.

³And Tyre built itself a fortification,

And it heaped up silver like dust,

And fine gold like the mud of the streets.

⁴The Lord^* will take possession of it

And cast its wealth into the sea,

And it will be consumed by fire.

⁵And Ashkelon will see and be afraid,

And Gaza will tremble greatly,

And Ekron, for its expectation will be put to shame,

And Gaza will lose its kingship,

And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

⁶And he who is of mixed race will dwell in Ashdod,

And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

⁷And I will remove their blood sacrifices from their mouth,

And their abominations from between their teeth,

And he who remains will also belong to our God

And will be like a chief in Judah,

And Ekron will be as the Jebusite.

⁸And I will encamp my house at its station,

Preventing anyone from passing through or returning,

And the taskmaster will no longer pass through against them,

For now I have seen with my eyes.

⁹Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion,

He is righteous and saved.

¹⁰And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,

And the horse from Jerusalem,

And the bow of war will be cut off.

And he will speak peace to the Gentiles,

And his dominion will be from sea to sea,

And from the river to the ends of the earth.

¹¹As for you too,

By the blood of your covenant,

I have released your captives from the pit

Which had no water in it.

¹²O captives of hope,

Return to the fortress,

For this very day I declare

That I will restore double to you.

¹³For I have drawn Judah as my bow,

And I have filled it with Ephraim.

And I have awakened your sons, O Zion,

Against your sons, O Greece,

And I have made you like a warrior's sword.

¹⁴And the Lord will be seen against them,

And his arrow will go out like lightning,

And my Lord the Lord will sound the ramshorn,

And he will go out in the tempests of the south.

¹⁵The Lord of hosts will protect them,

And they will consume and subdue the sling stones,

And they will drink and be boisterous as with wine,

And they will be full, like a sacrificial bowl

And as the corners of the altar.

¹⁶And the Lord their God will save them on that day,

As the flock of his people,

For the gemstones of the diadem will be lifted up,

As an ensign over his land.

¹⁷For how great is his goodness and his beauty!

Corn will make the youths flourish,

And new wine the virgins.

Reference(s) in Chapter 9: v.9 ↔ Matthew 21:5, John 12:15.