| 1 | An oracle. The word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus; for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh; |
| 2 | and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise. |
| 3 | Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets. |
| 4 | Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire. |
| 5 | Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited. |
| 6 | Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. |
| 7 | I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. |
| 8 | I will encamp around my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes. |
| 9 | Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. |
| 10 | I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. |
| 11 | As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water. |
| 12 | Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you. |
| 13 | For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man. |
| 14 | Yahweh will be seen over them; and his arrow will go flash like lightning; and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south. |
| 15 | Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. |
| 16 | Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they are like the jewels of a crown, lifted on high over his land. |
| 17 | For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins. |
