Dual Panel1An oracle <04853> of the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> concerning the land <0776> of Hadrach <02317>, with its focus <04496> on Damascus <01834>: The eyes <05869> of all <03605> humanity <0120>, especially of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, are toward the Lord <03068>,
2as <01571> are those of Hamath <02574> also, which adjoins <01379> Damascus, and Tyre <06865> and Sidon <06721>, though <03588> they consider themselves to be very <03966> wise <02449>.
3Tyre <06865> built <01129> herself a fortification <04692> and piled up <06651> silver <03701> like dust <06083> and gold <02742> like the mud <02916> of the streets <02351>!
4Nevertheless the Lord <0136> will evict <03423> her and shove <05221> her fortifications <02428> into the sea <03220>– she <01931> will be consumed <0398> by fire <0784>.
5Ashkelon <0831> will see <07200> and be afraid <03372>; Gaza <05804> will be in great <03966> anguish <02342>, as will Ekron <06138>, for <03588> her hope <04007> will have been dried up <0954>. Gaza <05804> will lose <06> her king <04428>, and Ashkelon <0831> will no <03808> longer be inhabited <03427>.
6A mongrel <04464> people will live in <03427> Ashdod <0795>, for I will greatly humiliate <01347> <03772> the Philistines <06430>.
7I will take away <05493> their abominable <08251> religious practices <08127> <0996> <08251>; practices <06310> <01818>; then those who survive <07604> will become a community of believers in our God <0430>, like <0441> a clan in Judah <03063>, and Ekron <06138> will be like the Jebusites <02983>.
8Then I will surround <02583> my temple <01004> to protect it like a guard <04675> from anyone crossing back <07725> and forth <05674>; so no one <03808> will cross over <05674> against <05921> them anymore <05750> as an oppressor <05065>, for <03588> now <06258> I myself have seen <05869> <07200> it.
9Rejoice <01523> greatly <03966>, daughter <01323> of Zion <06726>! Shout <07321>, daughter <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>! Look <02009>! Your king <04428> is coming <0935> to you: he is legitimate <06662> and victorious <03467>, humble <06041> and riding <07392> on <05921> a donkey <02543>– on <05921> a young donkey <05895>, the foal <01121> of a female donkey <0860>.
10I will remove <03772> the chariot <07393> from Ephraim <0669> and the warhorse <05483> from Jerusalem <03389>, and the battle <04421> bow <07198> will be removed <03772>. Then he will announce <01696> peace <07965> to the nations <01471>. His dominion <04915> will be from sea <03220> to <05704> sea <03220> and from the Euphrates River <05104> to <05704> the ends <0657> of the earth <0776>.
11Moreover, as <01571> for you <0859>, because of our covenant <01285> relationship secured with blood <01818>, I will release <07971> your prisoners <0615> from the waterless <04325> <0369> pit <0953>.
12Return <07725> to the stronghold <01225>, you prisoners <0615>, with hope <08615>; today <03117> I declare <05046> that I will return <07725> double <04932> what was taken from you.
13I will bend <01869> Judah <03063> as my bow <07198>; I will load <04390> the bow with Ephraim <0669>, my arrow! I will stir up <05782> your sons <01121>, Zion <06726>, against <05921> yours, Greece <03120> <01121>, and I will make <07760> you, Zion, like a warrior’s <01368> sword <02719>.
14Then the Lord <03068> will appear <07200> above <05921> them, and his arrow <02671> will shoot forth <03318> like lightning <01300>; the Lord <03069> God <0136> will blow <08628> the trumpet <07782> and will sally forth <01980> on the southern <08486> storm winds <05591>.
15The Lord <03069> who rules over all <06635> will guard <01598> them, and they will prevail <0398> and overcome <03533> with sling <07050> stones <068>. Then they will drink <08354>, and will become noisy <01993> like <03644> drunkards <03196>, full <04390> like the sacrificial basin <04219> or like the corners <02106> of the altar <04196>.
16On that <01931> day <03117> the Lord <03068> their God <0430> will deliver <03467> them as the flock <06629> of his people <05971>, for <03588> they are the precious stones <068> of a crown <05145> sparkling <05264> over <05921> his land <0127>.
17How <04100> precious <02898> and fair <03308>! Grain <01715> will make the young men <0970> flourish <05107> and new wine <08492> the young women <01330>.