1The burden of the word of Yehovah upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its resting place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yehovah); 2and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise. 3And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets. 4Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. 5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall writhe in great anguish; and Ekron, for her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 6And a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 8And I will encamp around my house against the army, that none may pass through or return; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes. 9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your king comes to you; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, even upon a colt the foal of a donkey. 10And 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 to the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. 11As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which there is no water. 12Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today I declare that I will restore double to you. 13For I have bent Judah as my bow, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man. 14And Yehovah shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go out like the lightning; and the Lord Yehovah will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south. 15Yehovah of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as with wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. 16And Yehovah their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they shall be like the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land. 17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.