1. An oracle of the word of the Lord concerning the land of Hadrach, with its focus on Damascus:The eyes of all humanity, especially of the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord,
2. as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise.
3. Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!
4. Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea – she will be consumed by fire.
5. Ashkelon will see and be afraid; Gaza will be in great anguish, as will Ekron, for her hope will have been dried up. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited.
6. A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines.