1. A revelation.the Lord’s word is against the land of Hadrach,and will rest upon Damascus;for the eye of manand of all the tribes of Israel is towards the Lord;
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 no one 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.