Chapter 9

  The burden of the word of Yahweh on 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 Yahweh);  

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  and Hamath, also, which borders thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.  

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  Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.  

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  Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.  

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  Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.  

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  A bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.  

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  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.  

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  I will encamp about my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes.  

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  Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your king comes to you; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt the foal of a donkey.  

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  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.  

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  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.  

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  Turn you to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will render double to you.  

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  For I have bent Judah 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 as the sword of a mighty man.  

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  Yahweh shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.  

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  Yahweh 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 through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.  

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  Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for [they shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land.  

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  For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.  

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