1: The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach,
and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all
the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. |
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2: And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though
it be very wise. |
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And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up
silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. |
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4: Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her
power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. |
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5: Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and
be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and
the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
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6: And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the
pride of the Philistines. |
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7: And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his
abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he,
shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron
as a Jebusite. |
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8: And I will encamp about mine house because of the army,
because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and
no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with
mine eyes. |
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9: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having
salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an
ass. |
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10: And 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 unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea,
and from river even to the ends of the earth. |
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11: As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent
forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. |
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12: Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to
day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; |
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13: When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim,
and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made
thee as the sword of a mighty man. |
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14: And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go
forth as the lightning: and the LORD GOD shall blow the trumpet, and
shall go with whirlwinds of the south. |
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15: The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour,
and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as
through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of
the altar. |
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16: And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the
flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted
up as an ensign upon his land. |
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17: For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!
corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. |