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Prophecies against Israel's Enemies

The burden of the word of Jehovah, in the land of Hadrach, and [on] Damascus shall it rest; (for Jehovah hath an eye upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel;)

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Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
and Damascus is its resting place.
For the Lord has an eye on mankind
and on all the tribes of Israel,a

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and also [on] Hamath [which] bordereth thereon; on Tyre and Zidon, though she be very wise.

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and on Hamath also, which borders on it,
Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.

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And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

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Tyre has built herself a rampart
and heaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.

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Behold, the Lord will take possession of her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

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But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions
and strike down her power on the sea,
and she shall be devoured by fire.

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Ashkelon shall see [it], and fear; Gazah also, and she shall be greatly pained; Ekron also, for her expectation shall be put to shame: and the king shall perish from Gazah, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;

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And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines;

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a mixed peopleb shall dwell in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.

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and I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; but he that remaineth, he also shall belong to our God, and shall be as a leader in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

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I will take away its blood from its mouth,
and its abominations from between its teeth;
it too shall be a remnant for our God;
it shall be like a clan in Judah,
and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.

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And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of those that pass by and that return; and the exactor shall not pass through them any more: for now have I seen [it] with mine eyes.

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Then I will encamp at my house as a guard,
so that none shall march to and fro;
no oppressor shall again march over them,
for now I see with my own eyes.

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Zion's Coming King

Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly and rIding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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The Coming King of Zion

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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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 nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

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I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and he shall speak peace to the nations;
his rule shall be from sea to sea,
and from the Riverc to the ends of the earth.

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As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

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As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

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Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee.

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Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.

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For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will raise up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and make thee like the sword of a mighty man.

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For I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Greece,
and wield you like a warrior’s sword.

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The Lord will Save His People

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

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The Lord Will Save His People

Then the Lord will appear over them,
and his arrow will go forth like lightning;
the Lord God will sound the trumpet
and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.

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Jehovah 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 from wine; and they shall be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar.

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The Lord of hosts will protect them,
and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones,
and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched like the corners of the altar.

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And Jehovah 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 upon his land.

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On that day the Lord their God will save them,
as the flock of his people;
for like the jewels of a crown
they shall shine on his land.

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

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

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Zechariah 9

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