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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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Israel Defended Against Enemies

The [a]burden of the word of the Lord
Against the land of Hadrach,
And Damascus its resting place
(For the eyes of men
And all the tribes of Israel
Are on the Lord);

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

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Also against Hamath, which borders on it,
And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.

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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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For Tyre built herself a tower,
Heaped up silver like the dust,
And gold like the mire of the streets.

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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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Behold, the Lord will cast her out;
He will destroy her power in the sea,
And she will be devoured by fire.

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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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Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.
The king shall perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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

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“A[b] mixed race shall settle in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

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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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I will take away the blood from his mouth,
And the abominations from between his teeth.
But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,
And shall be like a leader in Judah,
And Ekron like a Jebusite.

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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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I will camp around My house
Because of the army,
Because of him who passes by and him who returns.
No more shall an oppressor pass through them,
For now I have seen with My eyes.

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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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The Coming King

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.

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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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I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
The battle bow shall be cut off.
He shall speak peace to the nations;
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 my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

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God Will Save His People

“As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

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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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Return to the stronghold,
You prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore double to you.

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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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For I have bent Judah, My bow,
Fitted the bow with Ephraim,
And raised up your sons, O Zion,
Against your sons, O Greece,
And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”

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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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Then the Lord will be seen over them,
And His arrow will go forth like lightning.
The Lord God will blow the trumpet,
And go with whirlwinds from the south.

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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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The Lord of hosts will defend them;
They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.
They shall drink and roar as if with wine;
They shall be filled with blood like [c]basins,
Like the corners of the altar.

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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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The Lord their God will save them in that day,
As the flock of His people.
For they shall be like the [d]jewels of a crown,
Lifted like a banner over His land —

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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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For how great is [e]its goodness
And how great its beauty!
Grain shall make the young men thrive,
And new wine the young women.

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Zechariah 9

Zechariah 9