The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascusshall be the restthereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
Ashkelonshall see it, and fear; Gazaalsoshall see it, and be verysorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectationshall be ashamed; and the kingshallperishfromGaza, and Ashkelonshall not be inhabited.
And I willtakeaway his blood out of his mouth, and his abominationsfrombetween his teeth: but he thatremaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
And I willencampaboutminehousebecause of the army, because of him thatpasseth by, and because of him thatreturneth: and no oppressorshallpassthroughthem any more: for now have I seenwithmineeyes.
Rejoicegreatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy Kingcomethuntothee: he is just, and havingsalvation; lowly, and ridingupon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
And I will cut off the chariotfromEphraim, and the horsefromJerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shallspeakpeaceunto the heathen: and his dominionshall be from sea even to sea, and from the rivereven to the ends of the earth.
When I havebentJudah for me, filled the bow withEphraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and madethee as the sword of a mighty man.
And the LORDshall be seenoverthem, and his arrowshall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shallblow the trumpet, and shall go withwhirlwinds of the south.
The LORD of hostsshalldefendthem; and theyshalldevour, and subduewithslingstones; and theyshalldrink, and make a noise as throughwine; and theyshall be filledlikebowls, and as the corners of the altar.
And the LORDtheir God shallsavethem in that day as the flock of his people: for theyshall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensignupon his land.