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1. The burden of the word of the Lord, in the land of Sedrach, and his hxnm ambiguous sacrifice shall be in Damascus; for the Lord looks upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel.
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1. The burden H4853 of the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 in the land H776 of Hadrach H2317 , and Damascus H1834 shall be the rest H4496 thereof: when H3588 the eyes H5869 of man H120 , as of all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 , shall be toward the LORD H3068 .
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2. And in Emath, even in her coasts, are Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise.
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2. And Hamath H2574 also H1571 shall border H1379 thereby; Tyrus H6865 , and Zidon H6721 , though H3588 it be very H3966 wise H2449 .
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3. And Tyrus built strong-holds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.
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3. And Tyrus H6865 did build H1129 herself a stronghold H4692 , and heaped up H6651 silver H3701 as the dust H6083 , and fine gold H2742 as the mire H2916 of the streets H2351 .
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4. And therefore the Lord will take them for a possession, and will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be consumed with fire.
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4. Behold H2009 , the Lord H136 will cast her out H3423 , and he will smite H5221 her power H2428 in the sea H3220 ; and she H1931 shall be devoured H398 with fire H784 .
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5. Ascalon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and Accaron; for she is ashamed Alex. of her hope at her trespass; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.
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5. Ashkelon H831 shall see H7200 it , and fear H3372 ; Gaza H5804 also shall see it , and be very sorrowful H3966 H2342 , and Ekron H6138 ; for H3588 her expectation H4007 shall be ashamed H954 ; and the king H4428 shall perish H6 from Gaza H4480 H5804 , and Ashkelon H831 shall not H3808 be inhabited H3427 .
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6. And aliens shall dwell in Azotus, and I will bring down the pride of the Philistines.
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6. And a bastard H4464 shall dwell H3427 in Ashdod H795 , and I will cut off H3772 the pride H1347 of the Philistines H6430 .
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7. And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and these also shall be left to our God, and they shall be as a captain of a thousand in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite.
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7. And I will take away H5493 his blood H1818 out of his mouth H4480 H6310 , and his abominations H8251 from between H4480 H996 his teeth H8127 : but he that remaineth H7604 , even H1571 he H1931 , shall be for our God H430 , and he shall be H1961 as a governor H441 in Judah H3063 , and Ekron H6138 as a Jebusite H2983 .
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8. And I will set up a Or, bulwark; See Zep 2:14 defence for my house, that they may not pass through, nor turn back, neither shall there any more come upon them one to drive them away: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
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8. And I will encamp H2583 about mine house H1004 because of the army H4675 , because of him that passeth by H4480 H5674 , and because of him that returneth H4480 H7725 : and no H3808 oppressor H5065 shall pass H5674 through H5921 them any more H5750 : for H3588 now H6258 have I seen H7200 with mine eyes H5869 .
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9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion; proclaim it aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; Mt 21:5; Joh 12:15. behold, the King is coming to thee, just, and Gr. saving a Saviour; he is meek and riding on an ass, and a young foal.
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9. Rejoice H1523 greatly H3966 , O daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 ; shout H7321 , O daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 : behold H2009 , thy King H4428 cometh H935 unto thee: he H1931 is just H6662 , and having salvation H3467 ; lowly H6041 , and riding H7392 upon H5921 an ass H2543 , and upon H5921 a colt H5895 the foal H1121 of an ass H860 .
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10. And he shall destroy the chariots out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow of war shall be utterly destroyed; and there shall be abundance and peace out of the nations; and he shall rule over the waters as far as the sea, and the rivers to the ends of the earth.
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10. And I will cut off H3772 the chariot H7393 from Ephraim H4480 H669 , and the horse H5483 from Jerusalem H4480 H3389 , and the battle H4421 bow H7198 shall be cut off H3772 : and he shall speak H1696 peace H7965 unto the heathen H1471 : and his dominion H4915 shall be from sea H4480 H3220 even to H5704 sea H3220 , and from the river H4480 H5104 even to H5704 the ends H657 of the earth H776 .
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11. And thou by the blood of thy covenant has sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit that has no water.
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11. As for thee H859 also H1571 , by the blood H1818 of thy covenant H1285 I have sent forth H7971 thy prisoners H615 out of the pit H4480 H953 wherein is no H369 water H4325 .
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12. Ye shall dwell in strongholds, ye prisoners of the congregation: and for one day of thy Or, sojourning captivity I will recompense thee double.
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12. Turn H7725 you to the stronghold H1225 , ye prisoners H615 of hope H8615 : even H1571 today H3117 do I declare H5046 that I will render H7725 double H4932 unto thee;
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13. For I have bent thee, O Juda, for myself as a bow, I have filled Or, it with Ephraim Ephraim; and I will raise up thy children, O Sion, against the children of the Greeks, and I will handle thee as the sword of a warrior.
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13. When H3588 I have bent H1869 Judah H3063 for me, filled H4390 the bow H7198 with Ephraim H669 , and raised H5782 up thy sons H1121 , O Zion H6726 , against H5921 thy sons H1121 , O Greece H3120 , and made H7760 thee as the sword H2719 of a mighty man H1368 .
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14. And the Lord shall be over them, and his arrow shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord Almighty shall blow with the trumpet; and shall proceed with the tumult of his threatening.
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14. And the LORD H3068 shall be seen H7200 over H5921 them , and his arrow H2671 shall go forth H3318 as the lightning H1300 : and the Lord H136 GOD H3069 shall blow H8628 the trumpet H7782 , and shall go H1980 with whirlwinds H5591 of the south H8486 .
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15. The Lord Almighty shall protect them, and they shall destroy them, and overwhelm them with sling-stones; and they shall swallow them down as wine, and fill Alex. the altar as bowls the bowls as the altar.
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15. The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 shall defend H1598 H5921 them ; and they shall devour H398 , and subdue H3533 with slingstones H7050 H68 ; and they shall drink H8354 , and make a noise H1993 as through H3644 wine H3196 ; and they shall be filled H4390 like bowls H4219 , and as the corners H2106 of the altar H4196 .
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16. And the Lord their God shall save them in that day, even his people as a flock; for holy stones are rolled upon his land.
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16. And the LORD H3068 their God H430 shall save H3467 them in that H1931 day H3117 as the flock H6629 of his people H5971 : for H3588 they shall be as the stones H68 of a crown H5145 , lifted up as an ensign H5264 upon H5921 his land H127 .
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17. For if he has anything good, and if he has anything fair, the young men shall have corn, and there shall be fragrant wine to the virgins.
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17. For H3588 how H4100 great is his goodness H2898 , and how H4100 great is his beauty H3308 ! corn H1715 shall make the young men H970 cheerful H5107 , and new wine H8492 the maids H1330 .
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