1. This is a messagefrom the Lord:His eyes are on everyone,especially the tribesof Israel.So he pronounces judgmentagainst the citiesof Hadrach and Damascus.
2. Judgment will also fallon the nearby cityof Hamath,as well as on Tyre and Sidon,whose people are clever.
3. Tyre has built a fortressand piled up silver and gold,as though they were dustor mud from the streets.
4. Now the Lord will punish Tyrewith poverty;he will sink its shipsand send it up in flames.
5. Both Ashkelon and Gazawill tremble with fear;Ekron will lose all hope.Gaza's king will be killed,and Ashkelon emptiedof its people.
6. A mob of half-breedswill settle in Ashdod,and the Lord himselfwill rob Philistia of pride.