1. An oracle: the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach,and Damascus is its destination,For the cities of Aram are the Lord’s,as are all the tribes of Israel.
2. Hamath also on its border,Tyre too, and Sidon, no matter how clever they be.
3. Tyre built itself a stronghold,and heaped up silver like dust,and gold like the mud of the streets.
4. But now the Lord will dispossess it,and cast its wealth into the sea,and it will be devoured by fire.
5. Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;Gaza too will be in great anguish;Ekron also, for its hope will wither.The king will disappear from Gaza,Ashkelon will not be inhabited,
6. and the illegitimate will rule in Ashdod.I will destroy the pride of the Philistines
7. and take from their mouths their bloody prey,their disgusting meat from between their teeth.They will become merely a remnant for our God,and will be like a clan in Judah;Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
8. I will encamp at my house,a garrison against invaders;No oppressor will overrun them again,for now I have seen their affliction.
9. Exult greatly, O daughter Zion!Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!Behold: your king is coming to you,a just savior is he,Humble, and riding on a donkey,on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10. He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim,and the horse from Jerusalem;The warrior’s bow will be banished,and he will proclaim peace to the nations.His dominion will be from sea to sea,and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11. As for you, by the blood of your covenant, I have freed your prisoners from a waterless pit.