1. The message of the word of יהוה against the land of Ḥaḏraḵ, and Damascus its resting place – when the eye of man and all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl are on יהוה –
2. and Ḥamath also borders on it, Tsor and Tsiḏon, though they are very wise.
3. For Tsor built herself a tower, heaped up silver like the dust, and gold like the mud of the streets.
4. See, יהוה shall dispossess her, and He shall destroy her power in the sea, and she shall be consumed by fire.
5. Ashqelon sees it and fears, Azzah too, writhing in anguish, and Eqron, for her expectation has dried up. And the sovereign shall perish from Azzah, and Ashqelon shall not be inhabited.
6. “And a half-breed shall settle in Ashdoḏ. So I shall cut off the pride of the Philistines,