1 Yahweh’s Oracle Against Israel’s Enemies The 9:1Or burden oracle of the word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward Yahweh),
2 And Hamath also, which borders on it;AndTyre and Sidon, 9:2 Or though because 9:2 They think they are they are very wise.
3 So Tyre built herself a tight fortificationAnd tied up silver like dustAnd fine gold like the mire of the streets.
4 Behold, the Lord will dispossess herAnd strike her wealth down into the sea;And she will be consumed with fire.
5 Ashkelon will seeitand be afraid.Gaza too will writhe in great pain;Also Ekron, for her hope has been put to shame.Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6 And those of illegitimate birth will inhabit Ashdod,And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7 And I will remove their blood from their mouthAnd their detestable things from between their teeth.Then they also will be a remnant for our God,And be like a 9:7 Or chief clan in Judah,And Ekron like a Jebusite.
8 But I will camp around My house 9:8Or as a guard, so that none will go back and forth because of an army,Because of him who passes by and returns;And no taskmaster will pass over them anymore,For now I have seen with My eyes.The Coming King of Zion
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!Make a loud shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!Behold, your king is coming to you;He is 9:9 Or vindicated and victorious righteous and endowed with salvation, 9:9 Or humble, afflicted Lowly and mounted on a donkey,Even on a 9:9 Or foal, cf. Gen 49:11 colt, the 9:9 Or donkey’s colt, cf. Gen 49:11;lit son of a female donkey foal of a pack animal.
10 I will cut off the chariot from EphraimAnd the horse from Jerusalem;And the bow of war will be cut off.And He will speak peace to the nations;And His reign will be from sea to seaAnd from the 9:10The Euphrates River River to the ends of the earth.
11 ¶As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant,I have set your prisoners free from the 9:11Lit cistern in which there is no water waterless pit.
12 Return to the 9:12Or Stronghold stronghold, O prisoners 9:12Lit of the hope who have the hope;This very day I am declaring that I will return double to you.
13 For I will bend Judah 9:13Lit for Me as My bow;I will fill the bow with Ephraim.And I will rouse up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O 9:13Lit Javan Greece;And I will make you like a mighty man’s sword.
14 Then Yahweh will appear over them,And His arrow will go forth like lightning;And Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpetAnd will go in the storm winds of the south.
15 Yahweh of hosts will defend them.And they will consume and trample on the stones of a sling;And they will drinkandroar as with wine;And they will be filled like asacrificialbowl,Drenchedlike the corners of the altar.
16 And Yahweh their God will save them in that dayAs the flock of His people;Forthey are asthe stones of a crown, 9:16 Or Displayed over Sparkling in His land.
17 For what goodness and what beautywill be 9:17Lit his theirs!Grain will make the choice men flourish, and new wine the virgins.