Judgment is announced on neighbouring cities, but God will protect his house. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass. He will speak peace to the nations.
1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach , and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man , as of all the tribes of Israel , shall be toward the LORD .
2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus , and Zidon , though it be very wise .
3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold , and heaped up silver as the dust , and fine gold as the mire of the streets .
4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out , and he will smite her power in the sea ; and she shall be devoured with fire .
5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear ; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful , and Ekron ; for her expectation shall be ashamed ; and the king shall perish from Gaza , and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited .
6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod , and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines .
7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth , and his abominations from between his teeth : but he that remaineth , even he, shall be for our God , and he shall be as a governor in Judah , and Ekron as a Jebusite .
8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army , because of him that passeth by , and because of him that returneth : and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes .
9 Rejoice greatly , O daughter of Zion ; shout , O daughter of Jerusalem : behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just , and having salvation ; lowly , and riding upon an ass , and upon a colt the foal of an ass .
10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim , and the horse from Jerusalem , and the battle bow shall be cut off : and he shall speak peace unto the heathen : and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea , and from the river even to the ends of the earth .
11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water .
12 Turn you to the strong hold , ye prisoners of hope : even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim , and raised up thy sons , O Zion , against thy sons , O Greece , and made thee as the sword of a mighty man .
14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning : and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet , and shall go with whirlwinds of the south .
15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour , and subdue with sling stones ; and they shall drink , and make a noise as through wine ; and they shall be filled like bowls , and as the corners of the altar .
16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people : for they shall be as the stones of a crown , lifted up as an ensign upon his land .
17 For how great is his goodness , and how great is his beauty ! corn shall make the young men cheerful , and new wine the maids .