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The burden of a word of Jehovah against the land of Hadrach, and Demmeseh -- his place of rest: (When to Jehovah [is] the eye of man, And of all the tribes of Israel .)
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And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for -- very wise !
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And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust , And gold as mire of out-places.
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Lo, the Lord doth dispossess her, And He hath smitten in the sea her force , And she with fire is consumed .
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See doth Ashkelon and fear , Also Gaza , and she is exceedingly pained, Also Ekron -- for her expectation dried up, And perished hath a king from Gaza , And Ashkelon doth not remain,
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And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines .
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And turned aside his blood from his mouth , His abominations from between his teeth , And he hath remained, even he, to our God , And he hath been as a leader in Judah , And Ekron as a Jebusite.
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And I have pitched for My house a camp , Because of the passer through, and of the returner, And pass not through against them again doth an exactor , For, now, I have seen with My eyes .
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Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion , Shout , O daughter of Jerusalem , Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous -- and saved is He, Afflicted -- and riding on an ass , And on a colt -- a son of she-asses .
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And I have cut off the chariot from Ephraim , And the horse from Jerusalem , Yea, cut off hath been the bow of battle , And he hath spoken peace to nations , And his rule [is] from sea unto sea , And from the river unto the ends of earth .
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Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit , There is no water in it.
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Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.
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For I have trodden for Me Judah , A bow I have filled [with] Ephraim , And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion , Against thy sons, O Javan , And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.
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And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow , And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.
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Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed , and subdued sling-stones , Yea, they have drunk , They have made a noise as wine , And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar .
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And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day , as a flock of His people, For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground.
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For what His goodness! and what His beauty ! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins -- make fruitful!