¹ The burden of the word of Jehovah in the land of Ḥadrach, and Damascus shall be its rest; for the eye of man, and of all the tribes^◦ of Israel, shall be to Jehovah.

² And Ḥamath also shall border on^◦ her; Tyre and Zidon, for she is· very ·wise.

³ And Tyre built for herself a battlement, and piled·​·up silver as dust, and choice·​·gold as the mud of the streets.

⁴ Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and He will smite her host in the sea; and she^◦ shall be devoured with fire.

⁵ Ashkelon shall see and fear; also^◦ Gaza, and she shall travail exceedingly; and Ekron, for her expectation^◦ shall dry·​·up; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be dwelt·​·in.

⁶ And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut·​·off the pride of the Philistines.

⁷ And I will remove his blood from his mouth, and his detestable things from between his teeth; but he who is left, even he^◦, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a leader in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

⁸ And I will encamp for My house, from the army passing·​·through and returning; and the taskmaster shall not pass·​·through against them any·​·more: for now have I seen with My eyes.

⁹ Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King comes to thee; He^◦ is just and saving, afflicted and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the son of a she·​·donkey.

¹⁰ And I will cut·​·off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war shall be cut·​·off; and He shall speak peace to the nations; and His rule shall be from sea 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 Thy bound ones out of the pit in which is no water.

¹² Return ye to the fortification, ye who are bound by hope^◦; even today I tell thee that I will Return double^◦ to thee.

¹³ For I have bent^◦ Judah for Me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and stirred·​·up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Javan, and set thee as a sword of a hero.

¹⁴ And Jehovah shall be seen over them, and His arrow shall go·​·out as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovih^* shall sound the shophar^*, and shall walk in the tempests of the south^◦.

¹⁵ Jehovah of Armies shall defend them; and they shall devour and subdue with the stones of a sling; and they shall drink tumult like^▵ wine; and they shall be·​·filled as a basin, as the corners^◦ of the altar.

¹⁶ And Jehovah their God shall save them in that^◦ day as the flock of His people; for they shall be as the stones of a crown^◦, borne·​·as·​·a·​·standard over His ground.

¹⁷ For how·​·much is His goodness, and how·​·much is His beauty! Grain will make the young·​·men mature, and must^* will make mature the virgins.

²⁷ And the tree of the field shall give her fruit, and the earth shall give her produce, and they shall be securely on their ground, and shall know that I^◦ am Jehovah, when I have broken the braces of their yoke, and rescued them from the hand of those who served themselves on^◦ them.