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73 lines
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# Chapter 9
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1 The burden of the word of the Lord
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Against the land of Hadrach,
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And Damascus its resting place
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(For the eyes of men
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And all the tribes of Israel
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Are on the Lord);
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2 Also against Hamath, which borders on it,
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And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
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3 For Tyre built herself a tower,
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Heaped up silver like the dust,
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And gold like the mire of the streets.
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4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out;
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He will destroy her power in the sea,
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And she will be devoured by fire.
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5 Ashkelon shall see it and fear;
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Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;
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And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation.
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The king shall perish from Gaza,
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And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
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6 “A mixed race shall settle in Ashdod,
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And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
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7 I will take away the blood from his mouth,
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And the abominations from between his teeth.
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But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,
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And shall be like a leader in Judah,
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And Ekron like a Jebusite.
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8 I will camp around My house
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Because of the army,
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Because of him who passes by and him who returns.
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No more shall an oppressor pass through them,
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For now I have seen with My eyes.
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9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
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Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
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Behold, your King is coming to you;
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He is just and having salvation,
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Lowly and riding on a donkey,
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A colt, the foal of a donkey.
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10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
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And the horse from Jerusalem;
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The battle bow shall be cut off.
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He shall speak peace to the nations;
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His dominion shall be ‘from sea to sea,
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And from the River to the ends of the earth.’
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11 “As for you also,
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Because of the blood of your covenant,
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I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
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12 Return to the stronghold,
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You prisoners of hope.
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Even today I declare
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That I will restore double to you.
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13 For I have bent Judah, My bow,
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Fitted the bow with Ephraim,
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And raised up your sons, O Zion,
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Against your sons, O Greece,
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And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”
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14 Then the Lord will be seen over them,
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And His arrow will go forth like lightning.
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The Lord God will blow the trumpet,
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And go with whirlwinds from the south.
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15 The Lord of hosts will defend them;
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They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.
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They shall drink and roar as if with wine;
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They shall be filled with blood like basins,
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Like the corners of the altar.
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16 The Lord their God will save them in that day,
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As the flock of His people.
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For they shall be like the jewels of a crown,
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Lifted like a banner over His land—
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17 For how great is its goodness
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And how great its beauty!
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Grain shall make the young men thrive,
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And new wine the young women. |