75 lines
2.6 KiB
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75 lines
2.6 KiB
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# Chapter 9
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1 A pronouncement:
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The word of the Lord
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is against the land of Hadrach,
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and Damascus is its resting place—
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for the eyes of humanity
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and all the tribes of Israel
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are on the Lord—
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2 and also against Hamath, which borders it,
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as well as Tyre and Sidon,
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though they are very shrewd.
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3 Tyre has built herself a fortress;
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she has heaped up silver like dust
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and gold like the dirt of the streets.
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4 Listen! The Lord will impoverish her
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and cast her wealth into the sea;
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she herself will be consumed by fire.
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5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;
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Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain,
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as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.
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There will cease to be a king in Gaza,
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and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.
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6 A mongrel people will live in Ashdod,
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and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.
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7 I will remove the blood from their mouths
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and the abhorrent things
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from between their teeth.
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Then they too will become a remnant for our God;
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they will become like a clan in Judah
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and Ekron like the Jebusites.
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8 I will encamp at my house as a guard,
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against those who march back and forth,
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and no oppressor will march against them again,
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for now I have seen with my own eyes.
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9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
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Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!
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Look, your King is coming to you;
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he is righteous and victorious,
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humble and riding on a donkey,
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on 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 bow of war will be removed,
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and he will proclaim peace to the nations.
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His dominion will extend from sea to sea,
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from the Euphrates River
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to the ends of the earth.
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11 As for you,
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because of the blood of your covenant,
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I will release your prisoners
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from the waterless cistern.
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12 Return to a stronghold,
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you prisoners who have hope;
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today I declare that I will restore double to you.
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13 For I will bend Judah as my bow;
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I will fill that bow with Ephraim.
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I will rouse your sons, Zion,
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against your sons, Greece.
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I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
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14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
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and his arrow will fly like lightning.
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The Lord God will sound the ram’s horn
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and advance with the southern storms.
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15 The Lord of Armies will defend them.
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They will consume and conquer with slingstones;
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they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.
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They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,
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like those at the corners of the altar.
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16 The Lord their God will save them on that day
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as the flock of his people;
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for they are like jewels in a crown,
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sparkling over his land.
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17 How lovely and beautiful!
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Grain will make the young men flourish,
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and new wine, the young women. |