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# Chapter 9
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1 The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
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and Damascus is its resting place.
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For the Lord has an eye on mankind
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and on all the tribes of Israel,
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2 and on Hamath also, which borders on it,
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Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
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3 Tyre has built herself a rampart
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and heaped up silver like dust,
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and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
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4 But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions
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and strike down her power on the sea,
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and she shall be devoured by fire.
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5 Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
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Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
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Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
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The king shall perish from Gaza;
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Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
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6 a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod,
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and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
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7 I will take away its blood from its mouth,
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and its abominations from between its teeth;
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it too shall be a remnant for our God;
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it shall be like a clan in Judah,
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and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
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8 Then I will encamp at my house as a guard,
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so that none shall march to and fro;
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no oppressor shall again march over them,
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for now I see with my own eyes.
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9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
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Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
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Behold, your king is coming to you;
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righteous and having salvation is he,
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humble and mounted 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 war horse from Jerusalem;
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and the battle bow shall be cut off,
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and he shall speak peace to the nations;
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his rule 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, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
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I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
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12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
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today I declare that I will restore to you double.
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13 For I have bent Judah as my bow;
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I have made Ephraim its arrow.
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I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
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against your sons, O Greece,
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and wield 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 go forth like lightning;
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the Lord God will sound the trumpet
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and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
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15 The Lord of hosts will protect them,
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and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones,
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and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
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and be full like a bowl,
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drenched like the corners of the altar.
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16 On that day the Lord their God will save them,
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as the flock of his people;
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for like the jewels of a crown
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they shall shine on his land.
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17 For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
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Grain shall make the young men flourish,
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and new wine the young women. |