9:1 The burden of the word of Yahweh on the land of Hadrach, and Damascus [will be] its resting-place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh);
9:2 and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
9:3 And Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
9:4 Look, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.
9:5 Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will be very pained; and Ekron, for her expectation will be put to shame; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
9:6 And a bastard will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his detestable things from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
9:8 And I will encamp about my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them anymore: for now I have seen with my eyes.
9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: look, your king comes to you; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt the son of a donkey.
9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
9:11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
9:12 Turn+ to the stronghold, you+ prisoners of hope: even today I declare that I will render double to you.
9:13 For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and will make you as the sword of a mighty man.
9:14 And Yahweh will be seen over them; and his arrow will go forth as the lightning; and the Sovereign Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
9:15 Yahweh of hosts will defend them; and they will devour, and will tread down the sling-stones; and they will drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
9:16 And Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for [they will be as] the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land.
9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.