9 A pronouncement:
“The word of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} is against the land of Haʹdrach,
—For Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}’s eye is on mankind
And on all the tribes of Isra'Al—
2 And against Haʹmath, which borders on her,
And against Tyre and Siʹdon, for they are so wise.
3 Tyre built herself a rampart.
She piled up silver like dust
And gold like the dirt of the streets.
4 Look! Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will take away her possessions,
And he will strike down her army into the sea;
And she will be consumed in the fire.
5 Ashʹke·lon will see it and be afraid;
Gazʹa will feel great anguish,
Also Ekʹron, because her hope is put to shame.
A king will perish from Gazʹa,
And Ashʹke·lon will not be inhabited.
6 An illegitimate son will settle in Ashʹdod,
And I will do away with the pride of the Phi·lisʹtine.
7 I will remove the bloodstained things from his mouth
And the disgusting things from between his teeth,
And he will be left remaining for our Al {pre. Ahl};
And he will become like a sheikh in Judah,
And Ekʹron like the Yebʹu·site.
8 I will encamp as a guard for my house,
So that there will be no one passing through and no one returning;
And no taskmaster will pass through again,
For now I have seen it with my eyes.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion.
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Yerushalom.
Look! Your king is coming to you.
He is righteous, bringing salvation,
Humble and riding on a donkey,
On a colt, the foal of a female donkey.
10 I will take away the war chariot from Eʹphra·im
And the horse from Yerushalom.
The battle bow will be taken away.
And he will proclaim peace to the nations;
His rulership will be from sea to sea
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you, O woman, by the blood of your covenant,
I will send your prisoners out of the waterless pit.
12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners with hope.
Today I am telling you,
‘I will repay to you, O woman, a double portion.
13 For I will bend Judah as my bow.
The bow I will fill with Eʹphra·im,
And I will awaken your sons, O Zion,
Against your sons, O Greece,
And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.’
14 Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will be seen over them,
And his arrow will go out like lightning.
The Master Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will sound the horn,
And he will advance with the windstorms of the south.
15 Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} of armies will defend them,
And they will devour and subdue the slingstones.
They will drink and be boisterous, as if with wine;
And they will be filled like the bowl,
Like the corners of the altar.
16 Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} their Al {pre. Ahl} will save them in that day
As the flock of his people;
For they will be like the gemstones of a crown glittering over his soil.
17 For how great his goodness is,
And how great his handsomeness is!
Grain will make the young men thrive,
And new wine the virgins.”