9:2 And Hamath also, which borders on it;
Tyre and Sidon, ①though ②they are very wise.
▷ ①Or because ②I.e., they think they are
9:3 For Tyre built herself a fortress,
And piled up silver like dust,
And gold like the mud of the streets.
9:4 Behold, the Lord will dispossess her
And throw her wealth into the sea;
And she will be consumed with fire.
9:5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.
Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, because her hope has been ruined.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
9:6 And a people of mixed origins will live in Ashdod,
And I will eliminate the pride of the Philistines.
9:7 And I will remove their blood from their mouth
And their detestable things from between their teeth.
Then they also will be a remnant for our God,
And be like a ①clan in Judah,
And Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
▷ ①Or chief
9:8 But I will camp around My house ①because of an army,
Because of him who passes by and returns;
And no oppressor will pass over them anymore,
For now I have seen with My eyes.
▷ ①Or as a garrison, so that none will go back and forth
9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you;
He is ①righteous and endowed with salvation,
Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a colt, the ②foal of a donkey.
▷ ①Or vindicated and victorious ②Lit son of a female donkey
9:10 And I will eliminate the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be eliminated.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
9:11 As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you,
I have set your prisoners free from the ①waterless pit.
▷ ①Lit cistern in which there is no water
9:12 Return to the ①stronghold, you prisoners ②who have the hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.
▷ ①Or Stronghold ②Lit of the hope
9:13 For I will bend Judah ①as My bow,
I will fill the bow with Ephraim.
And I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece;
And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
▷ ①Lit for Me as a bow
9:14 Then the LORD will appear over them,
And His arrow will go forth like lightning;
And the Lord ①GOD will blow the trumpet,
And march in the storm winds of the south.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
9:15 The LORD of armies will protect them.
And they will devour and trample on the slingstones;
And they will drink and be boisterous as with wine;
And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin,
Drenched like the corners of the altar.
9:16 And the LORD their God will save them on that day
As the flock of His people;
For they are like the precious stones of a crown,
Sparkling on His land.
9:17 For how great will ①their loveliness and beauty be!
Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the virgins.
▷ ①Lit his
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