Zechariah 9:1-7 ▼

1 The oracle (a burdensome message) of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach [in Syria], with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD),

2 And Hamath also, which borders on it (Damascus), Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.

3 For Tyre built herself an [impregnable] stronghold [on an island offshore], And she has heaped up silver like dust And gold like the mire of the streets.

4 Behold, the Lord will dispossess her And throw her wealth into the sea; And Tyre will be devoured by fire.

5 Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in pain, And Ekron, for her hope and expectation, has been ruined. The king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

6 And a mongrel race will live in Ashdod, And I will put an end to the pride and arrogance of the Philistines.

7 I will take the blood from their mouths And their detestable things from between their teeth [those repulsive, idolatrous sacrifices eaten with the blood]. Then they too will be a remnant for our God, And be like a clan in Judah, And Ekron will be like one of the Jebusites.