Zechariah 9:1-7 ▼

1 A pronouncement: The word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is its resting place — for the eyes of humanity and all the tribes of Israel are on the LORD —

2 and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

3 Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust and gold like the dirt of the streets.

4 Listen! The Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea; she herself will be consumed by fire.

5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain, as will Ekron, for her hope will fail. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.

6 A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.

7 I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abhorrent things from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah and Ekron like the Jebusites.