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| [1]The burden of a word of Jehovah against the land of Hadrach, and Demmeseh -- his place of rest: (When to Jehovah [is] the eye of man, And of all the tribes of Israel.) |
[1]The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach: and Damascus shall be his rest: when the eyes of man, even of all the tribes of Israel shall be toward the Lord. |
| [2]And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for -- very wise! |
[2]And Hamath also shall border thereby: Tyre also and Zidon, though they be very wise. |
| [3]And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places. |
[3]For Tyre did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and gold as the mire of the streets. |
| [4]Lo, the Lord doth dispossess her, And He hath smitten in the sea her force, And she with fire is consumed. |
[4]Behold, the Lord will spoil her, and he will smite her power in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire. |
| [5]See doth Ashkelon and fear, Also Gaza, and she is exceedingly pained, Also Ekron -- for her expectation dried up, And perished hath a king from Gaza, And Ashkelon doth not remain, |
[5]Ashkelon shall see it, and fear and Gaza also shall be very sorrowful, and Ekron: for her countenance shall be ashamed, and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. |
| [6]And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines. |
[6]And the stranger shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. |
| [7]And turned aside his blood from his mouth, His abominations from between his teeth, And he hath remained, even he, to our God, And he hath been as a leader in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite. |
[7]And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he shall be for our God, and he shall be as a prince in Judah, but Ekron shall be as a Jebusite. |
| [8]And I have pitched for My house a camp, Because of the passer through, and of the returner, And pass not through against them again doth an exactor, For, now, I have seen with My eyes. |
[8]And I will camp about mine house against the army, against him that passeth by, and against him that returneth, and no oppressor shall come upon them anymore: for now have I seen with mine eyes. |
| [9]Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous -- and saved is He, Afflicted -- and riding on an ass, And on a colt -- a son of she-asses. |
[9]Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion: shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just and saved, poor and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. |
| [10]And I have cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem, Yea, cut off hath been the bow of battle, And he hath spoken peace to nations, And his rule [is] from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth. |
[10]And I will cut off the chariots from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem: the bow of the battle shall be broken, and he shall speak peace unto the heathen, and his dominion shall be from sea unto sea, and from the river to the end of the land. |
| [11]Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it. |
[11]Thou also shalt be saved through the blood of thy covenant. I have loosed thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. |
| [12]Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee. |
[12]Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even today do I declare, that I will render the double unto thee. |
| [13]For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled [with] Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero. |
[13]For Judah have I bent as a bow for me: Ephraim's hand have I filled, and I have raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and have made thee as a giant's sword. |
| [14]And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow, And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south. |
[14]And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall come forth with the whirlwinds of the south. |
| [15]Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar. |
[15]The Lord of hosts shall defend them, and they shall devour them, and subdue them with sling stones, and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine, and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the horns of the altar. |
| [16]And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day, as a flock of His people, For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground. |
[16]And the Lord their God shall deliver them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of the crown lifted up upon his land. |
| [17]For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins -- make fruitful! |
[17]For how great is his goodness! And how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. |