Zechariah 9:1–8

JUDGMENT OF ZION’S ENEMIES

9A pronouncement:

The word of the Lord

is against the land of Hadrach,

and Damascus^a is its resting place—

for the eyes of humanity

and all the tribes of Israel

are on the Lord^A—

²and also against Hamath,^b which borders it,

as well as Tyre^c and Sidon,^d

though they are very shrewd.

³Tyre has built herself a fortress;

she has heaped up silver like dust

and gold like the dirt of the streets.

⁴Listen! The Lord will impoverish her

and cast her wealth into the sea;

she herself will be consumed by fire.^e

⁵Ashkelon 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.

⁶A mongrel people will live in Ashdod,

and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.^f

⁷I will remove the blood from their mouths

and the abhorrent things^g

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.^h

⁸I will encamp at my house as a guard,

against those who march back and forth,

and no oppressor will march against them again,

for now I have seen with my own eyes.