Zechariah 9:1–8

Prophecies against Neighboring Nations

¹The ¹burden of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, with ^aDamascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord),

²And ^aHamath also, which borders on it;

^bTyre and ^cSidon, ¹though ²they are very wise.

³For Tyre built herself a ^afortress

And ^bpiled up silver like dust,

And ^cgold like the mire of the streets.

⁴Behold, the Lord will ^adispossess her

And cast her wealth into the sea;

And she will be ^bconsumed with fire.

⁵Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.

Gaza too will writhe in great pain;

Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded.

Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,

And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

⁶And a ¹mongrel race will dwell in ^aAshdod,

And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

⁷And 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 like a Jebusite.

⁸But I will camp around My house ¹because of an army,

Because of ^ahim who passes by and returns;

And ^bno oppressor will pass over them anymore,

For now I have seen with My eyes.