| NET Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1An oracle of the word of the LORD concerning the land of Hadrach, with its focus on Damascus: The eyes of all humanity, especially of the tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD, | 1The oracle of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach and Damascus is its resting place. For the LORD has an eye on mankind and on all the tribes of Israel, |
| 2as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise. | 2and on Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. |
| 3Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets! | 3Tyre has built herself a rampart and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets. |
| 4Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea--she will be consumed by fire. | 4But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions and strike down her power on the sea, and she shall be devoured by fire. |
| 5Ashkelon will see and be afraid; Gaza will be in great anguish, as will Ekron, for her hope will have been dried up. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited. | 5Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid; Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish; Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded. The king shall perish from Gaza; Ashkelon shall be uninhabited; |
| 6A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines. | 6a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of Philistia. |
| 7I will take away their abominable religious practices; then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God, like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites. | 7I will take away its blood from its mouth, and its abominations from between its teeth; it too shall be a remnant for our God; it shall be like a clan in Judah, and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites. |
| 8Then I will surround my temple to protect it like a guard from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it. | 8Then I will encamp at my house as a guard, so that none shall march to and fro; no oppressor shall again march over them, for now I see with my own eyes. |
| 9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey--on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey. | 9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. |
| 10I will remove the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be removed. Then he will announce peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth. | 10I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. |
| 11Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. | 11As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. |
| 12Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you. | 12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double. |
| 13I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow! I will stir up your sons, Zion, against yours, Greece, and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior's sword. | 13For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior’s sword. |
| 14Then the LORD will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds. | 14Then the LORD will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; the Lord GOD will sound the trumpet and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south. |
| 15The LORD who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar. | 15The LORD of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones, and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar. |
| 16On that day the LORD their God will deliver them as the flock of his people, for they are the precious stones of a crown sparkling over his land. | 16On that day the LORD their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. |
| 17How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women. | 17For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women. |
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