Chapter 9

1

THE burden of the Word of Yahuah in the land of Chadrak, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Yashar'el, shall be toward Yahuah.

2

And Chamath also shall border thereby; Tsor, and Tsiydon, though it be very wise.

3

And Tsor did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

4

Behold, Adonai will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

5

Ashqelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Eqron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashqelon shall not be inhabited.

6

And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Pelishtiym.

7

And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remains, even he, shall be for our Elohiym, and he shall be as a governor in Yahudah, and Eqron as a Yevuciy.

8

And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passes by, and because of him that returns: and no oppressor shall pass through them anymore: for now have I seen with my eyes.

9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Tsiyon; shout, O daughter of Yerushalayim: behold, your King comes unto you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

10

And I will cut off the chariot from Ephrayim, and the horse from Yerushalayim, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

11

As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

12

Turn you to the stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will render double unto you;

13

When I have bent Yahudah for me, filled the bow with Ephrayim, and raised up your sons, O Tsiyon, against your sons, O Yavan, and made you as the sword of a mighty man.

14

And Yahuah shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and Adonai Yahuah shall blow the shofar, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

15

Yahuah Tseva'oth shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

16

And Yahuah Elohayhem shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

17

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.



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