1 The burden of the word of the Lord, in the land of Shadrach, and his sacrifice shall be in Damascus; for the Lord looks upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel. 2 And in Hamath, even in her borders, are Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise. 3 And Tyre built strongholds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways. 4 And therefore the Lord will take her for a possession, and will strike her power in the sea; and she shall be consumed with fire. 5 Ashkelon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and Ekron; for she is ashamed at her trespass; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 6 And aliens shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will bring down the pride of the Philistines. 7 And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and he also shall be left to our God, and they shall be as a captain of a thousand in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 8 And I will set up a defense for my house, that they may not pass through, nor turn back, neither shall there any more come upon them one to drive them away: for now I have seen with my eyes. 9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; proclaim it aloud, daughter of Jerusalem; look, your King is coming to you, just, and a Savior; he is meek and riding on an donkey, and a young foal.⁠a 10 And he shall destroy the chariots out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow of war shall be utterly destroyed; and there shall be abundance and peace out of the nations; and he shall rule over the waters as far as the sea, and the rivers to the ends of the earth. 11 And you by the blood of the covenant have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit that has no water. 12 You shall dwell in strongholds, you prisoners of the congregation: and for one day of your captivity I will repay you double. 13 For I have bent you, Judah, for myself as a bow, I have filled Ephraim; and I will raise up your children, Zion, against the children of the Greeks, and I will handle you as the sword of a warrior. 14 And the Lord shall be over them,⁠b and his arrow shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord Almighty shall blow with the trumpet; and shall proceed with the tumult of his threatening. 15 The Lord Almighty shall protect them, and they shall destroy them, and overwhelm them with sling-stones; and they shall swallow them down as wine, and fill the altar as bowls. 16 And the Lord shall save them in that day, even his people as a flock; for holy stones are rolled upon his land. 17 For if he has anything good, and if he has anything fair, the young men shall have grain, and there shall be fragrant wine to the virgins.