² And ^(B)Hamath also, which borders on it;
^(C)Tyre and ^(D)Sidon, ^[a]though ^[b]they are ^(E)very wise.
³ For Tyre built herself a ^(F)fortress,
And ^(G)piled up silver like dust,
And ^(H)gold like the mud of the streets.
⁴ Behold, the Lord will ^(I)dispossess her
And throw her wealth into the sea;
And she will be ^(J)consumed with fire.
⁵ Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.
Gaza too will writhe in great pain;
Also Ekron, because her hope has been ruined.
Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,
And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
⁶ And a people of mixed origins will live in ^(K)Ashdod,
And I will eliminate the pride of the Philistines.
⁷ And 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 ^[c]clan in Judah,
And Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
⁸ But I will camp around My house ^[d]because of an army,
Because of ^(L)him who passes by and returns;
And ^(M)no oppressor will pass over them anymore,
For now I have seen with My eyes.
^9 (N)Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your ^(O)king is coming to you;
He is ^[e](P)righteous and ^(Q)endowed with salvation,
^(R)Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a ^(S)colt, the ^[f]foal of a donkey.
¹⁰ And I will ^(T)eliminate the chariot from Ephraim
And the ^(U)horse from Jerusalem;
And the ^(V)bow of war will be eliminated.
And He will speak ^(W)peace to the nations;
And His ^(X)dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

¹¹ As for you also, because of the ^(Y)blood of My covenant with you,
I have set your ^(Z)prisoners free from the ^[g]waterless pit.
¹² Return to the ^[h](AA)stronghold, you prisoners ^[i]who have the ^(AB)hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will restore ^(AC)double to you.
¹³ For I will ^(AD)bend Judah ^[j]as My bow,
I will fill the bow with Ephraim.
And I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, ^(AE)Greece;
And I will make you like a ^(AF)warrior’s sword.
¹⁴ Then the Lord will appear ^(AG)over them,
And His ^(AH)arrow will go forth like lightning;
And the Lord ^[k]God will blow the ^(AI)trumpet,
And march in the ^(AJ)storm winds of the south.
^15 (AK)The Lord of armies will protect them.
And they will ^(AL)devour and trample on the ^(AM)slingstones;
And they will drink and be ^(AN)boisterous as with wine;
And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin,
Drenched like the ^(AO)corners of the altar.
¹⁶ And the Lord their God will ^(AP)save them on that day
As the flock of His people;
For they are like the precious stones of a ^(AQ)crown,
Sparkling on His land.
¹⁷ For how great will ^[l]their ^(AR)loveliness and ^(AS)beauty be!
Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the virgins.