9:1 The burden of the word of the Lord, in
the land of Sedrach, and his sacrifice [shall be] in Damascus; for the Lord
looks upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel.
9:2 And in Emath, [even] in her coasts, [are] Tyre and Sidon, because they
were very wise.
9:3 And Tyrus built strong-holds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust,
and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.
9:4 And therefore the Lord will take them for a possession, and will smite
her power in the sea; and she shall be consumed with fire.
9:5 Ascalon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and
Accaron; for she is ashamed at her trespass; and the king shall perish from
Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.
9:6 And aliens shall dwell in Azotus, and I will bring down the pride of the
Philistines.
9:7 And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations
from between their teeth; and these also shall be left to our God, and they
shall be as a captain of a thousand in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite.
9:8 And I will set up a defence 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 have I seen with mine eyes.
9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion; proclaim [it] aloud, O daughter of
Jerusalem; behold, the King is coming to thee, just, and a Saviour; he is
meek and riding on an ass, and a young foal.
9:10 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.
9:11 And thou by the blood of thy covenant has sent forth thy prisoners out
of the pit that has no water.
9:12 Ye shall dwell in strongholds, ye prisoners of the congregation: and
for one day of thy captivity I will recompense thee double.
9:13 For I have bent thee, O Juda, for myself [as] a bow, I have filled
Ephraim; and I will raise up thy children, O Sion, against the children of
the Greeks, and I will handle thee as the sword of a warrior.
9:14 And the Lord shall be over them, 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.
9:15 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 bowls as the altar.
9:16 And the Lord their God shall save them in that day, [even] his people
as a flock; for holy stones are rolled upon his land.
9:17 For if he has anything good, and if he has anything fair, the young
[men shall have] corn, and [there shall be] fragrant wine to the virgins. |
9:1 The burden of the word of the LORD in
the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes
of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
9:2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be
very wise.
9:3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the
dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
9:4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the
sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
9:5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very
sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king
shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
9:6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the
Philistines.
9:7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations
from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our
God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
9:8 And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him
that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall
pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly,
and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
9:10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from
Jerusalem, 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.
9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy
prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I
declare that I will render double unto thee;
9:13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised
up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword
of a mighty man.
9:14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as
the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with
whirlwinds of the south.
9:15 The LORD of hosts 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.
9:16 And the LORD their God 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.
9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall
make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. |