The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrak
    and will come to rest on Damascus^(B)—
for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel
    are on the Lord—^[a]
2 and on Hamath^(C) too, which borders on it,
    and on Tyre^(D) and Sidon,^(E) though they are very skillful.
³ Tyre has built herself a stronghold;
    she has heaped up silver like dust,
    and gold like the dirt of the streets.^(F)
4 But the Lord will take away her possessions
    and destroy^(G) her power on the sea,
    and she will be consumed by fire.^(H)
5 Ashkelon^(I) will see it and fear;
    Gaza will writhe in agony,
    and Ekron too, for her hope will wither.
Gaza will lose her king
    and Ashkelon will be deserted.
⁶ A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod,
    and I will put an end^(J) to the pride of the Philistines.
⁷ I will take the blood from their mouths,
    the forbidden food from between their teeth.
Those who are left will belong to our God^(K)
    and become a clan in Judah,
    and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.^(L)
8 But I will encamp^(M) at my temple
    to guard it against marauding forces.^(N)
Never again will an oppressor overrun my people,
    for now I am keeping watch.^(O)

³ “My anger burns against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders;^(AZ)
for the Lord Almighty will care
    for his flock, the people of Judah,
    and make them like a proud horse in battle.^(BA)
4 From Judah will come the cornerstone,^(BB)
    from him the tent peg,^(BC)
from him the battle bow,^(BD)
    from him every ruler.
⁵ Together they^[d] will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.^(BE)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.^(BF)

⁶ “I will strengthen^(BG) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion^(BH) on them.^(BI)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer^(BJ) them.
⁷ The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
    and their hearts will be glad as with wine.^(BK)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
    their hearts will rejoice^(BL) in the Lord.
⁸ I will signal^(BM) for them
    and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
    they will be as numerous^(BN) as before.
⁹ Though I scatter them among the peoples,
    yet in distant lands they will remember me.^(BO)
They and their children will survive,
    and they will return.
¹⁰ I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.^(BP)
I will bring them to Gilead^(BQ) and Lebanon,
    and there will not be room^(BR) enough for them.
¹¹ They will pass through the sea of trouble;
    the surging sea will be subdued
    and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.^(BS)
Assyria’s pride^(BT) will be brought down
    and Egypt’s scepter^(BU) will pass away.^(BV)
12 I will strengthen^(BW) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,^(BX)”
declares the Lord.

11 Open your doors, Lebanon,^(BY)
    so that fire^(BZ) may devour your cedars!
² Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
    the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks^(CA) of Bashan;
    the dense forest^(CB) has been cut down!^(CC)
3 Listen to the wail of the shepherds;
    their rich pastures are destroyed!
Listen to the roar of the lions;^(CD)
    the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!^(CE)

¹⁷ “Woe to the worthless shepherd,^(CS)
    who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm^(CT) and his right eye!
    May his arm be completely withered,
    his right eye totally blinded!”^(CU)