9 ^(A)(B) This is a message
    from the Lord:
His eyes are on everyone,
especially the tribes
    of Israel.^[a]
So he pronounces judgment
against the cities
    of Hadrach and Damascus.^[b]
2 Judgment will also fall
on the nearby city
    of Hamath,
as well as on Tyre and Sidon,^[c]
    whose people are clever.
³ Tyre has built a fortress
    and piled up silver and gold,
as though they were dust
    or mud from the streets.
⁴ Now the Lord will punish Tyre
    with poverty;
he will sink its ships
    and send it up in flames.

^9 (D) Everyone in Jerusalem,
    celebrate and shout!
Your king has won a victory,
    and he is coming to you.
He is humble
    and rides on a donkey;
he comes on the colt
    of a donkey.
^10 (E) I, the Lord, will take away
war chariots and horses
    from Israel^[g] and Jerusalem.
Bows that were made for battle
    will be broken.
I will bring peace to nations,
and your king will rule
    from sea to sea.
His kingdom will reach
from the Euphrates River
    across the earth.

^11 (F) When I made a sacred agreement
with you, my people,
    we sealed it with blood.^[h]
Now some of you are captives
    in waterless pits,
but I will come to your rescue
¹²     and offer you hope.
Return to your fortress,
because today I will reward you
    with twice what you had.
¹³ I will use Judah as my bow
    and Israel^[i] as my arrow.
I will take the people of Zion
as my sword
    and attack the Greeks.

¹⁴ Like a cloud, the Lord God
    will appear over his people,
and his arrows will flash
    like lightning.
God will sound his trumpet
and attack in a whirlwind
    from the south.
¹⁵ The Lord All-Powerful
    will protect his people,
and they will trample down
the sharpshooters
    and their slingshots.
They will drink and get rowdy;
they will be as full as a bowl
    at the time of sacrifice.