Zechariah 9:1-8

GOD’S WORD Translation

The Lord Protects His House

9 This is the divine revelation.

The Lord’s word is against the land of Hadrach
and will rest on Damascus
²and also Hamath, which borders on it,
and Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
(The eyes of humanity and of all the tribes of Israel are on the Lord.) ^[a]

³Tyre built itself a fortress.
It piled up silver like dust
and gold like mud in the streets.
⁴The Lord will take away its possessions.
He will throw its wealth into the sea
and burn the city down.
⁵Ashkelon will see ⌞this⌟ and be afraid.
Gaza will also be in great pain,
also Ekron, because its hope will fade.
Gaza will lose its king.
Ashkelon will no longer be lived in.
⁶A mixed race will live in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the Philistines’ arrogance.
⁷I will remove the blood from their mouths
and the disgusting things from between their teeth.
Then only a few of them will be left for our God
like a tribe in Judah,
and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
⁸I will camp in front of my house
as a guard against those who come and go.
No oppressors will pass through them,
because I have seen it with my own eyes.