Zechariah 9:1-8

The Voice

He has set His message against the land of Hadrach,
    and the city of Damascus is its resting place.
For the eyes of all humanity—especially His people from the tribes of Israel—
    are fixed on the Eternal.
² His message is also against Hamath, on the northern border of Syria,
    and Tyre and Sidon, coastal cities filled with self-proclaimed wise citizens.
³ Tyre, that prosperous city, has strong defenses
    including an earthen rampart around her thick walls;
She mounds up silver like dust,
    and gold is as common as dirt in the street.
⁴ But the Lord will steal her treasures
    and sink the ships of her livelihood in the depths of the sea.
    Tyre, that watery city, will be consumed by unquenchable fire.
⁵ Ashkelon will witness the fall of Tyre from her own coast and quake with fear;
Gaza, not far to her south, will writhe in great agony;
    Ekron will, too, because all hope will be lost.
Gaza’s monarchy will end when her king dies,
    and Ashkelon’s streets will be left empty.
⁶ Children of unholy unions will live in Ashdod’s houses,
    the pride of the Philistines turned over to mongrels.

Eternal One: I will make this happen.
⁷     I will cleanse those children from pagan practices
        such as drinking blood and chewing on forbidden meats.

Those people will then belong to our God, a remnant for the Lord.
    They will become like a clan^[a] in Judah,
And those in Ekron will be like the surviving Jebusites
    who became God’s people when David conquered Jerusalem.

⁸ Eternal One: When that day comes, I will set up an army camp before My house
        to guard My lands against those who’d march against My people.
    Never again will they bow to an oppressor,
        for I am watching over them Myself.