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The burden[H4853] of the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] in the land[H776] of Hadrach[H2317], and Damascus[H1834] shall be the rest[H4496] thereof: when the eyes[H5869] of man[H120], as of all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478], shall be toward the LORD[H3068].
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And Hamath[H2574] also shall border[H1379] thereby; Tyrus[H6865], and Zidon[H6721], though it be very[H3966]wise[H2449].
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And Tyrus[H6865] did build[H1129] herself a strong hold[H4692], and heaped up[H6651]silver[H3701] as the dust[H6083], and fine gold[H2742] as the mire[H2916] of the streets[H2351].
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Behold, the Lord[H136] will cast her out[H3423], and he will smite[H5221] her power[H2428] in the sea[H3220]; and she shall be devoured[H398] with fire[H784].
5Ashkelon[H831] shall see[H7200] it, and fear[H3372]; Gaza[H5804] also shall see[H7200] it, and be very[H3966]sorrowful[H2342], and Ekron[H6138]; for her expectation[H4007] shall be ashamed[H3001]; and the king[H4428] shall perish[H6] from Gaza[H5804], and Ashkelon[H831] shall not be inhabited[H3427].
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And a bastard[H4464] shall dwell[H3427] in Ashdod[H795], and I will cut off[H3772] the pride[H1347] of the Philistines[H6430].
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And I will take away[H5493] his blood[H1818] out of his mouth[H6310], and his abominations[H8251] from between his teeth[H8127]: but he that remaineth[H7604], even he, shall be for our God[H430], and he shall be as a governor[H441] in Judah[H3063], and Ekron[H6138] as a Jebusite[H2983].
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And I will encamp[H2583] about mine house[H1004] because of the army[H4675], because of him that passeth by[H5674], and because of him that returneth[H7725]: and no oppressor[H5065] shall pass through[H5674] them any more: for now have I seen[H7200] with mine eyes[H5869].
9Rejoice[H1523]greatly[H3966], O daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726]; shout[H7321], O daughter[H1323] of Jerusalem[H3389]: behold, thy King[H4428]cometh[H935] unto thee: he is just[H6662], and having salvation[H3467]; lowly[H6041], and riding[H7392] upon an ass[H2543], and upon a colt[H5895] the foal[H1121] of an ass[H860].
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And I will cut off[H3772] the chariot[H7393] from Ephraim[H669], and the horse[H5483] from Jerusalem[H3389], and the battle[H4421]bow[H7198] shall be cut off[H3772]: and he shall speak[H1696]peace[H7965] unto the heathen[H1471]: and his dominion[H4915] shall be from sea[H3220] even to sea[H3220], and from the river[H5104] even to the ends[H657] of the earth[H776].
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As for thee also, by the blood[H1818] of thy covenant[H1285] I have sent forth[H7971] thy prisoners[H615] out of the pit[H953] wherein is no water[H4325].
12Turn[H7725] you to the strong hold[H1225], ye prisoners[H615] of hope[H8615]: even to day[H3117] do I declare[H5046] that I will render[H7725]double[H4932] unto thee;
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When I have bent[H1869]Judah[H3063] for me, filled[H4390] the bow[H7198] with Ephraim[H669], and raised up[H5782] thy sons[H1121], O Zion[H6726], against thy sons[H1121], O Greece[H3120], and made[H7760] thee as the sword[H2719] of a mighty man[H1368].
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And the LORD[H3068] shall be seen[H7200] over them, and his arrow[H2671] shall go[H1980]forth[H3318] as the lightning[H1300]: and the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] shall blow[H8628] the trumpet[H7782], and shall go[H1980] with whirlwinds[H5591] of the south[H8486].
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The LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] shall defend[H1598] them; and they shall devour[H398], and subdue[H3533] with sling[H7050]stones[H68]; and they shall drink[H8354], and make a noise[H1993] as through wine[H3196]; and they shall be filled[H4390] like bowls[H4219], and as the corners[H2106] of the altar[H4196].
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And the LORD[H3068] their God[H430] shall save[H3467] them in that day[H3117] as the flock[H6629] of his people[H5971]: for they shall be as the stones[H68] of a crown[H5145], lifted up as an ensign[H5264] upon his land[H127].
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For how great is his goodness[H2898], and how great is his beauty[H3308]! corn[H1715] shall make the young men[H970]cheerful[H5107], and new wine[H8492] the maids[H1330].