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Chapter 9
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The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach,
and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes
of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward
the LORD. |
2
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And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon,
though it be very wise. |
3
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And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped
up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the
streets. |
4
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Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite
her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with
fire. |
5
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Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see
it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation
shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza,
and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. |
6
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And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut
off the pride of the Philistines. |
7
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And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and
his abominations from between his teeth: but he that
remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall
be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. |
8
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And I will encamp about mine house because of the army,
because of him that passeth by, and because of him that
returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any
more: for now have I seen with mine eyes. |
9
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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter
of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is
just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an
ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. |
10
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And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the
horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut
off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his
dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the
river even to the ends of the earth. |
11
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As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have
sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no
water. |
12
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Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope:
even to day do I declare that I will render double unto
thee; |
13
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When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with
Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy
sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty
man. |
14
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And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow
shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall
blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the
south. |
15
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The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall
devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall
drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall
be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. |
16
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And the LORD their God shall save them in that day
as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the
stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. |
17
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For how great is his goodness, and how great is his
beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new
wine the maids. |
