9:1 The burden of a word of Jehovah against the land of Hadrach, and Demmeseh -- his place of rest: (When to Jehovah [is] the eye of man, And of all the tribes of Israel.)
9:2 And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for -- very wise!
9:3 And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.
9:4 Lo, the Lord doth dispossess her, And He hath smitten in the sea her force, And she with fire is consumed.
9:5 See doth Ashkelon and fear, Also Gaza, and she is exceedingly pained, Also Ekron -- for her expectation dried up, And perished hath a king from Gaza, And Ashkelon doth not remain,
9:6 And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines.
9:7 And turned aside his blood from his mouth, His abominations from between his teeth, And he hath remained, even he, to our God, And he hath been as a leader in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.
9:8 And I have pitched for My house a camp, Because of the passer through, and of the returner, And pass not through against them again doth an exactor, For, now, I have seen with My eyes.
9:12 Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.
9:13 For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled [with] Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.
9:14 And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow, And the LordJehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.
9:15 Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar.
9:16 And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day, as a flock of His people, For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground.
