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This is the message with which the Eternal burdened His prophet.

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.
His message is also against Hamath, on the northern border of Syria,
    and Tyre and Sidon, coastal cities filled with self-proclaimed wise citizens.
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.

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Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

A prophecy:(A)

The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrak
    and will come to rest on Damascus(B)
for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel
    are on the Lord[a]
and on Hamath(C) too, which borders on it,
    and on Tyre(D) and Sidon,(E) though they are very skillful.
Tyre has built herself a stronghold;
    she has heaped up silver like dust,
    and gold like the dirt of the streets.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 9:1 Or Damascus. / For the eye of the Lord is on all people, / as well as on the tribes of Israel,