Zechariah 9:1-8

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies 1A prophecy: The word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrak and will come to rest on Damascus— for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel are on the LORD — Or Damascus. / For the eye of the Lord is on all people, / as well as on the tribes of Israel,

2and on Hamath too, which borders on it, and on Tyre and Sidon, though they are very skillful.

3Tyre has built herself a stronghold; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

4But the Lord will take away her possessions and destroy her power on the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

5Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, and Ekron too, for her hope will wither. Gaza will lose her king and Ashkelon will be deserted.

6A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod, and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.

7I will take the blood from their mouths, the forbidden food from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God and become a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

8But I will encamp at my temple to guard it against marauding forces. Never again will an oppressor overrun my people, for now I am keeping watch.