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The burden of the Word of Yahuah in the land of Chadrakh, and Dammeseq shall be its resting place. For the eye of Adam and all the tribes of Yisra’el are toward Yahuah.
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And Chamat also shall border upon it, Tzor and Tzidon, though she is exceedingly wise.
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And Tzor built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like dust, and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
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See, Adonai will dispossess her and strike her power into the sea, and she shall be consumed by fire.
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Ashqelon shall see and fear. Azzah also shall writhe exceedingly, and Eqron, for her expectation shall be put to shame. And the king shall perish from Azzah, and Ashqelon shall not be inhabited.
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And a mixed people shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Pelishtim.
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And I will remove his blood from his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth. And he also shall remain for our Elohim, and shall become like a clan in Yehudah, and Eqron like the Yevusi.
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And I will encamp around My House because of the army, because of the one passing through and returning. And no oppressor shall pass over them again, for now I have seen with My eyes.
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Rejoice greatly, daughter of Tziyon. Shout, daughter of Yerushalayim. See, your King comes to you. He is righteous and saved, humble and riding upon a donkey, even upon a colt, a son of she-donkeys.
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And I will cut off the chariot from Efrayim and the horse from Yerushalayim. And the bow of war shall be cut off. And he shall speak shalom to the nations. And his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
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As for you also, by the blood of your Covenant I have sent your prisoners out of the pit in which there is no water.
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Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope. Even today I declare: double I will return to you.
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For I have bent Yehudah as My bow. I have filled the bow with Efrayim. And I will stir up your sons, Tziyon, against your sons, Yavan, and make you like the sword of a mighty ish.
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And Yahuah shall be seen over them, and His arrow shall go forth like lightning. And Adonai Yahuah shall blow the shofar and go forth in the whirlwinds of Teman.
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Yahuah of Hosts shall shield them. And they shall devour and subdue the sling stones. And they shall drink and roar as with wine, and they shall be filled like a basin, like the corners of the altar.
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And Yahuah their Elohim shall save them in that day, as the flock of His People. For they shall be like stones of a crown, lifted up over His land.
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For how great is His goodness, and how great His beauty. Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.