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Also against Hamath, which borders on it, And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
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For Tyre built herself a tower, Heaped up silver like the dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.
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Behold, the Lord will cast her out; He will destroy her power in the sea, And she will be devoured by fire.
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Ashkelon shall see it and fear; Gaza also shall be very sorrowful; And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation. The king shall perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
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"A mixed race shall settle in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
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I will take away the blood from his mouth, And the abominations from between his teeth. But he who remains, even he shall be for our God, And shall be like a leader in Judah, And Ekron like a Jebusite.
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I will camp around My house Because of the army, Because of him who passes by and him who returns. No more shall an oppressor pass through them, For now I have seen with My eyes.
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"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.
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I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; The battle bow shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; 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, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
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Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you.