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1 ) The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
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2 ) And Hamath also shall border thereby, Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.
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3 ) And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
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4 ) Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will strike her power in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire.
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5 ) Ashkelon shall see it, and fear, Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron, for her expectation shall be ashamed, and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
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6 ) And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
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7 ) And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remains, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
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8 ) And I will camp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passes by, and because of him that returns: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
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9 ) Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes unto you: he is just, and having salvation, lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
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10 ) And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
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11 ) As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
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12 ) Turn you to the strong hold, all of you prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto you,