The Burden against Israel’s Enemies
1The 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.+ 2And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.+ 3And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.+ 4Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.+ 5Ashkelon 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.+ 6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.+ 7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.+ 8And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.+Zion’s Coming King
Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:28–40; John 12:12–19
9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.+ 10And 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 river even to the ends of the earth.+ 11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.+ 12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;+ 13When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.+