Prophecies against Neighboring Nations
The 1burden of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, with aDamascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD),Or oracleIs 17:1; Jer 49:23-27; Amos 1:3-5
2 And aHamath also, which borders on it;bTyre and cSidon, 1though 2they are dvery wise.Or becauseI.e. they think they areJer 49:23Ezek 28:2-5, 12Ezek 28:213 For Tyre built herself a afortressAnd bpiled up silver like dust,And cgold like the mire of the streets.Josh 19:29; 2 Sam 24:7Job 27:16; Ezek 27:33; 28:4, 51 Kin 10:21, 274 Behold, the Lord will adispossess herAnd cast her wealth into the sea;And she will be bconsumed with fire.Ezek 26:3-5Ezek 28:185 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.Gaza too will writhe in great pain;Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded.Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.6 And a 1mongrel race will dwell in aAshdod,And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.Lit bastard willAmos 1:8; Zeph 2:47 And I will remove their blood from their mouthAnd their detestable things from between their teeth.Then they also will be a remnant for our God,And be like a 1clan in Judah,And Ekron like a Jebusite.Or chief8 But I will camp around My house 1because of an army,Because of ahim who passes by and returns;And bno oppressor will pass over them anymore,For now I have seen with My eyes.Or as a guard, so that none will go back and forthIs 52:1Is 54:14; 60:189 aRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!Behold, your bking is coming to you;He is 1cjust and dendowed with salvation,eHumble, and mounted on a donkey,Even on a fcolt, the 2foal of a donkey.Or vindicated and victoriousLit son of a female donkeyZeph 3:14, 15; Zech 2:10Ps 110:1; Is 9:6, 7; Jer 23:5, 6; Matt 21:5; John 12:15Zeph 3:5Is 43:3, 11Is 57:15Judg 10:4; Is 30:610 I will acut off the chariot from EphraimAnd the bhorse from Jerusalem;And the cbow of war will be cut off.And He will speak dpeace to the nations;And His edominion will be from sea to sea,And from the 1River to the ends of the earth.I.e. EuphratesHos 1:7Mic 5:10Hos 2:18Is 57:19; Mic 4:2-4Ps 72:8; Is 60:12
Deliverance of Judah and Ephraim
11 As for you also, because of the ablood of My covenant with you,I have set your bprisoners free from the 1waterless pit.Lit cistern in which there is no waterEx 24:8; Heb 10:2Is 24:22; 51:1412 Return to the 1astronghold, O prisoners 2who have the bhope;This very day I am declaring that I will restore cdouble to you.Or StrongholdLit of the hopeJer 16:19; Joel 3:16Jer 14:8; 17:13; Heb 6:18, 19Is 61:713 For I will abend Judah 1as My bow,I will fill the bow with Ephraim.And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O bGreece;And I will make you like a cwarrior’s sword.Lit for MeJer 51:20Joel 3:6Ps 45:314 Then the LORD will appear aover them,And His barrow will go forth like lightning;And the Lord 1GOD will blow the ctrumpet,And will march in the dstorm winds of the south.Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORDIs 31:5; Zech 2:5Ps 18:14; Hab 3:11Is 27:13Is 21:1; 66:1515 aThe LORD of hosts will defend them.And they will bdevour and trample on the csling stones;And they will drink and be dboisterous as with wine;And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin,Drenched like the ecorners of the altar.Is 37:35; Zech 12:8Zech 12:6Job 41:28Ps 78:65Ex 27:216 And the LORD their God will asave them in that dayAs the flock of His people;For they are as the stones of a bcrown,1Sparkling in His land.Or Displayed overJer 31:10, 11Is 62:317 For what 1acomeliness and bbeauty will be 2theirs!Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.Lit goodnessLit hisJer 31:12, 14Ps 27:4; Is 33:17