Zec 9:1-8 | ESV | STEP | The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach and Damascus is its resting place . For the Lord has an eye on mankind and on all the tribes of Israel ,

Zechariah 9:1-8

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

1 The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
and ^aDamascus is its resting place.
For the Lord has an eye on mankind
and on all the tribes of Israel, ^{▼▼Or For the eye of mankind, especially of all the tribes of Israel, is toward the Lord}
2 ^cand on Hamath also, which borders on it,
^dTyre and ^eSidon, though ^fthey are very wise.
3 Tyre has built herself ^ga rampart
and ^hheaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
4 But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions
and strike down ⁱher power on the sea,
and ^jshe shall be devoured by fire.
5 ^kAshkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
6 ^la mixed people ^{▼▼Or a foreign people; Hebrew a bastard} shall dwell in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
7 I will take away ⁿits blood from its mouth,
and ^oits abominations from between its teeth;
^pit too shall be a remnant for our God;
it shall be like ^qa clan in Judah,
and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
8 Then ^rI will encamp at my house as a guard,
^sso that none shall march to and fro;
^tno oppressor shall again march over them,
^ufor now I see with my own eyes.