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A prophecy:
The word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrak
and will come to rest on Damascus -
for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel
are on the Lord - 1
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and on Hamath too, which borders on it,
and on Tyre and Sidon, though they are very skillful.
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Tyre has built herself a stronghold;
she has heaped up silver like dust,
and gold like the dirt of the streets.
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But the Lord will take away her possessions
and destroy her power on the sea,
and she will be consumed by fire.
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Ashkelon will see it and fear;
Gaza will writhe in agony,
and Ekron too, for her hope will wither.
Gaza will lose her king
and Ashkelon will be deserted.
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A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod,
and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.
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I will take the blood from their mouths,
the forbidden food from between their teeth.
Those who are left will belong to our God
and become a clan in Judah,
and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
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But I will encamp at my temple
to guard it against marauding forces.
Never again will an oppressor overrun my people,
for now I am keeping watch.