and Damascus9:1 Gn 15:2; 1Kg 11:24; Sg 7:4; Is 7:8; Am 1:3is its resting place —
for the eyes of humanity
and all the tribes of Israel
are on the Lord9:1 Or eyes of the Lord are on mankind——
2 and also against Hamath, 9:2 2Kg 14:25which borders it,
as well as Tyre9:2 Jos 19:29; Is 23:1and Sidon, 9:2 Gn 10:15
though they are very shrewd.
3 Tyrehas built herself a fortress;
she has heaped up silver like dust
and gold like the dirt of the streets.
4 Listen! The Lord will impoverish her
and cast her wealth into the sea;
she herself will be consumed by fire. 9:4 Ezk 26:4–6; 27:27
5 Ashkelonwill see it and be afraid;
Gazatoo, and will writhe in great pain,
as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.
There will cease to be a king in Gaza,
and Ashkelonwill become uninhabited.
6 A mongrel people will live in Ashdod,
and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines. 9:6 Am 1:6–8; Zph 2:4–6
7 I will remove the blood from their mouths
and the abhorrent things 9:7 Lv 11:10; Dt 29:17; Dn 11:31
from between their teeth.
Then they too will become a remnant for our God;
they will become like a clan in Judah
and Ekronlike the Jebusites. 9:7 2Sm 5:6–10; 24:16–25
8 I will encamp at my house as a guard,
against those who march back and forth,
and no oppressor will march against them again,
for now I have seen with my own eyes.
The Coming of Zion’s King
9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!
Look, your King is coming to you;
he is righteous and victorious, 9:9 Or and has salvation
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 9:9 Is 62:11; Mt 21:5; Jn 12:15
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the horse from Jerusalem.
The bow of war will be removed,
and he will proclaim peace to the nations.
His dominion will extend from sea to sea,
from the Euphrates River
to the ends of the earth. 9:10 Ps 72:8; Mc 7:12
11 As for you,
because of the blood of your covenant, 9:11 Heb 10:29; 13:20
I will release your prisoners
from the waterless cistern. 9:11 Gn 37:24; Jr 38:6
12 Return to a stronghold,
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you. 9:12 Jb 42:10; Is 61:7; Jr 16:18
13 For I will bend Judah as my bow;
I will fill that bow with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece. 9:13 Lit Javan,9:13 Dn 8:21; 10:20
I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
14 Then the Lordwill appear over them,
and his arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord Godwill sound the ram’s horn
and advance with the southern storms. 9:14 Ps 83:15
15 The Lordof Armies will defend them.
They will consume and conquer with slingstones;
they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine. 9:15 Nm 23:24
They will be as full as the sprinkling basin, 9:15 Ex 27:3
like those at the corners of the altar. 9:15 Lv 1:5,11; 3:2
16 The Lordtheir God will save them on that day
as the flock of his people; 9:16 Ezk 36:38
for they are like jewels in a crown, 9:16 Lv 8:9
sparkling over his land.
17 How lovely and beautiful!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
and new wine, the young women.
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Cidade / Povoado
Damascus
Hoje: Damascus, Syria
דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂקdammeseqΔαμασκόςDamaskos
Damascus is a city of the Arameans, with its own king, captured by the king of Assyria. Saul went there with letters to take as prisoners those who belonged to the Way (Acts 9:2).
Hamath is a land where Riblah was located, the place where Zedekiah was brought to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who pronounced sentence on him (Jeremiah 39:5).
Tyre is a fortified city, surrounded by the sea, whose king Hiram supplied cedar and gold to Solomon. Fire on its walls was proclaimed, and Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon (1 Kings 9:11).
Sidon is the city from which the borders of Canaan reached; Jesus said Tyre and Sidon would have repented if the miracles performed in Chorazin and Bethsaida had occurred in them (Matthew 11:21).
Tyre is a fortified city, surrounded by the sea, whose king Hiram supplied cedar and gold to Solomon. Fire on its walls was proclaimed, and Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon (1 Kings 9:11).
Gaza was a city of the Philistines, where the people surrounded Samson and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate to kill him at dawn (Judges 16:2).
Ekron was one of the five cities of the Philistine rulers, along with Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Gath; its god was Baal-zebub, whom the king of Samaria sent to consult (2 Kings 1:3).
Gaza was a city of the Philistines, where the people surrounded Samson and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate to kill him at dawn (Judges 16:2).
Ashdod was one of the cities of the five Philistine rulers; there Dagon was found fallen before the ark of the Lord, and the Lord’s hand was heavy on the people, afflicting them with tumors (1 Samuel 5:6).
Philistia is the land of the Philistines, where Gath was located. The Lord says that Philistia acted in vengeance and, with ancient hostility, sought to destroy Judah (Ezekiel 25:15).
Ekron was one of the five cities of the Philistine rulers, along with Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Gath; its god was Baal-zebub, whom the king of Samaria sent to consult (2 Kings 1:3).
Zion is the fortress David captured, which became the City of David; the people of the Lord live there, and it was foretold that Zion would be plowed like a field (2 Samuel 5:7).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
The Euphrates is the great river to which Israel was told to go, toward the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon; beyond it lived Terah, the father of Abraham, and the ancestors of Israel (Joshua 24:2).
Zion is the fortress David captured, which became the City of David; the people of the Lord live there, and it was foretold that Zion would be plowed like a field (2 Samuel 5:7).
Greece is the land where Paul arrived after traveling and encouraging the believers with many words; it is also the kingdom against which a king of Persia would stir up everyone (Acts 20:2).