Ashkelon will see and be afraid, Gaza too, and will be in great pain, and Ekron as well, because she was put to shame over her trespass. And a king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
And I will remove their blood from their mouth and their abominations from between their teeth; and this one too will be left for our God. And they will be like a captain of a thousand in Judah, and Ekron like the Jebusite.
And I will set up for my house a barrier, so that none may pass through or turn back; and no oppressor will come upon them any more, for now I have seen with my eyes.
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Proclaim aloud, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you, righteous and saving; he is gentle and mounted on a beast of burden, and on a young colt.
And he will destroy chariots from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the war bow will be destroyed; and there will be abundance and peace from the nations. And he will rule over waters as far as the sea, and over rivers, the outlets of the earth.
For I have bent you, Judah, as a bow for myself; I have filled Ephraim. And I will rouse your children, Zion, against the children of the Greeks, and I will handle you like a warrior's sword.
And the Lord will be over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; and the Lord Almighty will sound the trumpet, and will go forth in the tumult of his threatening.
The Lord Almighty will shield them, and they will consume them and bury them with sling stones; and they will drink them down like wine, and will fill the altar as bowls.