ZachaYahu (Zachariah) — 9
Judgment against Yashar'AL’s Enemies
1 This is the message from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH against the land of Aram and the city of Damascus, for the eyes of all mankind, including all the tribes of Yashar'AL are on 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.
2 Doom is certain for Hamath, near Damascus, and for the cities of Tyra and Sidun, though they are so clever.
3 Tyra has built a strong fortress and has made silver and gold as plentiful as dust in the streets!
4 But now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will strip away Tyra’s possessions and hurl its fortifications into the sea, and it will be burned to the ground.
5 The city of Ashkalun will see Tyra fall and will be filled with fear, Gaza will shake with terror, as will Akrun, for their hopes will be dashed, Gaza’s king will be killed, and Ashkalun will be deserted.
6 Foreigners will occupy the city of Ashdud. I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.
7 I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth, then the surviving Philistines will worship our 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH and become like a clan in Yahudah, the Philistines of Akrun will join my people, as the ancient Yabusites once did.
8 I will guard my Temple and protect it from invading armies, I AM watching closely to ensure that no more foreign oppressors overrun my people’s land.
Ziun’s Coming King
9 Rejoice, O people of Ziun! Shout in triumph, O people of Yahushalam! Look, your king is coming to you, He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey, riding on a donkey’s colt.
10 I will remove the battle chariots from Yashar'AL and the warhorses from Yahushalam, I will destroy all the weapons used in battle, and your king will bring Shalum to the nations, his realm will stretch from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the Arath.
11 Because of the covenant I made with you, sealed with blood, I will free your prisoners from death in a waterless dungeon.
12 Come back to the place of safety, all you prisoners who still have hope!I promise this very day that I will repay two Barakah for each of your troubles.
13 Yahudah is my bow, and Yashar'AL is my arrow, Yahushalam is my sword, and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.
14 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will appear above His people; and the arrows of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will fly like lightning! 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will sound the ram’s horn and attack like a whirlwind from the southern desert.
15 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut will protect His people, and they will defeat their enemies by hurling great stones, they will shout in battle as though drunk with wine, they will be filled with blood like a bowl drenched with blood like the corners of the altar.
16 On that day 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH their 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH will rescue His people, just as a shepherd rescues his sheep, they will sparkle in the land of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH like jewels in a crown.
17 How wonderful and beautiful they will be! The young men will thrive on abundant grain, and the young women will flourish on new wine.