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PROPHETS
8:21–9:8
and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem. The people of one city
will say to the people of another, ‘Come with us to Jerusalem to ask the
Lord to bless us. Let’s worship the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. I’m deter
mined to go.’ Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem
to seek the Lord of Heaven’s Armies and to ask for his blessing.
“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: In those days ten men
from different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the sleeve
of one Jew. And they will say, ‘Please let us walk with you, for we have
heard that God is with you.’”
This is the message from the Lord against the land of Aram and the city
of Damascus, for the eyes of humanity, including all the tribes of Israel,
are on the Lord.
Doom is certain for Hamath,
near Damascus,
and for the cities of Tyre and Sidon,
though they are so clever.
Tyre has built a strong fortress
and has made silver and gold
as plentiful as dust in the streets!
But now the Lord will strip away Tyre’s possessions
and hurl its fortifications into the sea,
and it will be burned to the ground.
The city of Ashkelon will see Tyre fall
and will be filled with fear.
Gaza will shake with terror,
as will Ekron, for their hopes will be dashed.
Gaza’s king will be killed,
and Ashkelon will be deserted.
Foreigners will occupy the city of Ashdod.
I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.
I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths
and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth.
Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God
and become like a clan in Judah.
The Philistines of Ekron will join my people,
as the ancient Jebusites once did.
I will guard my Temple
and protect it from invading armies.
