1. An oracle: the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach,and Damascus is its destination,For the cities of Aram are the Lord’s,as are all the tribes of Israel.
2. Hamath also on its border,Tyre too, and Sidon, no matter how clever they be.
3. Tyre built itself a stronghold,and heaped up silver like dust,and gold like the mud of the streets.
4. But now the Lord will dispossess it,and cast its wealth into the sea,and it will be devoured by fire.
5. Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;Gaza too will be in great anguish;Ekron also, for its hope will wither.The king will disappear from Gaza,Ashkelon will not be inhabited,
6. and the illegitimate will rule in Ashdod.I will destroy the pride of the Philistines