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
7 and take from their mouths their bloody prey,their disgusting meat from between their teeth.They will become merely a remnant for our God,and will be like a clan in Judah;Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
8 I will encamp at my house,a garrison against invaders;No oppressor will overrun them again,for now I have seen their affliction.
9 Exult greatly, O daughter Zion!Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!Behold: your king is coming to you,a just savior is he,Humble, and riding on a donkey,on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim,and the horse from Jerusalem;The warrior’s bow will be banished,and he will proclaim peace to the nations.His dominion will be from sea to sea,and from the River to the ends of the earth.