TSK · Zechariah 9:1

Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.”

Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis.

The Lord Will Judge Babylon This is an oracle about Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:

At that time men will trust in their Creator; they will depend on the Holy One of Israel.

The LORD reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.

The LORD said to me,“Jeremiah, when one of these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you,‘What burdensome message do you have from the LORD?’Tell them,‘You are the burden, and I will cast you away. I, the LORD, affirm it!

Judgment Against Damascus The LORD spoke about Damascus.“The people of Hamath and Arpad will be dismayed because they have heard bad news. Their courage will melt away because of worry. Their hearts will not be able to rest.

This is what the LORD says:“Just as a shepherd salvages from the lion’s mouth a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be salvaged. They will be left with just a corner of a bed, and a part of a couch.”

“I will send it out,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”

¶ Introduction and God’s Election of Israel This is an oracle, the LORD’s message to Israel through Malachi: