How does judgment accompany the poor king?

The heading interprets church defense, enemies’ conversion and Christ’s peaceful coming and covenant blood. The burden concerns Hadrach, identified as Syria, and Damascus; the eye of man and Israel’s tribes is the Lord’s. Emath, Tyre and Sidon claim wisdom. Tyre builds a stronghold and piles silver like earth and gold like mire, but God possesses her, strikes strength in the sea and fire consumes her. Ascalon fears, Gaza grieves and loses its king, Accaron’s hope fails, and a divider sits in Azotus as Philistine pride falls. Blood and abominations are removed; a remnant belongs to God as Juda’s governor and Accaron as a Jebusite. The edition interprets Philistine conversion, especially Azotus with Dagon’s temple. God surrounds his house with war servants, identified as Machabees, and ends the oppressor’s passage.

Sion and Jerusalem rejoice: the just savior king comes poor on ass and colt. God destroys Ephraim’s chariot, Jerusalem’s horse and war bow; the king speaks peace to Gentiles, with power sea to sea and rivers to earth’s end. Covenant blood has released prisoners from a waterless pit; prisoners of hope are called back to the stronghold with double return promised. Juda is bent as bow, Ephraim filled and Sion’s sons raised above Greece as a mighty sword. The edition identifies apostles’ spiritual conquest of Greeks. God appears with lightning dart, trumpet and southern whirlwind, protecting them as they devour and subdue with slingstones, drink as with wine and fill like bowls and altar horns. He saves his flock; holy stones rise, interpreted as apostolic pillars and monuments. Corn of the elect and wine springing forth virgins receive the edition’s Eucharistic interpretation, with efficacy for purity like flowers among thorns.