Zechariah 9
9
Fate of the nations
1A pronouncement. The LORD’s word is against the land of Hadrach,
and Damascus is its resting place,
for the city of Aram#9.1 Or eyes of humanity and all the tribes of Israel belong to the LORD.
2Hamath also borders on it.
Tyre and Sidon, indeed, each is exceedingly wise.
3Tyre built a fortress for herself.
She piled up silver like dust
and gold like mud in the streets,
4but the LORD will take her possessions away
and knock her wealth into the sea.
She will be devoured with fire.
5Ashkelon will look and be afraid.
Gaza will writhe in agony,
and also Ekron, because her hope has dried up.
The king will perish from Gaza;
Ashkelon won’t be inhabited.
6An illegitimate child will dwell in Ashdod;
I will eliminate the pride of the Philistines.
7I will remove bloody food from his mouth
and pieces of unclean food from between his teeth.
He will be a survivor who belongs to our God.
He will be like a chieftain in Judah;
Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
8I will encamp before my house as a guard
against anyone departing or returning.
A slave driver will no longer pass through against them,
for I have seen you#9.8 Heb lacks you. with my eyes.
Joy and protection for Judah and Ephraim
9Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion.
Sing aloud, Daughter Jerusalem.
Look, your king will come to you.
He is righteous and victorious.
He is humble and riding on an ass,
on a colt, the offspring of a donkey.
10He#9.10 LXX; MT I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the warhorse from Jerusalem.
The bow used in battle will be cut off;
he will speak peace to the nations.
His rule will stretch from sea to sea,
and from the river to the ends of the earth.
11Moreover,#9.11 Heb uncertain by the blood of your covenant,
I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
12Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope.
Moreover, declare today that I will return double to you.
13Indeed, I myself will bend Judah as a bow;
I will fill it with Ephraim.
Zion, I will rouse your sons against your sons. Greece, I will make you
like a warrior’s sword.
14The LORD will appear above them;
his arrow will go forth like lightning.
The LORD God will blow the horn;
he will march forth on the stormy winds of the south.
15The LORD of heavenly forces will protect them.
They will devour and subdue like sling stones.#9.15 Heb uncertain
They will drink, mumbling like one having wine.
They will be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar.
16The LORD their God will deliver them on that day as the flock of his people;
they will be the jewels in a crown dotting his land.
17What is his goodness,
and what is his beauty?
Grain will make his young men flourish;
so too wine his young women.
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