Zechariah 9
9
The LORD Protects His House
1This is the divine revelation.
The Lord’s word is against the land of Hadrach
and will rest on Damascus
2and also Hamath, which borders on it,
and Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
(The eyes of humanity and of all the tribes of Israel are on the Lord.) #9:2 This sentence has been moved from verse 1 to express the complex Hebrew paragraph structure more clearly in English.
3Tyre built itself a fortress.
It piled up silver like dust
and gold like mud in the streets.
4The Lord will take away its possessions.
He will throw its wealth into the sea
and burn the city down.
5Ashkelon will see ⌞this⌟ and be afraid.
Gaza will also be in great pain,
also Ekron, because its hope will fade.
Gaza will lose its king.
Ashkelon will no longer be lived in.
6A mixed race will live in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the Philistines’ arrogance.
7I will remove the blood from their mouths
and the disgusting things from between their teeth.
Then only a few of them will be left for our God
like a tribe in Judah,
and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
8I will camp in front of my house
as a guard against those who come and go.
No oppressors will pass through them,
because I have seen it with my own eyes.
The LORD Sends His King
9Rejoice with all your heart, people of Zion!
Shout in triumph, people of Jerusalem!
Look! Your King is coming to you:
He is righteous and victorious.
He is humble and rides on a donkey,
on a colt, a young pack animal.
10He #9:10 Greek, Syriac; Masoretic Text “I.” will make sure there are no chariots in Ephraim
or war horses in Jerusalem.
There will be no battle bows.
He will announce peace to the nations.
He will rule from sea to sea
and from the ⌞Euphrates⌟ River to the ends of the earth.
11I will set your captives free from the waterless pit
because of the blood that sealed my promise #9:11 Or “covenant.” to you.
12Return to your fortress, you captives who have hope.
Today I tell you that I will return to you double ⌞blessings⌟.
13I will bend Judah as my bow
and draw my bow with Ephraim ⌞as its arrow⌟.
I will stir up your people, Zion, against your people, Greece,
and I will use you like a warrior’s sword.
14The Lord will appear over them,
and his arrow will go out like lightning.
The Almighty Lord will blow the ram’s horn
and will march in the storms from the south.
15The Lord of Armies will defend them.
They will destroy and trample the stones used in slings.
They will drink and shout as if they were drunk.
They will be filled like a sacrificial bowl
⌞used for sprinkling⌟ the corners of the altar.
16On that day the Lord their God will rescue them
as the flock of his people.
They will certainly sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown.
17They will be beautiful and lovely.#9:17 Or “He will be beautiful and lovely.”
Young men will prosper on grain,
and young women will prosper on new wine.
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Zecharyah 9
9
1The burden of the Devar Hashem against Eretz Chadrakh, and Damascus its menuchah (resting place); for toward Hashem shall be the eyes of man as of Kol Shivtei Yisroel (all the tribes of Israel).
2And Chamat at its border; Tzor and Tzidon, though it be very wise.
3And Tzor did build herself a matzor (stronghold), and heaped up kesef like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
4Hinei, Adonoi will cause it to be taken, and He will strike her power on the yam; and she shall be devoured with eish.
5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Azah (Gaza) also shall see it, and tremble greatly, and Ekron; for her hope shall be put to shame; and Melech shall perish out of Azah (Gaza), and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
6And mamzer shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the ga'on (pride) of the Pelishtim (Philistines).
7And I will take away his dahm out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; but he will also remain to Eloheinu, and he shall be as a tribe prince in Yehudah, and Ekron like the Yevusi (Jebusite).
8And I will encamp about Mine Bais against military power, because of him that goes maurading to and fro; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more; for now I am keeping watch with Mine eyes.
9Rejoice greatly, O Bat Tziyon; shout, O Bat Yerushalayim; hinei, thy Melech cometh unto thee, tzaddik, and having Salvation; ani (lowly, meek), and riding upon a chamor, even upon a colt the foal of a donkey.#9:9 Mt 21:5; Jn 12:15
10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephrayim, and the war horse from Yerushalayim, and the battle bow shall be cut off. He shall proclaim shalom unto the Goyim; and His#9:10 Moshiachʼs dominion shall be from yam even to yam, and from the#9:10 Euphrates River even to the ends of ha'aretz.
11As for thee also, by the dahm of thy Brit I release thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no mayim.#9:11 T.N. Notice the blood of the Covenant is essential to Israelʼs Orthodox faith
12Return to the stronghold, ye prisoners of tikvah (hope); even today do I proclaim that I will repay double unto thee;
13I will bend Yehudah as I bend My keshet (bow), fill it with Ephrayim, and I will rouse thy banim, O Tziyon, against thy banim, O Yavan (Greece), and make thee like the cherev (sword) of a gibbor (mighty man).
14And Hashem shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and Adonoi Hashem shall sound the shofar, and shall march forth with storms of the south.
15 Hashem Tzva'os shall shield them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and shall roar as through yayin; and they shall be full like a bowl, like the corners of the mizbe'ach.
16And Hashem Eloheihem shall save them in Yom HaHu as the tzon of His people; for they shall be as the jewels of a crown, sparkling in His land.
17For how great is its goodness, and how great is its beauty! Grain shall make the bochurim thrive, and tirosh, the betulot.
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