Zechariah 9

¹The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach and its respite in Damascus. For the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is of the Lord.

²Hamath also is at its limits, and Tyre and Sidon. For, of course, they have assumed themselves to be exceedingly wise.

³And Tyre has built herself a fortress, and she has piled together silver, as if it were soil, and gold, as if it were the mud of the streets.

⁴Behold, the Lord will possess her, and he will strike her strength in the sea, and she will be devoured by fire.

⁵Ashkelon will see and be afraid. Both Gaza and he will be very sorrowful, as well as Ekron, because her hope has been confounded. And the king will pass away from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

⁶And the divider will sit in Ashdod, and I will scatter the arrogance of the Philistines.

⁷And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth, and yet he will be left for our God, and he will be like a governor in Judah, and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.

⁸And I will encircle my house with those who serve me in war, going and returning, and the exactor will no longer pass over them. For now I have seen with my eyes.

⁹Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your King will come to you: the Just One, the Savior. He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey.

¹⁰And I will scatter the four-horse chariot out of Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be destroyed. And he will speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power will be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.

¹¹You, likewise, by the blood of your testimony, have sent forth your prisoners from the pit, in which there is no water.

¹²Turn back to the fortress, prisoners of hope. Today, I also announce that I will repay you double,

¹³because I have stretched out Judah for myself, like a bow; I have filled Ephraim. And I will raise up your sons, Zion, above your sons, Greece. And I will set you as the sword of the strength.

¹⁴And the Lord God will be seen over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning. And the Lord God will sound the trumpet, and he will go forth into the whirlwind of the South.

¹⁵The Lord of hosts will protect them. And they will devour and subdue with the stones of the sling. And, when drinking, they will become inebriated, as if with wine, and they will be filled like bowls and like the horns of the altar.

¹⁶And in that day, the Lord their God will save them as the flock of his people. For holy stones will be lifted up over his land.

¹⁷For what is his goodness and what is his beauty, other than grain among the elect and wine springing forth virgins?

Zechariah 9

¹The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and of Damascus the rest thereof: for the eye of man, and of all the tribes of Israel is the Lord's.

²Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.

³And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets.

⁴Behold the Lord shall possess her, and shall strike her strength in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire.

⁵Ascalon shall see, and shall fear, and Gaza, and shall be very sorrowful: and Accaron, because her hope is confounded: and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.

⁶And the divider shall sit in Azotus, and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.

⁷And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: and even he shall be left to our God, and he shall be as a governor in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite.

⁸And I will encompass my house with them that serve me in war, going and returning, and the oppressor shall no more pass through them: for now I have seen with my eyes.

⁹Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

¹⁰And I will destroy the chariot out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow for war shall be broken: and he shall speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power shall be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.

¹¹Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water.

¹²Return to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope, I will render thee double as I declare today.

¹³Because I have bent Juda for me as a bow, I have filled Ephraim: and I will raise up thy sons, O Sion, above thy sons, O Greece, and I will make thee as the sword of the mighty.

¹⁴And the Lord God shall be seen over them, and his dart shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord God will sound the trumpet, and go in the whirlwind of the south.

¹⁵The Lord of hosts will protect them: and they shall devour, and subdue with the stones of the sling: and drinking they shall be inebriated as it were with wine, and they shall be filled as bowls, and as the horns of the altar.

¹⁶And the Lord their God will save them in that day, as the flock of his people: for holy stones shall be lifted up over his land.

¹⁷For what is the good thing of him, and what is his beautiful thing, but the corn of the elect, and wine springing forth virgins?