Zech 9
1
The burden of the word of YHWH upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus [shall be] its
resting-place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward YHWH);
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and Hamath, also, which borders thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
3
And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine
gold as the mire of the streets.
4
Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and
she shall be devoured with fire.
5
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for
her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon
shall not be inhabited.
6
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7
And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between
his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain
in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
8
And I will encamp about my house against the army, that none pass through or return;
and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your
king comes to you; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass,
even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
10
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the
battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace to the nations: and his dominion
shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11
As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have set free your prisoners
from the pit wherein is no water.
12
Turn you to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I
will render double to you.
13
For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir
up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and will make you as the sword
of a mighty man.
14
And YHWH shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and
the Lord YHWH will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
15
YHWH of hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones;
and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like
bowls, like the corners of the altar.
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And YHWH their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for [they
shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land.
17
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young
men flourish, and new wine the virgins.