Zechariah Chapter 9 Back Next{9:1} An oracle. The word of Yahweh is against the land of
Hadrach, and will rest upon
Damascus; for the eye of man and of all the tribes of
Israel is toward Yahweh;
{9:2} and
Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
{9:3} Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the
dust, and fine
gold like the mire of the streets.
{9:4} Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with
fire.
{9:5}
Ashkelon will see it, and fear;
Gaza also, and will writhe in
agony; as will
Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
{9:6}
Foreigners will dwell in
Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
{9:7} I will take away his
blood out of his mouth, and his
abominations from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in
Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
{9:8} I will
encamp around my house against the
army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.
{9:9} Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of
Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a
donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
{9:10} I will cut off the
chariot from
Ephraim, and the
horse from Jerusalem; and the
battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the
earth.
{9:11} As for you also, because of the blood of your
covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
{9:12} Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of
hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
{9:13} For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons,
Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
{9:14} Yahweh will be seen over them; and his arrow will go flash like lightning; and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
{9:15} Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will
drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the
corners of the
altar.
{9:16} Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they are like the jewels of a
crown, lifted on high over his land.
{9:17} For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!
Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
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