Zechariah 9:1-17
9 A pronouncement:
“The word of Jehovah is against the land of Haʹdrach,And Damascus is its target*+—For Jehovah’s eye is on mankind+And on all the tribes of Israel—
2 And against Haʹmath,+ which borders on her,And against Tyre+ and Siʹdon,+ for they are so wise.+
3 Tyre built herself a rampart.*
She piled up silver like dustAnd gold like the dirt of the streets.+
4 Look! Jehovah will take away her possessions,And he will strike down her army into the sea;*+And she will be consumed in the fire.+
5 Ashʹke·lon will see it and be afraid;Gazʹa will feel great anguish,Also Ekʹron, because her hope is put to shame.
A king will perish from Gazʹa,And Ashʹke·lon will not be inhabited.+
6 An illegitimate son will settle in Ashʹdod,And I will do away with the pride of the Phi·lisʹtine.+
7 I will remove the bloodstained things from his mouthAnd the disgusting things from between his teeth,And he will be left remaining for our God;And he will become like a sheikh* in Judah,+And Ekʹron like the Jebʹu·site.+
8 I will encamp as a guard* for my house,+So that there will be no one passing through and no one returning;And no taskmaster* will pass through again,+For now I have seen it* with my eyes.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion.
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Look! Your king is coming to you.+
He is righteous, bringing salvation,*Humble+ and riding on a donkey,On a colt,* the foal of a female donkey.+
10 I will take away the war chariot from Eʹphra·imAnd the horse from Jerusalem.
The battle bow will be taken away.
And he will proclaim peace to the nations;+His rulership will be from sea to seaAnd from the River* to the ends of the earth.+
11 As for you, O woman, by the blood of your covenant,I will send your prisoners out of the waterless pit.+
12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners with hope.+
Today I am telling you,‘I will repay to you, O woman, a double portion.+
13 For I will bend* Judah as my bow.
The bow I will fill with Eʹphra·im,*And I will awaken your sons, O Zion,Against your sons, O Greece,And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.’
14 Jehovah will be seen over them,And his arrow will go out like lightning.
The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will sound the horn,+And he will advance with the windstorms of the south.
15 Jehovah of armies will defend them,And they will devour and subdue the slingstones.+
They will drink and be boisterous, as if with wine;And they will be filled like the bowl,Like the corners of the altar.+
16 Jehovah their God will save them in that dayAs the flock of his people;+For they will be like the gemstones of a crown* glittering over his soil.+
17 For how great his goodness is,+And how great his handsomeness is!
Grain will make the young men thrive,And new wine the virgins.”+
Footnotes
^ Lit., “resting-place.”
^ Or “fortress.”
^ Or possibly, “on the sea.”
^ A sheikh was a tribal chief.
^ Evidently, the affliction of his people.
^ Or “oppressor.”
^ Or “an outpost.”
^ Or “and victorious; and saved.”
^ Or “a male donkey.”
^ That is, the Euphrates.
^ Lit., “tread.”
^ That is, like an arrow.
^ Or “diadem.”
