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/Chapter 9

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Zechariah

ESV

Chapter 9

¹An oracle. The word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach and will rest upon Damascus. For to the LORD belong the cities of Aram, as do all the tribes of Israel, ²and Hamath also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. ³Tyre has built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets. ⁴But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions and strike down her power on the sea, and she will be devoured by fire. ⁵Ashkelon shall see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish; Ekron also, because its hope has withered. The king shall perish from Gaza; Ashkelon shall be uninhabited. ⁶An alien people shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of Philistia. ⁷I will take away its blood from its mouth, and its abominations from between its teeth; it too shall be a remnant for our God; it shall be like a clan in Judah, and Ekron shall be like a Jebusite. ⁸Then I will encamp at my house as a guard, so that none shall march to and fro; no oppressor shall again march over them, for now I see with my own eyes. ⁹Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. ¹⁰I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. ¹¹As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. ¹²Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double. ¹³For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior's sword. ¹⁴Then the LORD will appear over them, and his arrow will go forth like lightning; the Lord GOD will sound the trumpet and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south. ¹⁵The LORD of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour and tread down slingstones, and they shall drink and roar as if with wine; and they shall be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar. ¹⁶On that day the LORD their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. ¹⁷For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.