Zechariah 9:1–10:12

*aThe burden of the word of the Lord in the land of bHadrach,

And cDamascus shall be the rest thereof:

When dthe eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord.

2 And eHamath also shall border thereby;

f gTyrus, and f hZidon, though iit be very wise.

3 And Tyrus did build herself ka strong hold,

And lheaped up silver as the dust,

And mfine gold nas the mire of the streets.

4 Behold, the Lord will ocast her out,

And he will smite pher power in the sea;

And qshe shall be devoured with fire.

5 rAshkelon shall see it, and fear;

rGaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful,

And rEkron; for her expectation rrshall be ashamed;

And the king shall perish from Gaza,

And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

6 And sa bastard shall dwell in tAshdod,

And I will cut off the pride of tthe Philistines.

7 And I will take away uhis †blood out of his mouth,

And his abominations from between his teeth:

But he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God,

And he shall be as va governor in Judah,

And wEkron as xa Jebusite.

8 And yI will encamp about mine house because of the army,

Because of zhim that passeth by, and because of zhim that returneth:

And ano boppressor shall pass through them any more:

For now chave I seen with mine eyes.

9 dRejoice greatly, O edaughter of Zion;

eShout, O daughter of Jerusalem:

fBehold, gthy King cometh unto thee:

hHe is just, and ||having salvation;

f iLowly, and kriding upon an ass,

fAnd upon a colt the foal of an ass.

10 And lI will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,

And l mthe horse from Jerusalem,

And the battle bow shall be cut off:

And nhe shall speak opeace unto the heathen:

pAnd his dominion shall be qfrom sea even to sea,

pAnd from the river even to rthe ends of the earth.

11 As for thee also, ||by sthe blood of thy covenant

I thave sent forth thy t uprisoners out of vthe pit wherein is no water.

12 Turn you to the strong hold, tye prisoners wof hope:

xEven to day do I declare that I will render ydouble unto thee;

13 yyWhen I have bent Judah for me, zfilled the bow with Ephraim,

And raised up thy sons, O Zion, against athy sons, bO Greece,

And made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

14 And the Lord shall be seen over them,

And chis arrow shall go forth as dthe lightning:

And ethe Lord God shall blow the trumpet,

And shall go fwith whirlwinds of gthe south.

15 The Lord of hosts hshall defend them; and ithey shall devour,

And ||subdue with sling stones;

And they shall drink, and kmake a noise as through wine;

And they ||shall be filled like lbowls, and as mthe corners of the altar.

16 And the Lord their God shall save them nin that day as othe flock of his people:

For they shall be as pthe stones of a crown, qlifted up as an ensign upon his land.

17 For rhow great is shis goodness, and how great is this beauty!

s uCorn shall make the young men ||cheerful, and s wnew wine the maids.

10 Ask ye aof the Lord rain in the time of bthe latter rain;

So the Lord shall make ||bright clouds,

And cgive them showers of rain,

To every one grass in the field.

2 For dthe †idols have spoken vanity,

And ethe diviners have seen a lie,

And fhave told efalse dreams;

gThey comfort din vain:

Therefore they went their way as a flock,

They ||were troubled, hbecause there was no shepherd.

3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds,

And I †punished ithe goats:

For the Lord of hosts khath visited his flock the house of Judah,

And hath made them las his goodly horse in the battle.

4 Out of him came forth mthe corner, out of him nthe nail,

Out of him othe battle bow, out of him every poppressor together.

5 And qthey shall be as mighty men, rwhich tread down their enemies

rrIn the mire of the streets in the battle:

And they shall fight, sbecause the Lord is with them,

And ||ttthe riders on horses ushall be confounded.

6 And vI will strengthen the house of Judah,

And v wI will save the house of Joseph,

And v wI will bring them again to place them; for I yhave mercy upon them:

And they shall be as though I had not cast them off:

For I am the Lord their God, and zwill hear them.

7 And they of Ephraim shall be qlike a mighty man,

And atheir heart shall rejoice as through wine:

Yea, their children shall see it, and bbe glad;

Their heart bshall rejoice in the Lord.

8 cI will hiss for them, and dgather them; for dI have redeemed them:

And ethey shall increase fas they have increased.

9 And gI will sow them among the people:

And hthey shall remember me in far countries;

And they shall live with their children, and turn again.

10 I will bring them again also iout of the land of Egypt,

And gather them iout of Assyria;

And I will bring them into the land of j kGilead and j lLebanon;

And mplace shall not be found for them.

11 And nhe shall pass through the sea with affliction,

And shall smite the waves in the sea,

And all the deeps of othe river shall dry up:

And the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,

And pthe sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

12 And qI will strengthen them in the Lord;

And rthey shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.

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a	ch. 12:1. See Nah. 1:1.
b	See Job 37:9 marg.
c	See Isai. 17:1.
d	See 2 Chr. 20:12.
e	Jer. 49:23. See 1 Kin. 8:65.
f	See Josh. 19:28, 29.
g	See Isai. 23:1.
f	See Josh. 19:28, 29.
h	See Ezek. 28:21.
i	Eze 28:3–5 Eze 28:12
k	See Isai. 37:25.
l	Job 27:16. So Ezek. 28:4, 5.
m	See Prov. 3:14.
n	See Mic. 7:10. So ch. 10:5.
o	See Ex. 34:24.
p	So Ezek. 26:17.
q	Eze 28:18
r	See Zeph. 2:4.
r	See Zeph. 2:4.
r	See Zeph. 2:4.
rr	ch. 10:5 (Heb.).
s	Dt 23:2
t	Am 1:8
t	Am 1:8
u	See Lev. 3:17.
†	Heb. bloods. See Hos. 4:2.
v	Je. 13:21 (Heb.). ch. 12:5, 6.
w	Comp. 1 Macc. 10:89.
x	Jdg 1:21
y	Ps. 34:7. Comp. ch. 2:5.
z	ch. 7:14.
z	ch. 7:14.
a	See Isai. 11:9.
b	Isai. 3:12. & 60:17. Dan. 11:20. ch. 10:4 in the Heb.
c	Ex. 3:7. Comp. ch. 12:4.
d	So Isai. 12:6. & 62:11. ch. 2:10.
e	Zep 3:14
e	Zep 3:14
f	Cited Matt. 21:5. So John 12:15.
g	See Jer. 23:5. & Mic. 5:2. So Ps. 2:6.
h	Comp. Ps. 45:7.
\|\|	Or, saving himself. Ps. 33:16 (Heb.).
f	Cited Matt. 21:5. So John 12:15.
i	Mt 11:29
k	See Judg. 5:10.
f	Cited Matt. 21:5. So John 12:15.
l	See Hos. 1:7. Comp. Isai. 2:4.
l	See Hos. 1:7. Comp. Isai. 2:4.
m	See Mic. 5:10.
n	Ps 85:8
o	See Mic. 5:5. & Eph. 2:14.
p	Ps 72:8
q	Amos 8:12. So Mic. 7:12.
p	Ps 72:8
r	See Mic. 5:4.
\|\|	Or, whose covenant is by blood.
s	Ex. 24:8. See Heb. 10:29.
t	Is 49:9
t	Is 49:9
u	Isai. 42:7. So Isai. 61:1. Comp. Isai. 51:14.
v	Comp. Gen. 37:24. Jer. 38:6.
t	Is 49:9
w	Comp. Jer. 31:17.
x	Job 23:2
y	Is 61:7
yy	Comp. ch. 10:4.
z	Comp. Rev. 6:2.
a	So Joel 3:6.
b	See Ezek. 27:13.
c	See 2 Sam. 22:15. Comp. Ps. 45:5. Isai. 49:2. ver. 13.
d	See Nah. 3:3.
e	Is 18:3
f	So Dan. 11:40. See Isai. 21:1.
g	See ch. 6:6.
h	Isai. 31:5. ch. 12:8. So ch. 10:5.
i	ch. 12:6.
\|\|	Or, subdue the stones of the sling.
k	So ch. 10:7.
\|\|	Or, shall fill both the bowls, &c.
l	Ex. 27:3. & 38:3 in the Heb. ch. 14:20.
m	Ps. 144:12 (Heb.). Comp. Lev. 4:18, 25.
n	See Isai. 2:11.
o	See Ps. 100:3.
p	So Isai. 62:3. Comp. Mal. 3:17.
q	So Is. 10:18 (Heb.). Comp. Isai. 11:10, 12.
r	Ps 31:19
s	See Jer. 31:12.
t	Isai. 33:17. So Ps. 45:2.
s	See Jer. 31:12.
u	See Ezek. 36:29.
\|\|	Or, v grow, or, speak.
s	See Jer. 31:12.
w	See Hos. 2:8.
a	See Jer. 14:22.
b	Deut. 11:14. See Job 29:23.
\|\|	Or, lightnings. Job 28:26. & 38:25. Comp. Ps. 135:7. Jer. 10:13.
c	Ezek. 34:26. See Job 5:10.
d	Jer. 10:8. So Isai. 44:9, 10. Hab. 2:18.
†	Heb. teraphims. See Gen. 31:19.
e	See Jer. 27:9. So Mal. 3:5.
f	Je 23:25
e	See Jer. 27:9. So Mal. 3:5.
g	Job 21:34. So Job 16:2. Comp. Jer. 23:17.
d	Jer. 10:8. So Isai. 44:9, 10. Hab. 2:18.
\|\|	Or, answered that, &c. ch. 1:11, &c. But comp. Is. 31:4 (Heb.).
h	Ezek. 34:5. See Num. 27:17. & Matt. 9:36.
†	Heb. visited upon. See Isai. 24:21. & Hos. 4:9.
i	Is 14:9 Je 50:8 Eze 34:17 Eze 39:18
k	See Zeph. 2:7.
l	Comp. Cant. 1:9.
m	Num. 24:17 marg. 1 Sam. 14:38 marg. See Isai. 19:13. Comp. Ps. 118:22.
n	See Isai. 22:23.
o	Comp. ch. 9:13.
p	See ch. 9:8.
q	ver. 7. Comp. 2 Cor. 2:14.
r	See Mic. 7:10.
rr	So ch. 9:3.
s	So ch. 9:15.
\|\|	Or, they shall t make the riders on horses ashamed.
tt	Comp. Ps. 20:7.
u	ch. 9:5 (Heb.). So Jer. 2:26, &c.
v	ver. 12. So Jer. 3:18. See Ezek. 37:16.
v	ver. 12. So Jer. 3:18. See Ezek. 37:16.
w	ch. 8:7, 13.
v	ver. 12. So Jer. 3:18. See Ezek. 37:16.
w	ch. 8:7, 13.
y	Hos. 1:7. & 2:23. See Isai. 14:1. & Mic. 7:19.
z	ch. 13:9.
q	ver. 7. Comp. 2 Cor. 2:14.
a	Ps. 104:15. So ch. 9:15. Comp. Ps. 78:65.
b	See Joel 2:23.
b	See Joel 2:23.
c	See Isai. 5:26.
d	Jer. 31:10, 11. See Hos. 1:11.
d	Jer. 31:10, 11. See Hos. 1:11.
e	Je 30:19 Eze 36:10 Eze 36:11 Eze 36:37
f	Comp. 1 Kin. 4:20.
g	See Hos. 2:23.
h	Comp. Deut. 30:1–3.
i	Isai. 11:11. & 27:13. Hos. 11:11. See Mic. 7:12.
i	Isai. 11:11. & 27:13. Hos. 11:11. See Mic. 7:12.
j	Je 22:6
k	See Mic. 7:14.
j	Je 22:6
l	ch. 11:1.
m	So Isai. 49:20.
n	So Isai. 11:15.
o	See Amos 8:8.
p	So Ezek. 30:13.
q	ver. 6. So Isai. 41:10.
r	So Mic. 4:5. Comp. Gen. 5:22.