The Coming of Zion’s King

9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!n

Shout,o Daughter Jerusalem!

See, your king comes to you,p

righteous and victorious,q

lowly and riding on a donkey,r

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.s

10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim

and the warhorses from Jerusalem,

and the battle bow will be broken.t

He will proclaim peaceu to the nations.

His rule will extend from sea to sea

and from the Riverb to the ends of the earth.v

11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenantw with you,

I will free your prisonersx from the waterless pit.y

12 Return to your fortress,z you prisoners of hope;

even now I announce that I will restore twicea as much to you.

13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bowb

and fill it with Ephraim.c

I will rouse your sons, Zion,

against your sons, Greece,d

and make you like a warrior’s sword.e