Zechariah 9:9–17
9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!
Look, your King is coming to you;
he is righteous and victorious,B
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.i
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the horse from Jerusalem.
The bow of war will be removed,
and he will proclaim peace to the nations.
His dominion will extend from sea to sea,
from the Euphrates River
to the ends of the earth.j
because of the blood of your covenant,k
I will release your prisoners
from the waterless cistern.l
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you.m
13 For I will bend Judah as my bow;
I will fill that bow with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and his arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the trumpet
and advance with the southern storms.o
15 The Lord of Armies will defend them.
They will consume and conquer with slingstones;
they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.p
They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,q
like those at the corners of the altar.r
16 The Lord their God will save them on that day
as the flock of his people;s
for they are like jewels in a crown,t
sparkling over his land.
Grain will make the young men flourish,
and new wine, the young women.