Zechariah 9

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

9The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach

and ^gDamascus is its resting place.

For the Lord has an eye on mankind

and on all the tribes of Israel,¹

^2hand on Hamath also, which borders on it,

ⁱTyre and ⁱSidon, though ^jthey are very wise.

³Tyre has built herself ^ka rampart

and ^lheaped up silver like dust,

and fine gold like the mud of the streets.

⁴But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions

and strike down ^mher power on the sea,

and ⁿshe shall be devoured by fire.

^5oAshkelon shall see it, and be afraid;

Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;

Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.

The king shall perish from Gaza;

Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;

^6pa mixed people² shall dwell in Ashdod,

and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.

⁷I will take away ^qits blood from its mouth,

and ^rits abominations from between its teeth;

^sit too shall be a remnant for our God;

it shall be like ^ta clan in Judah,

and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.

⁸Then ^uI will encamp at my house as a guard,

^vso that none shall march to and fro;

^wno oppressor shall again march over them,

^xfor now I see with my own eyes.

The Coming King of Zion

^9yRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

^zBehold, ^ayour king is coming to you;

righteous and having salvation is he,

^bhumble and mounted on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

^10cI will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

and ^dthe war horse from Jerusalem;

and the battle bow shall be cut off,

and ^ehe shall speak peace to the nations;

^fhis rule shall be from sea to sea,

and from ^gthe River³ to the ends of the earth.

¹¹As for you also, because of ^hthe blood of my covenant with you,

ⁱI will set your prisoners free from ^jthe waterless pit.

¹²Return to your stronghold, O ^kprisoners of hope;

today I declare that ^lI will restore to you double.

¹³For ^mI have bent Judah as my bow;

I have made Ephraim its arrow.

I will stir up your sons, O Zion,

against your sons, ⁿO Greece,

and wield you like a warrior’s sword.

The Lord Will Save His People

¹⁴Then the Lord will appear over them,

and ^ohis arrow will go forth like lightning;

^pthe Lord God will sound the trumpet

and will march forth in ^qthe whirlwinds ^rof the south.

¹⁵The Lord of hosts ^swill protect them,

and ^tthey shall devour, ^uand tread down the sling stones,

and ^vthey shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,

and be full like a bowl,

drenched ^wlike the corners of the altar.

¹⁶On that day the Lord their God will save them,

as ^xthe flock of his people;

for ^ylike the jewels of a crown

they shall shine on his land.

^17zFor how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!

^aGrain shall make the young men flourish,

and new wine the young women.