Zechariah 9:13–16

For 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.

Then 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.

The Lord of hosts will protect them,

and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones,

and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,

and be full like a bowl,

drenched like the corners of the altar.

On 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.

I will bend Judah as I bend my bow

and fill it with Ephraim.

I will rouse your sons, Zion,

against your sons, Greece,

and make you like a warrior’s sword.

Then the Lord will appear over them;

his arrow will flash like lightning.

The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;

he will march in the storms of the south,

and the Lord Almighty will shield them.

They will destroy

and overcome with slingstones.

They will drink and roar as with wine;

they will be full like a bowl

used for sprinkling the corners of the altar.

The Lord their God will save his people on that day

as a shepherd saves his flock.

They will sparkle in his land

like jewels in a crown.

For I will bend Judah as my bow;

I will fill that bow with Ephraim.

I will rouse your sons, Zion,

against your sons, Greece.

I will make you like a warrior’s sword.

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.

The Lord of Armies will defend them.

They will consume and conquer with slingstones;

they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.

They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,

like those at the corners of the altar.

The Lord their God will save them on that day

as the flock of his people;

for they are like jewels in a crown,

sparkling over his land.

Judah is my bow,

and Israel is my arrow.

Jerusalem is my sword,

and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.

The Lord will appear above his people;

his arrows will fly like lightning!

The Sovereign Lord will sound the ram’s horn

and attack like a whirlwind from the southern desert.

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies will protect his people,

and they will defeat their enemies by hurling great stones.

They will shout in battle as though drunk with wine.

They will be filled with blood like a bowl,

drenched with blood like the corners of the altar.

On that day the Lord their God will rescue his people,

just as a shepherd rescues his sheep.

They will sparkle in his land

like jewels in a crown.

For I have bent Judah as my bow;

I have set Ephraim as an arrow.

I will set in motion your sons, O Zion,

against your sons, O Javan.

I will wield you like the sword of a warrior.

Then Yahweh will appear over them,

and his arrow will go forth like lightning;

and my Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet,

and he shall go out in the storm winds of the south.

Yahweh of hosts will defend them,

and they will devour and subdue the slingstones;

they will drink, they will make noise like wine,

and they will be full like the sacrificial basin,

drenched like the corners of an altar.

And Yahweh their God will save them on that day,

as the flock of his people;

for they are like the stones of a diadem,

glittering on his land.

When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim,

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

And made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

And the Lord shall be seen over them,

And his arrow shall go forth as the lightning:

And the Lord God shall blow the trumpet,

And shall go with whirlwinds of the south.

The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour,

And subdue with sling stones;

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

And they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

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

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