Zechariah 9

9^*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.

²And ^eHamath also shall border thereby;

^fgTyrus, and ^fhZidon, though ⁱit be very wise.

³And Tyrus did build herself ^ka strong hold,

And ^lheaped up silver as the dust,

And ^mfine gold ⁿas the mire of the streets.

⁴Behold, the Lord will ^ocast her out,

And he will smite ^pher power in the sea;

And ^qshe shall be devoured with fire.

^5rAshkelon 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.

⁶And ^sa bastard shall dwell in ^tAshdod,

And I will cut off the pride of ^tthe Philistines.

⁷And 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.

⁸And ^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.

^9dRejoice greatly, O ^edaughter of Zion;

^eShout, O daughter of Jerusalem:

^fBehold, ^gthy King cometh unto thee:

^hHe is just, and ^||having salvation;

^fiLowly, and ^kriding upon an ass,

^fAnd upon a colt the foal of an ass.

¹⁰And ^lI will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,

And ^lmthe 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.

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

I ^thave sent forth thy ^tuprisoners out of ^vthe pit wherein is no water.

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

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

^13yyWhen 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.

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁵The 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.

¹⁶And 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.

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

^suCorn shall make the young men ^||cheerful, and ^swnew wine the maids.