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Zechariah 9:13–16

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. yyComp. ch. 10:4.
  2. zComp. Rev. 6:2.
  3. aSo Joel 3:6.
  4. bSee Ezek. 27:13.
  5. cSee 2 Sam. 22:15. Comp. Ps. 45:5. Isai. 49:2. ver. 13.
  6. dSee Nah. 3:3.
  7. fSo Dan. 11:40. See Isai. 21:1.
  8. gSee ch. 6:6.
  9. hIsai. 31:5. ch. 12:8. So ch. 10:5.
  10. ich. 12:6.
  11. ||Or, subdue the stones of the sling.
  12. kSo ch. 10:7.
  13. ||Or, shall fill both the bowls, &c.
  14. lEx. 27:3. & 38:3 in the Heb. ch. 14:20.
  15. mPs. 144:12 (Heb.). Comp. Lev. 4:18, 25.
  16. nSee Isai. 2:11.
  17. oSee Ps. 100:3.
  18. pSo Isai. 62:3. Comp. Mal. 3:17.
  19. qSo Is. 10:18 (Heb.). Comp. Isai. 11:10, 12.

Cross references

  1. eIsai. 18:3.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press