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.

2  And eHamath also shall border thereby;

fgTyrus, and fhZidon, though iit be very wise.

3  And Tyrus did build herself ka strong hold,

And lheaped up silver as the dust,

And mfine gold nas the mire of the streets.

4  Behold, the Lord will ocast her out,

And he will smite pher power in the sea;

And qshe shall be devoured with fire.

5  rAshkelon 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.

6  And sa bastard shall dwell in tAshdod,

And I will cut off the pride of tthe Philistines.

7  And 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.

8  And 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.

9  dRejoice 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.

10  And 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.

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

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

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

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

13  yyWhen 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.

14  And 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.

15  The 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.

16  And 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.

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

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