Zechariah 9

9An oracle. The word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach,

and Damascus is its resting place.

For to Yahweh belongs the eye of humankind,^a

and all the tribes of Israel,

²and also Hamath, which borders on it;

Tyre and Sidon—yes, they are very wise!^b

³Tyre has built a fortification for itself,^c

and it heaped up silver like dust,

and gold like the mud of the streets.

⁴Look! The Lord will drive it^d out

and will hurl its^e outer ramparts into the sea,

and it^f will be consumed by fire.

⁵Ashkelon will see and will be afraid,

and Gaza will writhe exceedingly,

and Ekron also, because its hope is ruined.^g

And the king from Gaza will perish,

and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

⁶A mongrel people^h will dwell in Ashdod,

and I will cut down the pride of the Philistines.

⁷I will remove itsⁱ blood from its^j mouth,

and its^k abominations from between its^l teeth.

And it^m too will be a remnant for our God;

and itⁿ will be like a tribal chief^o in Judah,

and Ekron will be like the Jebusite.

⁸But I will encamp at my temple^p like a guard,

against those crossing through and returning;

no oppressor will cross through them again,

for now I have seen with my own eyes.

⁹Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Look! Your king comes to you;

he is righteous and victorious,

humble and riding on a donkey,

and on a male donkey, the foal of^q a female donkey!

¹⁰And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,

and the horse from Jerusalem;

the battle bow will be cut down,

and he will announce peace to the nations.

His dominion will be from sea to sea,

and from the River^r to the ends of the earth.

¹¹As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant,

I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.^s

¹²Return to the fortress,

O prisoners of hope;

today I am declaring that I will repay you double.

¹³For 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.^t

I will wield you like the sword of a warrior.

¹⁴Then 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.

¹⁵Yahweh of hosts will defend them,

and they will devour and subdue the slingstones;^u

they will drink, they will make noise^v like wine,

and they will be full like the sacrificial basin,^w

drenched like the corners of an altar.

¹⁶And 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.

¹⁷For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!

Grain will make the young men thrive,

and new wine the young women.