Zechariah 9

CHAPTER 9

Yahweh’s Oracle Against Israel’s Enemies

¹The ¹oracle of the word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, with ^aDamascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward Yahweh),

²And ^aHamath also, which borders on it;

^bAnd Tyre and ^cSidon, ¹because ²they are ^dvery wise.

³So Tyre built herself a ^atight fortification

And ^btied up silver like dust

And ^cfine gold like the mire of the streets.

⁴Behold, the Lord will ^adispossess her

And strike her wealth down into the sea;

And she will be ^bconsumed with fire.

⁵Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.

Gaza too will writhe in great pain;

Also Ekron, for her hope has been put to shame.

Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,

And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

⁶And those of illegitimate birth will inhabit ^aAshdod,

And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

⁷And I will remove their blood from their mouth

And their detestable things from between their teeth.

Then they also will be a remnant for our God,

And be like a ¹clan in Judah,

And Ekron like a Jebusite.

⁸But I will camp around My house ¹because of an army,

Because of ^ahim who passes by and returns;

And ^bno taskmaster will pass over them anymore,

For now I have seen with My eyes.

The Coming King of Zion

^9aRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Make a loud shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, your ^bking is coming to you;

He is ^1crighteous and ^dendowed with salvation,

^2eLowly and mounted on a donkey,

Even on a ^3fcolt, the ⁴foal of a pack animal.

¹⁰I will ^acut off the chariot from Ephraim

And the ^bhorse from Jerusalem;

And the ^cbow of war will be cut off.

And He will speak ^dpeace to the nations;

And His ^ereign will be from sea to sea

And from the ¹River to the ends of the earth.

¹¹As for you also, because of the ^ablood of your covenant,

I have set your ^bprisoners free from the ¹waterless pit.

¹²Return to the ^1astronghold, O prisoners ²who have the ^bhope;

This very day I am declaring that I will return ^cdouble to you.

¹³For I will ^abend Judah ¹as My bow;

I will fill the bow with Ephraim.

And I will rouse up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O ^2bGreece;

And I will make you like a ^cmighty man’s sword.

¹⁴Then Yahweh will appear ^aover them,

And His ^barrow will go forth like lightning;

And Lord Yahweh will blow the ^ctrumpet

And will go in the ^dstorm winds of the south.

^15aYahweh of hosts will defend them.

And they will ^bconsume and trample on the ^cstones of a sling;

And they will drink and ^droar as with wine;

And they will be filled like a sacrificial bowl,

Drenched like the ^ecorners of the altar.

¹⁶And Yahweh their God will ^asave them in that day

As the flock of His people;

For they are as the stones of a ^bcrown,

¹Sparkling in His land.

¹⁷For what ^agoodness and ^bwhat beauty will be ¹theirs!

Grain will make the choice men flourish, and new wine the virgins.