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Zechariah 9:15

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15The Lord who rules over all

will be like a shield to his people.

They will destroy their enemies.

They’ll use slings to throw stones at them.

They’ll drink the blood of their enemies

as if it were wine.

They’ll be full like the bowl that is used

for sprinkling the corners of the altar.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour,

And subdue with sling stones;

And they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine;

And they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.