Zechariah 9

Israel Defended Against Enemies

9The ¹burden of the word of the Lord—

Against the land of Hadrach,

And ^aDamascus its resting place

(For ^bthe eyes of men

And all the tribes of Israel

Are on the Lord);

²Also against ^cHamath, which borders on it,

And against ^dTyre and ^eSidon, though they are very ^fwise.

³For Tyre built herself a tower,

Heaped up silver like the dust,

And gold like the mire of the streets.

⁴Behold, ^gthe Lord will cast her out;

He will destroy ^hher power in the sea,

And she will be devoured by fire.

⁵Ashkelon shall see it and fear;

Gaza also shall be very sorrowful;

And ⁱEkron, for He dried up her expectation.

The king shall perish from Gaza,

And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

⁶“A ²mixed race shall settle ^jin Ashdod,

And I will cut off the pride of the ^kPhilistines.

⁷I will take away the blood from his mouth,

And the abominations from between his teeth.

But he who remains, even he shall be for our God,

And shall be like a leader in Judah,

And Ekron like a Jebusite.

^8lI will camp around My house

Because of the army,

Because of him who passes by and him who returns.

No more shall an oppressor pass through them,

For now I have seen with My eyes.

The Coming King

⁹“Rejoice ^mgreatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!

Behold, ⁿyour King is coming to you;

He is just and having salvation,

Lowly and riding on a donkey,

A colt, the foal of a donkey.

¹⁰I ^owill cut off the chariot from Ephraim

And the horse from Jerusalem;

The ^pbattle bow shall be cut off.

He shall speak peace to the nations;

His dominion shall be ^q‘from sea to sea,

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

God Will Save His People

¹¹“As for you also,

Because of the blood of your covenant,

I will set your ^rprisoners free from the waterless pit.

¹²Return to the stronghold,

^sYou prisoners of hope.

Even today I declare

That I will restore ^tdouble to you.

¹³For I have bent Judah, My bow,

Fitted the bow with Ephraim,

And raised up your sons, O Zion,

Against your sons, O Greece,

And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”

¹⁴Then the Lord will be seen over them,

And ^uHis arrow will go forth like lightning.

The Lord God will blow the trumpet,

And go ^vwith whirlwinds from the south.

¹⁵The Lord of hosts will ^wdefend them;

They shall devour and subdue with slingstones.

They shall drink and roar as if with wine;

They shall be filled with blood like ³basins,

Like the corners of the altar.

¹⁶The Lord their God will ^xsave them in that day,

As the flock of His people.

For ^ythey shall be like the ⁴jewels of a crown,

^zLifted like a banner over His land—

¹⁷For ^ahow great is ⁵its goodness

And how great its ^bbeauty!

^cGrain shall make the young men thrive,

And new wine the young women.