Zechariah 9:9–17

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.

10 I 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.

12 Return to the stronghold,

sYou prisoners of hope.

Even today I declare

That I will restore tdouble to you.

13 For 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.”

14 Then 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.

15 The 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.

16 The 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—

17 For ahow great is 5its goodness

And how great 5its bbeauty!

cGrain shall make the young men thrive,

And new wine the young women.