Zechariah 9

Prophecies against Neighboring Nations

9The burden of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD),H4853H1697H3068H776H2317H1834H4496H5869H120H7626H3478H30682And Hamath also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.H2574H1379H6865H6721H3966H24493For Tyre built herself a fortress And piled up silver like dust, And gold like the mire of the streets.H6865H1129H4692H6651H3701H6083H2742H2916H23514Behold, the Lord will dispossess her And cast her wealth into the sea; And she will be consumed with fire.H136H3423H5221H2428H3220H398H7845Ashkelon will see [it] and be afraid. Gaza too will writhe in great pain; Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded. Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.H831H7200H3372H5804H3966H2342H6138H4007H3001H4428H6H5804H831H34276And a mongrel race will dwell in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.H4464H3427H795H3772H1347H64307And 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 clan in Judah, And Ekron like a Jebusite.H5493H1818H6310H8251H8127H7604H430H441H3063H6138H29838But I will camp around My house because of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And no oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.H2583H1004H4675H5674H7725H5065H5674H7200H58699Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout [in triumph,] O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.H1523H3966H1323H6726H7321H1323H3389H4428H935H6662H3467H6041H7392H2543H5895H1121H86010And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem; And the bow of war will be cut off. And He will speak peace to the nations; And His dominion will be from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.H3772H7393H669H5483H3389H4421H7198H3772H1696H7965H1471H4915H3220H3220H5104H657H776

Deliverance of Judah and Ephraim

11As for you also, because of the blood of [My] covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.H1818H1285H7971H615H953H432512Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope; This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.H7725H1225H615H8615H3117H5046H7725H493213For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece; And I will make you like a warrior's sword.H1869H3063H4390H7198H669H5782H1121H6726H1121H3120H7760H2719H136814Then the LORD will appear over them, And His arrow will go forth like lightning; And the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, And will march in the storm winds of the south.H3068H7200H2671H3318H1300H136H3069H8628H7782H1980H5591H848615The LORD of hosts will defend them. And they will devour, and trample on the sling stones; And they will drink, [and] be boisterous as with wine; And they will be filled like a [sacrificial] basin, [Drenched] like the corners of the altar.H3068H6635H1598H398H3533H7050H68H8354H1993H3196H4390H4219H2106H419616And the LORD their God will save them in that day As the flock of His people; For [they are as] the stones of a crown, Sparkling in His land.H3068H430H3467H3117H6629H5971H68H5145H5264H12717For what comeliness and beauty [will be] theirs! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.H2898H3308H1715H970H5107H8492H1330