\p Zechariah 9.0: \c 9
\p
\p Zechariah 9.1: \v 1 A revelation.
\q1 Yahweh’s word is against the land of Hadrach,
\q2 and will rest upon Damascus;
\q1 for the eye of man
\q2 and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh;
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.2: \v 2 and Hamath, also, which borders on it;
\q2 Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.3: \v 3 Tyre built herself a stronghold,
\q2 and heaped up silver like the dust,
\q2 and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.4: \v 4 Behold, the Lord will dispossess her,
\q2 and he will strike her power in the sea;
\q2 and she will be devoured with fire.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.5: \v 5 Ashkelon will see it, and fear;
\q2 Gaza also, and will writhe in agony;
\q2 as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed;
\q2 and the king will perish from Gaza,
\q2 and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.6: \v 6 Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod,
\q2 and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.7: \v 7 I will take away his blood out of his mouth,
\q2 and his abominations from between his teeth;
\q1 and he also will be a remnant for our God;
\q2 and he will be as a chieftain in Judah,
\q2 and Ekron as a Jebusite.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.8: \v 8 I will encamp around my house against the army,
\q2 that no one pass through or return;
\q2 and no oppressor will pass through them any more:
\q2 for now I have seen with my eyes.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.9: \v 9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
\q2 Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!
\q1 Behold, your King comes to you!
\q2 He is righteous, and having salvation;
\q2 lowly, and riding on a donkey,
\q2 even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.10: \v 10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,
\q2 and the horse from Jerusalem;
\q1 and the battle bow will be cut off;
\q2 and he will speak peace to the nations:
\q2 and his dominion will be from sea to sea,
\q2 and from the River to the ends of the earth.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.11: \v 11 As for you also,
\q2 because of the blood of your covenant,
\q2 I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.12: \v 12 Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope!
\q2 Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.13: \v 13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me.
\q2 I have filled the bow with Ephraim;
\q1 and I will stir up your sons, Zion,
\q2 against your sons, Greece,
\q2 and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.14: \v 14 Yahweh will be seen over them;
\q2 and his arrow will go flash like lightning;
\q2 and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet,
\q2 and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.15: \v 15 Yahweh of Armies will defend them;
\q2 and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones;
\q2 and they will drink, and roar as through wine;
\q2 and they will be filled like bowls,
\q2 like the corners of the altar.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.16: \v 16 Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people;
\q2 for they are like the jewels of a crown,
\q2 lifted on high over his land.
\q1
\p Zechariah 9.17: \v 17 For how great is his goodness,
\q2 and how great is his beauty!
\q1 Grain will make the young men flourish,
\q2 and new wine the virgins.