Zechariah 9

1The burden of a word of Jehovah against the land of Hadrach, and Demmeseh--his place of rest: (When to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the eye of man, And of all the tribes of Israel.)

1The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and of Damascus the rest thereof: for the eye of man, and of all the tribes of Israel is the Lord's.

2And also Hamath doth border thereon, Tyre and Zidon, for--very wise!

2Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.

3And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.

3And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets.

4Lo, the Lord doth dispossess her, And He hath smitten in the sea her force, And she with fire is consumed.

4Behold the Lord shall possess her, and shall strike her strength in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire.

5See doth Ashkelon and fear, Also Gaza, and she is exceedingly pained, Also Ekron--for her expectation dried up, And perished hath a king from Gaza, And Ashkelon doth not remain,

5Ascalon shall see, and shall fear, and Gaza, and shall be very sorrowful: and Accaron, because her hope is confounded: and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.

6And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines.

6And the divider shall sit in Azotus, and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.

7And turned aside his blood from his mouth, His abominations from between his teeth, And he hath remained, even he, to our God, And he hath been as a leader in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.

7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: and even he shall be left to our God, and he shall be as a governor in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite.

8And I have pitched for My house a camp, Because of the passer through, and of the returner, And pass not through against them again doth an exactor, For, now, I have seen with My eyes.

8And I will encompass my house with them that serve me in war, going and returning, and the oppressor shall no more pass through them: for now I have seen with my eyes.

9Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion, Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Righteous--and saved is He, Afflicted--and riding on an ass, And on a colt--a son of she-asses.

9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

10And I have cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem, Yea, cut off hath been the bow of battle, And he hath spoken peace to nations, And his rule <FI>is<Fi> from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

10And I will destroy the chariot out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow for war shall be broken: and he shall speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power shall be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.

11Also thou--by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.

11Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water.

12Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.

12Return to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope, I will render thee double as I declare today.

13For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled <FI>with<Fi> Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.

13Because I have bent Juda for me as a bow, I have filled Ephraim: and I will raise up thy sons, O Sion, above thy sons, O Greece, and I will make thee as the sword of the mighty.

14And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow, And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.

14And the Lord God shall be seen over them, and his dart shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord God will sound the trumpet, and go in the whirlwind of the south.

15Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar.

15The Lord of hosts will protect them: and they shall devour, and subdue with the stones of the sling: and drinking they shall be inebriated as it were with wine, and they shall be filled as bowls, and as the horns of the altar.

16And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day, as a flock of His people, For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground.

16And the Lord their God will save them in that day, as the flock of his people: for holy stones shall be lifted up over his land.

17For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins--make fruitful!

17For what is the good thing of him, and what is his beautiful thing, but the corn of the elect, and wine springing forth virgins?