Zechariah 9

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1. 1The burden of the word of the LORD is upon the land of Hadrach, and Damascus will be its resting place—when the eyes of man, and of all the tribes of Israel, are turned toward the LORD.
2. 2And Hamath also shall border on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
3. 3Tyre built herself a fortress and piled up silver like dust and fine gold like mud in the streets.
4. 4Look, the Lord will cast her out, and he will strike her power in the sea, and she will be devoured with fire.
5. 5Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza also will see it and be very sorrowful, and Ekron too, for her expectation will be ashamed. The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6. 6And a bastard shall live in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7. 7I will remove the blood from his mouth and the abominations from between his teeth. But he who remains will belong to our God and will be like a governor in Judah, and Ekron will be like a Jebusite.
8. 8I will encamp around my house because of the army, because of those who pass by and those who return. No oppressor will pass through them anymore, for now I have seen with my own eyes.
9. 9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you! He is righteous and has salvation, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10. 10I will remove the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem. The battle bow will be broken. He will speak peace to the heathen, and his dominion will stretch from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.
11. 11As for you also, by the blood of your covenant, I have freed your prisoners from the pit where there is no water.
12. 12Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will repay you double.
13. 13When I have bent Judah for me, filled 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. 14And the LORD will be seen over them, and his arrow will go out like lightning. And the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet and go with whirlwinds of the south.
15. 15The LORD of hosts will defend them; they will devour and subdue with sling stones. They will drink and make noise as if from wine, and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.
16. 16On that day, the LORD their God will save them as the flock of his people. They will be like the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
17. 17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men cheerful, and new wine the young women.