Zacarias 9

¹ The burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and of Damascus, his rest, because the eyes of the men and of all the tribes of Israel [are turned] toward the LORD.

² And Hamath also shall come to an end in her; Tyre, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

³ And Tyre built herself a stronghold and heaped up silver as the dust and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

⁴ Behold, the Lord will impoverish her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

⁵ Ashkelon shall see [it] and fear; Gaza also [shall see it] and be very sorrowful, and Ekron for her hope shall be confounded; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

⁶ And a stranger shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

⁷ And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth, but some of them shall remain for our God, and they shall be as captains in Judah, and Ekron as the Jebusite.

⁸ And I will be the defence and firm support to my house from him that comes and goes; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more, for now I have seen with my eyes.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; [shout with] joy, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King shall come unto thee: just, and a saviour; humble, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

¹⁰ And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be broken and he shall speak peace unto the Gentiles; and his dominion [shall be] from sea [even] to sea, and from the river [even] to the ends of the earth.

¹¹ As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have taken thy prisoners out of the pit in which [there is] no water.

¹² Return to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope; even today I declare [that] I will render double unto thee;

¹³ for I have bent Judah for me [as a] bow, and I made Ephraim his arrow, and I will raise up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

¹⁴ And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the shofar and shall go forth as [the] whirlwinds of the south.

¹⁵ The LORD of the hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink [and] make a noise as though [drunk] with wine; and they shall be filled like bowls [and] as the corners of the altar.

¹⁶ And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as a flock of his people, for they [shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

¹⁷ For how great [is] his goodness, and how great [is] his beauty! The wheat shall make the young men cheerful, and the wine the maids.: