Old Testament · Prophets

Zechariah chapter 9

. The word of Yahweh has come against the land of , and Damascus is where it comes to rest, for , and so do all the tribes of Israel.and against Hamath on the same border, and against , clever as they are.Tyre around herself and shoveled silver into heaps like dust, .Watch. The Lord will strip her bare. He will knock her wealth into the sea, and fire will eat what is left.Ashkelon will . Gaza will double over in pain, and Ekron with her, because what she watched for has withered. The king will be gone from Gaza, and nobody will live in Ashkelon. will settle in Ashdod, and I will cut down the pride of the Philistines.I will take the blood out of his mouth and from between his teeth. Then he too will be left over for our God, , and Ekron will belong .I will camp around my house as a guard against any army marching through, going out or coming back. No will cross their land again, because now I have seen it with my own eyes.Rejoice with everything in you, . Shout, daughter of Jerusalem. Look, your king is coming to you. He is just, and . He is , , on a colt, the foal of a donkey.I will cut the chariot out of Ephraim and the warhorse out of Jerusalem. The battle bow will be broken, and this king will speak to the nations. His rule will run from sea to sea, from out to the ends of the earth.And you. Because of the blood of , I am sending your prisoners up out of .Come back to the stronghold, you . Today I am telling you I will pay you back double.I have bent Judah as my bow. I have laid Ephraim on the string. Zion, I will wake your sons against the sons of , and swing you like a soldier’s sword.Then Yahweh will show himself over them and his arrow will go out like lightning. The Lord Yahweh will sound and march in ., will hold his shield over them. They will eat, and grind the slingstones underfoot. They will drink and roar like men on wine, full as , wet as the corners of the altar.On that day Yahweh their God will rescue them, the flock that is his own people. They will be , catching the light all over his land.How good he is, and how beautiful. Grain will make the young men grow, and the young women.