Zechariah 9
9:1The concern of the word of the lord against the land of Hadrach, and his sacrifice of Damascus. For the lord inspects men, and all the tribes of Israel;
9:2and Hamath among her limits, Tyre and Sidon, for they thought exceedingly.
9:3And Tyre built a fortress to herself, and treasured up silver as dust, and gathered gold as mud of streets.
9:4On account of this, the lord will inherit her, and he shall strike her power in the sea; and she shall be consumed by fire.
9:5Ashkelon shall see, and shall fear; and Gaza, even she shall grieve exceedingly; and Ekron, for she shall be ashamed over her transgression; and the king shall perish from Gaza; and Ashkelon in no way should be inhabited.
9:6And foreigners shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will demolish the insolence of the Philistines.
9:7And I will lift away their blood from out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth. And they shall leave behind also these to our God; and they will be as under a commander of a thousand in Judah; and Ekron will be as the Jebusite.
9:8And I will stand my house on a height, so as to not travel through nor return. And in no way should there come upon them any longer ones launching an expedition, because now I have seen with my eyes.
9:9Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Zion! Proclaim, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you, righteous and delivering. He is gentle and mounted upon a beast of burden, even a young foal.
9:10And he shall utterly destroy chariots from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; the bow of warfare shall be utterly destroyed, and abundance and peace out of nations. And he shall rule waters unto the sea, and from rivers of the passes of the earth.
9:11And you, by the blood of your covenant, sent out your prisoners from the pit not having water.
9:12You shall settle prisoners of the congregation in fortresses; and for one day of your sojourning I will recompense to you double.
9:13For I stretched you tight to myself, O Judah, as a bow. I filled Ephraim, and I will awaken your children, O Zion, against the children of the Greeks. And I will handle you as the broadsword of a warrior.
9:14And the lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as lightning. And the lord God by a trumpet shall trump, and his intimidation goes for tossing about.
9:15The lord almighty shall shield them; and they shall consume them, and shall heap upon them with stones of a sling; and they shall drink their blood as wine, and shall fill the bowls as an altar basin.
9:16And the lord their God shall deliver them in that day as the sheep of his people. For holy stones shall roll upon his land.
9:17For if anything be good of his, and if any be fair of his, the grain will be for the young men, and wine being fragrant for the virgins.