Zechariah 9

¹ The burdenburden of a wordword of JehovahJehovah against the landland of Hadrach, and Demmeseh -- his place of rest: (When to JehovahJehovah [is] the eyeeye of man, And of all the tribestribes of IsraelIsrael.)

² And also Hamath doth border thereon, TyreTyre and Zidon, for -- very wisewise!

³ And TyreTyre doth buildbuild a bulwarkbulwark to herself, And doth heap silversilver as dustdust, And goldgold as mire of out-places.

⁴ Lo, the Lord doth dispossess her, And He hath smittensmitten in the seasea her forceforce, And she with firefire is consumedconsumed.

⁵ SeeSee doth Ashkelon and fearfear, Also GazaGaza, and she is exceedingly pained, Also Ekron -- for her expectation drieddried up, And perished hath a king from GazaGaza, And Ashkelon doth not remain,

⁶ And dweltdwelt hath a foreignerforeigner in Ashdod, And I have cut offcut off the excellency of the PhilistinesPhilistines.

⁷ And turned aside his bloodblood from his mouthmouth, His abominations from between his teethteeth, And he hath remained, even he, to our GodGod, And he hath been as a leader in JudahJudah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.

⁸ And I have pitchedpitched for My househouse a campa camp, Because of the passer through, and of the returner, And passpass not through against them again doth an exactorexactor, For, now, I have seenseen with My eyeseyes.

⁹ Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Ziondaughter of Zion, ShoutShout, O daughter of JerusalemJerusalem, Lo, thy King doth comecome to thee, RighteousRighteous -- and saved is He, Afflicted -- and ridingriding on an assass, And on a colt -- a sonson of she-assesasses.

¹⁰ And I have cut offcut off the chariotchariot from EphraimEphraim, And the horsehorse from JerusalemJerusalem, Yea, cut offcut off hath been the bowbow of battlebattle, And he hath spokenspoken peacepeace to nationsnations, And his rule [is] from seasea unto seasea, And from the riverriver unto the ends of earthearth.

¹¹ Also thou -- by the bloodblood of thy covenant, I have sentsent thy prisonersprisoners out of the pitpit, There is no waterwater in it.

¹² TurnTurn backback to a fenced place, Ye prisonersprisoners of the hope, Even to-dayday a second announcer I restorerestore to thee.

¹³ For I have trodden for Me JudahJudah, A bowbow I have filledfilled [with] EphraimEphraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zionsons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O JavanJavan, And I have set thee as the swordsword of a hero.

¹⁴ And JehovahJehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightninglightning hath His arrowarrow, And the Lordthe Lord JehovahJehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.

¹⁵ Jehovah of HostsJehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumedconsumed, and subdued sling-stonesstones, Yea, they have drunkdrunk, They have made a noise as winewine, And they have been fullfull as a bowl, As corners of an altaraltar.

¹⁶ And savedsaved them hath JehovahJehovah their GodGod In that dayday, as a flockflock of His people, For stonesstones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground.

¹⁷ For what His goodness! and what His beautybeauty! CornCorn the young men, And new winenew wine the virginsvirgins -- make fruitful!