Bible, King James Version
Zechariah
Zech.9
[1] The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of
Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of
man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the
LORD.
[2] And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and
Zidon, though it be very wise.
[3] And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped
up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the
streets.
[4] Behold, the Lord will cast her out, 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 expectation shall
be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon
shall not be inhabited.
[6] And a bastard 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 he that remaineth,
even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in
Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
[8] And I will encamp about mine house because of the
army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that
returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for
now have I seen with mine eyes.
[9] Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter
of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and
having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and 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 cut off: and he
shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be
from sea even to sea, and from river even to the ends of the
earth.
[11] As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have
sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
[12] Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope:
even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
[13] When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with
Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O
Greece, and made 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
trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
[15] The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall
devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and
make a noise as through 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
the 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! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the
maids.
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