Zechariah 9
1A BURDEN of the word of the Lord: In the land of Sedrach and Damascus is His sacrifice, because the Lord hath an eye over men, particularly over all the tribes of Israel; in Hemath also—in the borders thereof.
2As for Tyre and Sidon, because they were very prudent,
3therefore Tyre built for herself bulwarks, and treasured up silver like dust, and collected gold like dirt in the highways;
4but on account of this the Lord will take possession of them, and He will smite her power into the sea; and she shall be consumed by fire.
5Askalon shall see and be terrified; so shall Gaza, and be exceedingly pained: Akkaron also; because at her fall she was confounded. And a king shall perish out of Gaza; and Askalon shall no more be inhabited.
6And strangers shall dwell in Azotus. And I will destroy the pride of the Philistines,
7and take away their blood out of their mouths, and their abominations from between their teeth. But they themselves shall be left for our God and shall be like a captain of a thousand in Juda; and Akkaron shall be like a Jebusite.
8And I will station for my house a bulwark not to be passed nor re-passed. And the plunderer shall no more come against them; for now I have seen with mine own eyes.
9Rejoice exceedingly, O daughter of Sion! Make proclamation, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold thy king is coming for thee. He is righteous and a saviour. He is meek and mounted on an ass, even a young colt.
10He will destroy chariots out of Ephraim and horses out of Jerusalem: and the battle-bow shall be destroyed. And there shall be a multitude and peace from the nations; and he shall rule over waters to the sea, and over rivers to the ends of the earth.
11As for thee, thou by the blood of thy covenant hast sent forth thy prisoners out of a pit which hath no water.
12You, the prisoners of the congregation, shall be placed in strongholds, and for one day of thy sojourning I will make thee twofold compensation.
13For I have bent thee, Juda, [as] a bow for Myself, and filled it with Ephraim; and I will raise up thy sons, O Sion, against the sons of Greece, and I will handle thee as the sword of a warrior.
14Let but the Lord be against them and he will dart out like a thunderbolt. The Lord Almighty will sound a trumpet, and march in the [onrushing] billow of His threat.
15The Lord Almighty will protect them, and they shall consume them and overwhelm them with sling-stones; and drink them up as wine and fill the bowls as an altar.
16In that day the Lord their God will save them—His people—like a flock; for holy stones are rolled on His land.
17Because if there be anything good it is His; if anything comely, it is His; corn for the youths, and flavourous wine for virgins.