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Zechariah 9
1An oracle.
- The word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach,
- and will rest upon Damascus;
- for the eye of man
- and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh;
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2and Hamath, also, which borders on it;
- Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
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3Tyre built herself a stronghold,
- and heaped up silver like the dust,
- and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
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4Behold, the Lord will dispossess her,
- and he will strike her power in the sea;
- and she will be devoured with fire.
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5Ashkelon will see it, and fear;
- Gaza also, and will writhe in agony;
- as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed;
- and the king will perish from Gaza,
- and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
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6Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod,
- and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
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7I will take away his blood out of his mouth,
- and his abominations from between his teeth;
- and he also will be a remnant for our God;
- and he will be as a chieftain in Judah,
- and Ekron as a Jebusite.
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8I will encamp around my house against the army,
- that none pass through or return;
- and no oppressor will pass through them any more:
- for now I have seen with my eyes.
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9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion!
- Shout, daughter of Jerusalem!
- Behold, your King comes to you!
- He is righteous, and having salvation;
- lowly, and riding on a donkey,
- even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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10I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,
- and the horse from Jerusalem;
- and the battle bow will be cut off;
- and he will speak peace to the nations:
- and his dominion will be from sea to sea,
- and from the River to the ends of the earth.
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11As for you also,
- because of the blood of your covenant,
- I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
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12Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope!
- Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
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13For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me.
- I have filled the bow with Ephraim;
- and I will stir up your sons, Zion,
- against your sons, Greece,
- and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
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14Yahweh will be seen over them;
- and his arrow will go flash like lightning;
- and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet,
- and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
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15Yahweh of Armies will defend them;
- and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones;
- and they will drink, and roar as through wine;
- and they will be filled like bowls,
- like the corners of the altar.
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16Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people;
- for they are like the jewels of a crown,
- lifted on high over his land.
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17For how great is his goodness,
- and how great is his beauty!
- Grain will make the young men flourish,
- and new wine the virgins.
