Zechariah 9:14-10:1

Revised Standard Version

¹⁴Then the Lord will appear over them,
    and his arrow go forth like lightning;
the Lord God will sound the trumpet,
    and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
¹⁵The Lord of hosts will protect them,
    and they shall devour and tread down the slingers;^[a]
and they shall drink their blood^[b] like wine,
    and be full like a bowl,
    drenched like the corners of the altar.

¹⁶On that day the Lord their God will save them
    for they are the flock of his people;
for like the jewels of a crown
    they shall shine on his land.
¹⁷Yea, how good and how fair it shall be!
    Grain shall make the young men flourish,
    and new wine the maidens.

Restoration of Judah and Israel

10 Ask rain from the Lord
in the season of the spring rain,
from the Lord who makes the storm clouds,
who gives men showers of rain,
to every one the vegetation in the field.

Footnotes

Zechariah 9:15 Cn: Heb the slingstones
Zechariah 9:15 Gk: Heb be turbulent

Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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