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10 On that day, says the Lord,
    I will cut off your horses from among you
    and will destroy your chariots;(A)

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10 “In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will destroy your horses from among you
    and demolish your chariots.(A)

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10 He[a] will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
    and the war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
    and he shall command peace to the nations;
his dominion shall be from sea to sea
    and from the River to the ends of the earth.(A)

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  1. 9.10 Gk: Heb I

10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim
    and the warhorses from Jerusalem,
    and the battle bow will be broken.(A)
He will proclaim peace(B) to the nations.
    His rule will extend from sea to sea
    and from the River[a] to the ends of the earth.(C)

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  1. Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates

Assyria shall not save us;
    we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
    to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”(A)

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Assyria cannot save us;(A)
    we will not mount warhorses.(B)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(C)
    to what our own hands have made,(D)
    for in you the fatherless(E) find compassion.”

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Some take pride in chariots and some in horses,
    but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.(A)
They will collapse and fall,
    but we shall rise and stand upright.(B)

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Some trust in chariots(A) and some in horses,(B)
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.(C)
They are brought to their knees and fall,(D)
    but we rise up(E) and stand firm.(F)

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16 A king is not saved by his great army;
    a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.(A)
17 The war horse is a vain hope for victory,
    and by its great might it cannot save.(B)

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16 No king is saved by the size of his army;(A)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A horse(B) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.

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But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God; I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”(A)

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Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow,(A) sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God,(B) will save them.”

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23 Truly the hills are[a] a delusion,
    a tumult on the mountains.
Truly in the Lord our God
    is the salvation of Israel.(A)

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  1. 3.23 Gk Syr Vg: Heb Truly from the hills is

23 Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills(A)
    and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
    is the salvation(B) of Israel.

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Their land is filled with silver and gold,
    and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is filled with horses,
    and there is no end to their chariots.(A)

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Their land is full of silver and gold;(A)
    there is no end to their treasures.(B)
Their land is full of horses;(C)
    there is no end to their chariots.(D)

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