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Zechariah 9:9-10:7
New International Version
Zechariah 9:9-10:7
New International Version
The Coming of Zion’s King
9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!(A)
Shout,(B) Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,(C)
righteous and victorious,(D)
lowly and riding on a donkey,(E)
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(F)
10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim
and the warhorses from Jerusalem,
and the battle bow will be broken.(G)
He will proclaim peace(H) to the nations.
His rule will extend from sea to sea
and from the River[a] to the ends of the earth.(I)
11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant(J) with you,
I will free your prisoners(K) from the waterless pit.(L)
12 Return to your fortress,(M) you prisoners of hope;
even now I announce that I will restore twice(N) as much to you.
13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow(O)
and fill it with Ephraim.(P)
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece,(Q)
and make you like a warrior’s sword.(R)
The Lord Will Appear
14 Then the Lord will appear over them;(S)
his arrow will flash like lightning.(T)
The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;(U)
he will march in the storms(V) of the south,
15 and the Lord Almighty will shield(W) them.
They will destroy
and overcome with slingstones.(X)
They will drink and roar as with wine;(Y)
they will be full like a bowl(Z)
used for sprinkling[b] the corners(AA) of the altar.
16 The Lord their God will save his people on that day(AB)
as a shepherd saves his flock.
They will sparkle in his land
like jewels in a crown.(AC)
17 How attractive and beautiful they will be!
Grain will make the young men thrive,
and new wine the young women.
The Lord Will Care for Judah
10 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain(AD) to all people,
and plants of the field(AE) to everyone.
2 The idols(AF) speak deceitfully,
diviners(AG) see visions that lie;
they tell dreams(AH) that are false,
they give comfort in vain.(AI)
Therefore the people wander like sheep
oppressed for lack of a shepherd.(AJ)
3 “My anger burns against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders;(AK)
for the Lord Almighty will care
for his flock, the people of Judah,
and make them like a proud horse in battle.(AL)
4 From Judah will come the cornerstone,(AM)
from him the tent peg,(AN)
from him the battle bow,(AO)
from him every ruler.
5 Together they[c] will be like warriors in battle
trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.(AP)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.(AQ)
6 “I will strengthen(AR) Judah
and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
because I have compassion(AS) on them.(AT)
They will be as though
I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
and I will answer(AU) them.
7 The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
and their hearts will be glad as with wine.(AV)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
their hearts will rejoice(AW) in the Lord.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates
- Zechariah 9:15 Or bowl, / like
- Zechariah 10:5 Or ruler, all of them together. / 5 They
Zechariah 9:9-10:7
King James Version
Zechariah 9:9-10:7
King James Version
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 the 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.
10 Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.
7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.
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