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.

⁷ “Awake, sword,^(A) against my shepherd,^(B)
    against the man who is close to me!”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered,^(C)
    and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
⁸ In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
    “two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
    yet one-third will be left in it.^(D)
9 This third I will put into the fire;^(E)
    I will refine them like silver^(F)
    and test them like gold.^(G)
They will call^(H) on my name^(I)
    and I will answer^(J) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’^(K)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.^(L)’”