Zechariah 9:9-17

New American Standard Bible 1995

^9 (A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your ^(B)king is coming to you;
He is ^[a](C)just and ^(D)endowed with salvation,
^(E)Humble, and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a ^(F)colt, the ^[b]foal of a donkey.
¹⁰ I will ^(G)cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the ^(H)horse from Jerusalem;
And the ^(I)bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak ^(J)peace to the nations;
And His ^(K)dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the ^[c]River to the ends of the earth.

¹¹ As for you also, because of the ^(L)blood of My covenant with you,
I have set your ^(M)prisoners free from the ^[d]waterless pit.
¹² Return to the ^[e](N)stronghold, O prisoners ^[f]who have the ^(O)hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will restore ^(P)double to you.
¹³ For I will ^(Q)bend Judah ^[g]as My bow,
I will fill the bow with Ephraim.
And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O ^(R)Greece;
And I will make you like a ^(S)warrior’s sword.
¹⁴ Then the Lord will appear ^(T)over them,
And His ^(U)arrow will go forth like lightning;
And the Lord ^[h]God will blow the ^(V)trumpet,
And will march in the ^(W)storm winds of the south.
^15 (X)The Lord of hosts will defend them.
And they will ^(Y)devour and trample on the ^(Z)sling stones;
And they will drink and be ^(AA)boisterous as with wine;
And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin,
Drenched like the ^(AB)corners of the altar.
¹⁶ And the Lord their God will ^(AC)save them in that day
As the flock of His people;
For they are as the stones of a ^(AD)crown,
^[i]Sparkling in His land.
¹⁷ For what ^[j](AE)comeliness and ^(AF)beauty will be ^[k]theirs!
Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.