Zechariah 9-10

Christian Standard Bible

The word of the Lord
is against the land of Hadrach,
and Damascus^(A) is its resting place—
for the eyes of humanity
and all the tribes of Israel
are on the Lord^[a]—
² and also against Hamath,^(B) which borders it,
as well as Tyre^(C) and Sidon,^(D)
though they are very shrewd.
³ Tyre has built herself a fortress;
she has heaped up silver like dust
and gold like the dirt of the streets.
⁴ Listen! The Lord will impoverish her
and cast her wealth into the sea;
she herself will be consumed by fire.^(E)
5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;
Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain,
as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.
There will cease to be a king in Gaza,
and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.
⁶ A mongrel people will live in Ashdod,
and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.^(F)
7 I will remove the blood from their mouths
and the abhorrent things^(G)
from between their teeth.
Then they too will become a remnant for our God;
they will become like a clan in Judah
and Ekron like the Jebusites.^(H)
8 I will encamp at my house as a guard,
against those who march back and forth,
and no oppressor will march against them again,
for now I have seen with my own eyes.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!
Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!
Look, your King is coming to you;
he is righteous and victorious,^[b]
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.^(I)
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and the horse from Jerusalem.
The bow of war will be removed,
and he will proclaim peace to the nations.
His dominion will extend from sea to sea,
from the Euphrates River
to the ends of the earth.^(J)
11 As for you,
because of the blood of your covenant,^(K)
I will release your prisoners
from the waterless cistern.^(L)
12 Return to a stronghold,
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you.^(M)
13 For I will bend Judah as my bow;
I will fill that bow with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
against your sons, Greece.^[c](N)
I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
¹⁴ Then the Lord will appear over them,
and his arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the ram’s horn
and advance with the southern storms.^(O)
15 The Lord of Armies will defend them.
They will consume and conquer with slingstones;
they will drink and be rowdy as if with wine.^(P)
They will be as full as the sprinkling basin,^(Q)
like those at the corners of the altar.^(R)
16 The Lord their God will save them on that day
as the flock of his people;^(S)
for they are like jewels in a crown,^(T)
sparkling over his land.
¹⁷ How lovely and beautiful!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
and new wine, the young women.

10 Ask the Lord for rain
in the season of spring rain.
The Lord makes the rain clouds,
and he will give them showers of rain
and crops in the field for everyone.^(U)
2 For the idols speak falsehood,
and the diviners^(V) see illusions;
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.
³ My anger burns against the shepherds,
so I will punish the leaders.^[d]
For the Lord of Armies has tended his flock,
the house of Judah;
he will make them like his majestic steed in battle.
⁴ The cornerstone,^(W) the tent peg,^(X)
the battle bow,^(Y) and every ruler—
all will go out from him together.
⁵ They will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.
⁶ I will strengthen the house of Judah
and deliver the house of Joseph.^[e]
I will restore^[f] them
because I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though I had never rejected them.^(Z)
For I am the Lord their God,
and I will answer them.
⁷ Ephraim^(AA) will be like a warrior,
and their hearts will be glad as if with wine.
Their children will see it and be glad;^(AB)
their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.