Zechariah 9:9-13

GOD’S WORD Translation

The Lord Sends His King

⁹Rejoice with all your heart, people of Zion!
Shout in triumph, people of Jerusalem!
Look! Your King is coming to you:
He is righteous and victorious.
He is humble and rides on a donkey,
on a colt, a young pack animal.
¹⁰He ^[a] will make sure there are no chariots in Ephraim
or war horses in Jerusalem.
There will be no battle bows.
He will announce peace to the nations.
He will rule from sea to sea
and from the ⌞Euphrates⌟ River to the ends of the earth.

¹¹I will set your captives free from the waterless pit
because of the blood that sealed my promise ^[b] to you.
¹²Return to your fortress, you captives who have hope.
Today I tell you that I will return to you double ⌞blessings⌟.
¹³I will bend Judah as my bow
and draw my bow with Ephraim ⌞as its arrow⌟.
I will stir up your people, Zion, against your people, Greece,
and I will use you like a warrior’s sword.