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The Coming King of Zion

(A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Make a loud shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your (B)king is coming to you;
He is [a](C)righteous and (D)endowed with salvation,
[b](E)Lowly and mounted on a donkey,
Even on a [c](F)colt, the [d]foal of a pack animal.
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)reign will be from sea to sea
And from the [e]River to the ends of the earth.

11 As for you also, because of the (L)blood of your covenant,
I have set your (M)prisoners free from the [f]waterless pit.
12 Return to the [g](N)stronghold, O prisoners [h]who have the (O)hope;
This very day I am declaring that I will return (P)double to you.
13 For I will (Q)bend Judah [i]as My bow;
I will fill the bow with Ephraim.
And I will rouse up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O [j](R)Greece;
And I will make you like a (S)mighty man’s sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 9:9 Or vindicated and victorious
  2. Zechariah 9:9 Or humble, afflicted
  3. Zechariah 9:9 Or foal, cf. Gen 49:11
  4. Zechariah 9:9 Or donkey’s colt, cf. Gen 49:11; lit son of a female donkey
  5. Zechariah 9:10 The Euphrates River
  6. Zechariah 9:11 Lit cistern in which there is no water
  7. Zechariah 9:12 Or Stronghold
  8. Zechariah 9:12 Lit of the hope
  9. Zechariah 9:13 Lit for Me
  10. Zechariah 9:13 Lit Javan