Zechariah 9:9-13
Legacy Standard Bible
The Coming King of Zion
9 (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.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:9 Or vindicated and victorious
- Zechariah 9:9 Or humble, afflicted
- Zechariah 9:9 Or foal, cf. Gen 49:11
- Zechariah 9:9 Or donkey’s colt, cf. Gen 49:11; lit son of a female donkey
- Zechariah 9:10 The Euphrates River
- Zechariah 9:11 Lit cistern in which there is no water
- Zechariah 9:12 Or Stronghold
- Zechariah 9:12 Lit of the hope
- Zechariah 9:13 Lit for Me
- Zechariah 9:13 Lit Javan
Zechariah 9:9-13
Lexham English Bible
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Look! Your king comes to you;
he is righteous and victorious,
humble and riding on a donkey,
and on a male donkey, the foal of[a] a female donkey!
10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,
and the horse from Jerusalem;
the battle bow will be cut down,
and he will announce peace to the nations.
His dominion will be from sea to sea,
and from the River[b] to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant,
I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.[c]
12 Return to the fortress,
O prisoners of hope;
today I am declaring that I will repay you double.
13 For I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have set Ephraim as an arrow.
I will set in motion your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Javan.[d]
I will wield you like the sword of a warrior.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 9:9 Literally “the son of ”
- Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates
- Zechariah 9:11 Literally “the cistern there is not water in him”
- Zechariah 9:13 That is, Greece
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