Zechariah 9:9-13

New Living Translation

Zion’s Coming King

⁹Rejoice, O people of Zion!^[a]
    Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
    He is righteous and victorious,^[b]
yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—
    riding on a donkey’s colt.
¹⁰I will remove the battle chariots from Israel^[c]
    and the warhorses from Jerusalem.
I will destroy all the weapons used in battle,
    and your king will bring peace to the nations.
His realm will stretch from sea to sea
    and from the Euphrates River^[d] to the ends of the earth.^[e]
¹¹Because of the covenant I made with you,
    sealed with blood,
I will free your prisoners
    from death in a waterless dungeon.
¹²Come back to the place of safety,
    all you prisoners who still have hope!
I promise this very day
    that I will repay two blessings for each of your troubles.
¹³Judah is my bow,
    and Israel is my arrow.
Jerusalem^[f] is my sword,
    and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.^[g]

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Footnotes

9:9a Hebrew O daughter of Zion!
9:9b Hebrew and is being vindicated.
9:10a Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel; also in 9:13.
9:10b Hebrew the river.
9:10c Or the end of the land.
9:13a Hebrew Zion.
9:13b Hebrew the sons of Javan.