Zechariah 9 - 10 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh’s Oracle Against Israel’s Enemies

9The ¹oracle of the word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, with ^aDamascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward Yahweh),

²And ^aHamath also, which borders on it;^bAnd Tyre and ^cSidon, ¹because ²they are ^dvery wise.³So Tyre built herself a ^atight fortificationAnd ^btied up silver like dustAnd ^cfine gold like the mire of the streets.⁴Behold, the Lord will ^adispossess herAnd strike her wealth down into the sea;And she will be ^bconsumed with fire.⁵Ashkelon will see it and be afraid.Gaza too will writhe in great pain;Also Ekron, for her hope has been put to shame.Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza,And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.⁶And those of illegitimate birth will inhabit ^aAshdod,And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.⁷And I will remove their blood from their mouthAnd their detestable things from between their teeth.Then they also will be a remnant for our God,And be like a ¹clan in Judah,And Ekron like a Jebusite.⁸But I will camp around My house ¹because of an army,Because of ^ahim who passes by and returns;And ^bno taskmaster will pass over them anymore,For now I have seen with My eyes.

The Coming King of Zion

⁹^aRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!Make a loud shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!Behold, your ^bking is coming to you;He is ¹^,^crighteous and ^dendowed with salvation,²^,^eLowly and mounted on a donkey,Even on a ³^,^fcolt, the ⁴foal of a pack animal.¹⁰I will ^acut off the chariot from EphraimAnd the ^bhorse from Jerusalem;And the ^cbow of war will be cut off.And He will speak ^dpeace to the nations;And His ^ereign will be from sea to seaAnd from the ¹River to the ends of the earth.¹¹As for you also, because of the ^ablood of your covenant,I have set your ^bprisoners free from the ¹waterless pit.¹²Return to the ¹^,^astronghold, O prisoners ²who have the ^bhope;This very day I am declaring that I will return ^cdouble to you.¹³For I will ^abend Judah ¹as My bow;I will fill the bow with Ephraim.And I will rouse up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O ²^,^bGreece;And I will make you like a ^cmighty man’s sword.¹⁴Then Yahweh will appear ^aover them,And His ^barrow will go forth like lightning;And Lord Yahweh will blow the ^ctrumpetAnd will go in the ^dstorm winds of the south.¹⁵^aYahweh of hosts will defend them.And they will ^bconsume and trample on the ^cstones of a sling;And they will drink and ^droar as with wine;And they will be filled like a sacrificial bowl,Drenched like the ^ecorners of the altar.¹⁶And Yahweh their God will ^asave them in that dayAs the flock of His people;For they are as the stones of a ^bcrown,¹Sparkling in His land.¹⁷For what ^agoodness and ^bwhat beauty will be ¹theirs!Grain will make the choice men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

Yahweh Will Redeem Judah and Israel

10Ask ^arain from Yahweh at the time of the ¹late rain—Yahweh who ^bmakes the ²storm clouds;And He will give them ^cshowers of rain, the plant in the field to each man.²For the ^ateraphim speak wickedness,And the ^bdiviners behold ¹false visionsAnd speak ^cworthless dreams;They comfort in vain.Therefore the people journey like ^dsheep;They are afflicted because there is no shepherd.³“My ^aanger burns against the shepherds,And I will visit punishment upon the ¹male goats;For Yahweh of hosts has ^bvisited His flock, the house of Judah,And will make them like His splendid horse in battle.⁴“From ¹them will come the ^acornerstone,From ²them the tent peg,From ³them the bow of ⁴^,^bbattle,From ⁵them every good ⁶taskmaster, all of them together.⁵“And they will be as mighty men,^aTreading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;And they will battle, for Yahweh will be with them;And the ^briders on horses will be put to shame.⁶“I will ^amake the house of Judah mighty,And I will ^bsave the house of Joseph,And I will ¹^,^ccause them to return,Because I have had ^dcompassion on them;And they will be as though I had ^enot rejected them,For I am Yahweh their God, and I will ^fanswer them.⁷“And Ephraim will be like a mighty man,And their heart will be glad as if from wine;Indeed, their ^achildren will see it and be glad;¹Their heart will rejoice in Yahweh.⁸“I will ^awhistle for them to gather them together,For I have redeemed them;And they will be as ^bnumerous as they ^cwere ¹before.⁹“And I will sow them among the peoples,And they will ^aremember Me in far countries,And they with their children will live and turn back.¹⁰“Then I will cause them to ^areturn from the land of EgyptAnd gather them from Assyria;And I will bring them into the land of ^bGilead and Lebanon¹Until ^cno room can be found for them.¹¹“And ¹they will pass through the ^asea of distress,And He will strike the waves in the sea,So that all the depths of the ^bNile will dry up;And the pride of ^cAssyria will be brought down,And the scepter of ^dEgypt will depart.¹²“And I will ^amake them mighty in Yahweh,And in His name ^bthey will walk,” declares Yahweh.