The Book of the Prophet Zechariah 9 The Punishment of Various Peoples

 The Book of the Prophet Zechariah 9

The Punishment of Various Peoples

1 The burden of the word of the Lord against the land of Haldrak, and Damascus, its resting place; for the eyes of man, and of all the tribes of Israel, are turned toward the Lord.

2 Hamath also shall have a border therein: and Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.

3 And Tyre built for herself strongholds; and heaped up silver as dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

4 Behold, the Lord will plunder her, and strike her strength in the sea, and she shall be consumed by fire.

5 Ashkelon shall see it and fear; Gaza also shall be in great sorrow; Ekron also, for her hope shall be disappointed; and the king of Gaza shall perish, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod; and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 I will take away the blood from his mouth and the abominations from between his teeth. He will be a remnant for our God, a prince in Judah, and Ekron like a Jebusite.

8 I will encamp around my house against the army, so that no one can pass through or return, so that the taskmaster will no longer pass over them, for now I have seen with my own eyes.

9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout aloud, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

10 I will cut off the chariots from Ephraim and the horses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations, and his dominion will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. 

11 As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I have released your prisoners from the pit where there is no water.

12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore double to you.

13 For I have bent Judah to myself, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; I will raise up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece! And I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

14 And the Lord will appear over them, and his arrows will go forth like lightning; and the Lord God will sound the trumpet, and will go with the whirlwinds of the south.

15 The Lord of hosts will uphold them; and they will devour, after they have been subdued, the stones of the sling; they will also drink and make a noise as if excited by wine; and they will be filled like goblets, like the corners of the altar.

16 And the Lord their God will save them on that day, as the flock of his people; for like the stones of a crown they will be exalted in their land.

17 For how great is his goodness! And how great is his beauty! The wheat will make the young men flourish, and the new wine the maidens.