ASV_Strong : Zechariah 9
1. The burden[H4853] of the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] upon the land[H776] of Hadrach[H2317], and Damascus[H1834] shall be its resting-place[H4496] (for the eye[H5869] of man[H120] and of all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] is toward Jehovah[H3068]);
2. and Hamath[H2574], also[H1379], which bordereth thereon[H6865]; Tyre and Sidon[H6721], because they are very[H3966] wise[H2449].
3. And Tyre[H6865] did build[H1129] herself a stronghold[H4692], and heaped up[H6651] silver[H3701] as the dust[H6083], and fine gold[H2742] as the mire[H2916] of the streets[H2351].
4. Behold[H136], the Lord will dispossess[H3423] her[H5221], and he will smite her power[H2428] in the sea[H3220]; and she shall be devoured[H398] with fire[H784].
5. Ashkelon[H831] shall see[H7200] it[H3372], and fear; Gaza[H5804] also[H3966], and shall be sore pained[H2342]; and Ekron[H6138], for her expectation[H4007] shall be put to shame[H3001]; and the king[H4428] shall perish[H6] from Gaza[H5804], and Ashkelon[H831] shall not be inhabited[H3427].
6. And a bastard[H4464] shall dwell[H3427] in Ashdod[H795], and I will cut off[H3772] the pride[H1347] of the Philistines[H6430].
7. And I will take away[H5493] his blood[H1818] out of his mouth[H6310], and his abominations[H8251] from between his teeth[H8127]; and he also shall be a remnant[H7604] for our God[H430]; and he shall be as a chieftain[H441] in Judah[H3063], and Ekron[H6138] as a Jebusite[H2983].
8. And I will encamp[H2583] about my house[H1004] against the army[H4675], that none pass through[H5674] or return[H7725]; and no oppressor[H5065] shall pass through[H5674] them any more[H7200]: for now have I seen with mine eyes[H5869].
9. Rejoice[H1523] greatly[H3966], O daughter[H1323] of Zion[H6726]; shout[H7321], O daughter[H1323] of Jerusalem[H3389]: behold[H4428], thy king cometh[H935] unto thee[H6662]; he is just, and having salvation[H3467]; lowly[H6041], and riding[H7392] upon an ass[H2543], even upon a colt[H5895] the foal[H1121] of an ass[H860].
10. And I will cut off[H3772] the chariot[H7393] from Ephraim[H669], and the horse[H5483] from Jerusalem[H3389]; and the battle[H4421] bow[H7198] shall be cut off[H3772]; and he shall speak[H1696] peace[H7965] unto the nations[H1471]: and his dominion[H4915] shall be from sea[H3220] to sea[H3220], and from the River[H5104] to the ends[H657] of the earth[H776].
11. As for thee also[H1818], because of the blood of thy covenant[H1285] I have set free[H7971] thy prisoners[H615] from the pit[H953] wherein is no water[H4325].
12. Turn[H7725] you to the stronghold[H1225], ye prisoners[H615] of hope[H8615]: even to-day[H3117] do I declare[H5046] that I will render[H7725] double unto thee[H4932].
13. For I have bent[H1869] Judah[H3063] for me[H4390], I have filled the bow[H7198] with Ephraim[H669]; and I will stir up[H5782] thy sons[H1121], O Zion[H6726], against thy sons[H1121], O Greece[H3120], and will make[H7760] thee as the sword[H2719] of a mighty man[H1368].
14. And Jehovah[H3068] shall be seen[H7200] over them[H2671]; and his arrow shall go forth[H3318] as the lightning[H1300]; and the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069] will blow[H8628] the trumpet[H7782], and will go[H1980] with whirlwinds[H5591] of the south[H8486].
15. Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] will defend[H1598] them[H398]; and they shall devour, and shall tread down[H3533] the sling[H7050] - stones[H68]; and they shall drink[H8354], and make a noise[H1993] as through wine[H3196]; and they shall be filled[H4390] like bowls[H4219], like the corners[H2106] of the altar[H4196].
16. And Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430] will save[H3467] them in that day[H3117] as the flock[H6629] of his people[H5971]; for they shall be as the stones[H68] of a crown[H5145], lifted on high[H5264] over his land[H127].
17. For how great is his goodness[H2898], and how great is his beauty[H3308]! grain[H1715] shall make the young men[H970] flourish[H5107], and new wine[H8492] the virgins[H1330].
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