Zechariah 9

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

1 The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach

and *See Isa. 17:1Damascus is its resting place.

For the Lord has an eye on mankind

and on all the tribes of Israel,*9:1 Or For the eye of mankind, especially of all the tribes of Israel, is toward the Lord

2 *Jer. 49:23;See 1 Kgs. 8:65and on Hamath also, which borders on it,

*Josh. 19:28,29;Isa. 23:1,2Tyre and *Josh. 19:28,29;Isa. 23:1,2Sidon, though *See Ezek. 28:3-5they are very wise.

3 Tyre has built herself *[Josh. 19:29] a rampart

and *Ezek. 28:4,5heaped up silver like dust,

and fine gold like the mud of the streets.

4 But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions

and strike down *Ezek. 26:17her power on the sea,

and *Ezek. 28:18she shall be devoured by fire.

5 *See Zeph. 2:4Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;

Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;

Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.

The king shall perish from Gaza;

Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;

6 *[Deut. 23:2]a mixed people*9:6 Or a foreign people; Hebrew a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod,

and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.

7 I will take away *See Lev. 3:17its blood from its mouth,

and *[Isa. 66:17] its abominations from between its teeth;

*[Isa. 14:1] it too shall be a remnant for our God;

it shall be like *ch. 12:5,6a clan in Judah,

and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.

8 Then *[ch. 2:5] I will encamp at my house as a guard,

*ch. 7:14so that none shall march to and fro;

*ch. 10:4;[Isa. 60:17] no oppressor shall again march over them,

*[ch. 12:4]for now I see with my own eyes.

The Coming King of Zion

9 *See Zeph. 3:14Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

*Cited Matt. 21:5;[John 12:15] Behold, *See Jer. 23:5your king is coming to you;

righteous and having salvation is he,

*[Matt. 11:29]humble and mounted on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

10 *See Hos. 1:7I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

and *See Mic. 5:10the war horse from Jerusalem;

and the battle bow shall be cut off,

and *See Mic. 5:5he shall speak peace to the nations;

*Ps. 72:8his rule shall be from sea to sea,

and from *See Ex. 23:31the River*9:10 That is, the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

11 As for you also, because of *Ex. 24:8the blood of my covenant with you,

*Isa. 42:7;51:14;61:1I will set your prisoners free from *[Gen. 37:24;Jer. 38:6]the waterless pit.

12 Return to your stronghold, O *[Jer. 31:17] prisoners of hope;

today I declare that *Isa. 61:7I will restore to you double.

13 For *[ch. 10:3,4] I have bent Judah as my bow;

I have made Ephraim its arrow.

I will stir up your sons, O Zion,

against your sons, *Gen. 10:2;Ezek. 27:13O Greece,

and wield you like a warrior’s sword.

The Lord Will Save His People

14 Then the Lord will appear over them,

and *See 2 Sam. 22:15his arrow will go forth like lightning;

*[Isa. 27:13] the Lord God will sound the trumpet

and will march forth in *Isa. 21:1the whirlwinds *[ch. 6:6]of the south.

15 The Lord of hosts *ch. 12:8;[ch. 10:5] will protect them,

and *ch. 12:6they shall devour, *[ch. 10:5] and tread down the sling stones,

and *ch. 10:7they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,

and be full like a bowl,

drenched *[Lev. 4:18,25]like the corners of the altar.

16 On that day the Lord their God will save them,

as *Ps. 100:3the flock of his people;

for *Isa. 62:3;[Mal. 3:17]like the jewels of a crown

they shall shine on his land.

17 *[Isa. 62:3,4] For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!

*[Isa. 62:8,9;Jer. 31:12]Grain shall make the young men flourish,

and new wine the young women.