Berean Standard Bible

Zechariah 9:9-17

9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious,1 humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.210And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim3 and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates4 to the ends of the earth.11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.13For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece.5 I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

14Then the LORD will appear over them,and His arrow will go forth like lightning.The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s hornand advance in the whirlwinds of the south.15The LORD of Hosts will shield them.They will destroy and conquer with slingstones;they will drink and roar as with wine.And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls,drenched like the corners of the altar.16On that day the LORD their God will save themas the flock of His people;for like jewels in a crownthey will sparkle over His land.17How lovely they will be,and how beautiful!Grain will make the young men flourish,and new wine, the young women.

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1. Zechariah 9:9 Or righteous and endowed with salvation ↩
2. Zechariah 9:9 Cited in Matthew 21:5 and John 12:15 ↩
3. Zechariah 9:10 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel ↩
4. Zechariah 9:10 Hebrew the River ↩
5. Zechariah 9:13 Hebrew the sons of Javan ↩

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