Zechariah 9:9-17

9Rejoice with all your heart, people of Zion! Shout in triumph, people of Jerusalem! Look! Your King is coming to you: He is righteous and victorious. He is humble and rides on a donkey, on a colt, a young pack animal.

10He  will make sure there are no chariots in Ephraim or war horses in Jerusalem. There will be no battle bows. He will announce peace to the nations. He will rule from sea to sea and from the ⌞Euphrates⌟ River to the ends of the earth.

11I will set your captives free from the waterless pit because of the blood that sealed my promise  to you.

12Return to your fortress, you captives who have hope. Today I tell you that I will return to you double ⌞blessings⌟.

13I will bend Judah as my bow and draw my bow with Ephraim ⌞as its arrow⌟. I will stir up your people, Zion, against your people, Greece, and I will use you like a warrior’s sword.

14The Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will go out like lightning. The Almighty Lord will blow the ram’s horn and will march in the storms from the south.

15The Lord of Armies will defend them. They will destroy and trample the stones used in slings. They will drink and shout as if they were drunk. They will be filled like a sacrificial bowl ⌞used for sprinkling⌟ the corners of the altar.

16On that day the Lord their God will rescue them as the flock of his people. They will certainly sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown.

17They will be beautiful and lovely. Young men will prosper on grain, and young women will prosper on new wine.