Zechariah 9
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Zechariah 9:9-17

9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey – on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.

10I will remove the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be removed. Then he will announce peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

11Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

12Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.

13I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow! I will stir up your sons, Zion, against yours, Greece, and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior’s sword.

14Then the Lord will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Lord God will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds.

15The Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar.

16On that day the Lord their God will deliver them as the flock of his people, for they are the precious stones of a crown sparkling over his land.

17How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.

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