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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../zechariah/8.htm" title="Zechariah 8">◄</a> Zechariah 9 <a href="../zechariah/10.htm" title="Zechariah 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch45009" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn45009" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Restoration of the Land of Israel<a id="rfn45009000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45009000-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v45009001" class="ver">1</span>An oracle:<a id="rfn45009001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45009001-1">*</a> the word of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is against the land of Hadrach,</p> <p class="sl1">and Damascus is its destination,</p> <p class="sl">For the cities of Aram are the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s,</p> <p class="sl1">as are all the tribes of Israel.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009002" class="ver">2</span>Hamath also on its border,</p> <p class="sl1">Tyre too, and Sidon, no matter how clever they be.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009003" class="ver">3</span>Tyre built itself a stronghold,</p> <p class="sl1">and heaped up silver like dust,</p> <p class="sl1">and gold like the mud of the streets.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009004" class="ver">4</span>But now the Lord will dispossess it,</p> <p class="sl1">and cast its wealth into the sea,</p> <p class="sl1">and it will be devoured by fire.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009005" class="ver">5</span>Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;</p> <p class="sl1">Gaza too will be in great anguish;</p> <p class="sl1">Ekron also, for its hope will wither.</p> <p class="sl">The king will disappear from Gaza,</p> <p class="sl1">Ashkelon will not be inhabited,</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v45009006" class="ver">6</span>and the illegitimate will rule in Ashdod.</p> <p class="sl">I will destroy the pride of the Philistines</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v45009007" class="ver">7</span>and take from their mouths their bloody prey,</p> <p class="sl1">their disgusting meat from between their teeth.</p> <p class="sl">They will become merely a remnant for our God,<a id="ren45009007-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45009007-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">and will be like a clan in Judah;</p> <p class="sl1">Ekron will be like the Jebusites.<a id="rfn45009007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45009007-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009008" class="ver">8</span>I will encamp at my house,</p> <p class="sl1">a garrison against invaders;</p> <p class="sl">No oppressor will overrun them again,</p> <p class="sl1">for now I have seen their affliction.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">The King’s Entry into Jerusalem<a id="rfn45009009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45009009-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v45009009" class="ver">9</span>Exult greatly, O daughter Zion!</p> <p class="sl1">Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!</p> <p class="sl">Behold: your king<a id="rfn45009009-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45009009-2">*</a> is coming to you,</p> <p class="sl1">a just savior is he,</p> <p class="sl">Humble, and riding on a donkey,</p> <p class="sl1">on a colt, the foal of a donkey.<a id="ren45009009-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45009009-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009010" class="ver">10</span>He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim,<a id="ren45009010-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45009010-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">and the horse from Jerusalem;</p> <p class="sl">The warrior’s bow will be banished,</p> <p class="sl1">and he will proclaim peace to the nations.<a id="ren45009010-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45009010-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl">His dominion will be from sea to sea,</p> <p class="sl1">and from the River<a id="rfn45009010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45009010-1">*</a> to the ends of the earth.<a id="ren45009010-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45009010-e">e</a></p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Restoration of the People</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v45009011" class="ver">11</span>As for you, by the blood of your covenant,<a id="rfn45009011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45009011-1">*</a> <a id="ren45009011-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45009011-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl1">I have freed your prisoners from a waterless pit.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009012" class="ver">12</span>Return to a fortress,<a id="rfn45009012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45009012-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">O prisoners of hope;</p> <p class="sl">This very day, I announce</p> <p class="sl1">I am restoring double to you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009013" class="ver">13</span>For I have bent Judah as my bow,</p> <p class="sl1">I have set Ephraim as its arrow;</p> <p class="sl">I will arouse your sons, O Zion,</p> <p class="sl1">against your sons, O Yavan,<a id="rfn45009013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45009013-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">and I will use you as a warrior’s sword.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009014" class="ver">14</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will appear over them,</p> <p class="sl1">God’s arrow will shoot forth as lightning;</p> <p class="sl">The Lord <span class="tetr">God</span> will sound the ram’s horn,</p> <p class="sl1">and come in a storm from the south.<a id="ren45009014-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45009014-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009015" class="ver">15</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts will protect them;</p> <p class="sl1">they will devour and conquer with sling stones,</p> <p class="sl1">they will drink and become heated as with wine;</p> <p class="sl1">they will be full like bowls—like the corners of the altar.<a id="ren45009015-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45009015-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009016" class="ver">16</span>And the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> their God will save them:</p> <p class="sl1">the people, like a flock on that day;<a id="ren45009016-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45009016-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl">For like gemstones of a crown<a id="rfn45009016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45009016-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">they will shine on the land.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v45009017" class="ver">17</span>Then how good and how lovely!</p> <p class="sl1">Grain will make the young men flourish,</p> <p class="sl1">and new wine the young women.<a id="ren45009017-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45009017-j">j</a></p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" 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