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| Zechariah 9:1 | The burden of the word of Yahweh on the land of Hadrach, and Damascus [shall be] its resting-place (for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh); | | A word of the Lord: The Lord has come to the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is his resting-place: for the towns of Aram are the Lord's, |
| Zechariah 9:2 | and Hamath, also, which borders thereon; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise. | | As well as Hamath, which is by its limit, and Tyre and Zidon, because they are very wise. |
| Zechariah 9:3 | Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. | | And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets. |
| Zechariah 9:4 | Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. | | See, the Lord will take away her heritage, overturning her power in the sea; and she will be burned up with fire. |
| Zechariah 9:5 | Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. | | Ashkelon will see it with fear, and Gaza, bent with pain; and Ekron, for her hope will be shamed: and the king will be cut off from Gaza, and Ashkelon will be unpeopled. |
| Zechariah 9:6 | A bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. | | And a mixed people will be living in Ashdod, and I will have the pride of the Philistines cut off. |
| Zechariah 9:7 | I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. | | And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his disgusting things from between his teeth; and some of his people will be kept for our God: and he will be as a family in Judah, and Ekron as one living in Jerusalem. |
| Zechariah 9:8 | I will encamp about my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes. | | And I will put my forces in position round my house, so that there may be no coming and going: and no cruel master will again go through them: for now I have seen his trouble. |
| Zechariah 9:9 | Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your king comes to you; he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt the foal of a donkey. | | Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass. |
| Zechariah 9:10 | I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace to the nations: and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. | | And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. |
| Zechariah 9:11 | As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water. | | And as for you, because of the blood of your agreement, I have sent out your prisoners from the deep hole in which there is no water. |
| Zechariah 9:12 | Turn you to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will render double to you. | | And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much; |
| Zechariah 9:13 | For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you as the sword of a mighty man. | | For I have made Judah a bow bent for my use, I have made Ephraim the arrows of the bow; I will make your sons, O Zion, take up arms against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a man of war. |
| Zechariah 9:14 | Yahweh shall be seen over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south. | | And the Lord will be seen over them, and his arrow will go out like the thunder-flame: and the Lord God, sounding the war-horn, will go in the storm-winds of the South. |
| Zechariah 9:15 | Yahweh of Hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. | | The Lord of armies will be a cover for them; and they will overcome, crushing under foot the armed men; they will take their blood for drink like wine: they will be full like the sides of the altar. |
| Zechariah 9:16 | Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for [they shall be as] the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land. | | And the Lord their God will be their saviour in that day, giving them food like the flock of his people: for they will be like the jewels of a crown shining over his land. |
| Zechariah 9:17 | For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins. | | For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins. |
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