Zechariah 9

¹An oracle. The word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach,

and Damascus is its resting place.

²and also Hamath, which borders on it;

³Tyre has built a fortification for itself,[#Hebrew “her”]

⁴Look! The Lord will drive it out[#Hebrew “her”]

⁵Ashkelon will see and will be afraid,

And the king from Gaza will perish,

⁶A mongrel people will dwell in Ashdod,[#That is, a people of mixed marriage; “half-breeds”]

⁷I will remove its blood from its mouth,[#Hebrew “his”; #Hebrew “his”]

And it too will be a remnant for our God;

⁸But I will encamp at my temple like a guard,[#Or “house”]

no oppressor will cross through them again,

⁹Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

Look! Your king comes to you;

humble and riding on a donkey,

¹⁰And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,

the battle bow will be cut down,

His dominion will be from sea to sea,

¹¹As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant,

¹²Return to the fortress,

today I am declaring that I will repay you double.

¹³For I have bent Judah as my bow;

I will set in motion your sons, O Zion,

I will wield you like the sword of a warrior.

¹⁴Then Yahweh will appear over them,

and my Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet,

¹⁵Yahweh of hosts will defend them,

they will drink, they will make noise like wine,

¹⁶And Yahweh their God will save them on that day,

for they are like the stones of a diadem,

¹⁷For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!

and new wine the young women.