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          DASV: Zechariah 9

1 "The oracle of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach
          and Damascus will be its destination.
      For the capital of Aram and all the tribes of Israel
          belong to the LORD.
2 Hamath, also, which is adjacent to Damascus.
     Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
3 Tyre built herself a stronghold,
     and piled up silver like dust,
           and gold like the mud in the streets.
4 Look, the Lord will banish her;
     he will strike down her power in the sea,
      and she will be consumed by fire.
5 Ashkelon will see it and fear;
     Gaza too will writhe with pain;
           along with Ekron, because her hopes are dashed.
      The king will perish from Gaza,
           and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
6 An illegitimate people will dwell in Ashdod,
      and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7 I will take away its blood from its defiled mouth,
           and its abominations from between its teeth.
     It too will be a remnant for our God;
          it will be like a clan in Judah,
           and Ekron like the Jebusites.
8 I will set up camp around my house as a guard,
     so that no one can march back and forth in it;
      no oppressor will pass through them anymore,
     for now I am keeping watch over it
           with my own eyes.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
     Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
      Look, your king comes to you;
     he is righteous and has salvation;
      humble and riding on a donkey,
     even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim,
          and the war horses from Jerusalem.
      The battle bow will be cut off,
          and he will proclaim peace to the nations.
      His reign will stretch from sea to sea,
          and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, because of the blood sealing your covenant,
     I have set free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope;
     even today I promise that I will repay you double.
13 For I will bend Judah like my bow;
     I have made Ephraim my arrow.
      I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
     against your sons, O Greece,
      and will make you like the sword of a warrior.
14 Then the LORD will be seen over them;
          his arrow will go forth like lightning.
      The sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet,
          and will march out with whirlwinds from the south.
15 The LORD of hosts will defend them;
          they will devour and defeat the slinger of stones.
      Then they will drink blood and be as boisterous as drunkards.
     They will be full like a bowl,
           drenched like the corners of the altar.
16 The LORD their God will save them on that day
     as the flock of his people;
      for they are like the gems of a crown,
     shining over his land.
17 For how splendid and beautiful they will be!
      Grain will make the young men flourish,
           and new wine the young women.
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