Zechariah 9 The load of the word of Yahweh. In the land of Hadrach and Damascus is His present, for toward Yahweh is the eye of humanity, and of all the tribes of Israel."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ The load of the word of Yahweh. In the land of Hadrach and Damascus is His present, for toward Yahweh is the eye of humanity, and of all the tribes of Israel." ² And, moreover, Hamath is bounded in it, Tyre and Sidon, for they are exceedingly wise." ³ And Tyre is building siege defense for herself, and is heaping up silver as soil; and she gathers gold-dust as the mud of the streets." ⁴ Behold! my Lord will evict her, and He will smite her estate in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire." ⁵ Ashkelon shall see it and fear, and Gaza also shall travail exceedingly, and Ekron--for her outlook shall be ashamed, and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be indwelt." ⁶ And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod. And I will cut off the pomp of the Philistines. ⁷ And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth. Yet he that remains, moreover, shall be for our Elohim; and he will come to be as a mentor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite." ⁸ And I camp at My house to keep the host from passing and from returning. And the exactor shall not pass over them furthermore, for now I see with My eyes." ⁹ Exult exceedingly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold! your King shall come to you! Righteous and endowed with salvation is He. Humble and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of a she-ass." ¹⁰ And He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem. And the bow of battle shall be cut off; and He will speak peace to the nations. And His rule is from sea unto sea and from the stream unto the limits of the land." ¹¹ Moreover, you, by the blood of your covenant, I send your prisoners away from a cistern without water in it." ¹² Return to the fortress, prisoners of expectation. Moreover, this day is telling, I will restore a second portion to you." ¹³ For I bend Judah for Myself; I fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will brandish your sons, O Zion, over your sons, O Javan, and make you as the sword of a master." ¹⁴ Then Yahweh shall appear over them, and His arrow shall fare forth as a flash. And my Lord Yahweh shall blow with a trumpet, and He goes with tempests of the south." ¹⁵ Yahweh of hosts shall protect them, and they devour, and they subdue the sling-stones; and they drink; they clamor as from wine; and they are full as a sprinkling bowl, as the garners of the altar." ¹⁶ And Yahweh, their Elohim, will save them in that day, as the flock of His people; for they shall be the stones of sequestration, themselves a banner waving over His ground." ¹⁷ For how good is He! And how lovely is He! Grain for choice men, and grape juice will He produce for virgins."