Zechariah 9:1-17 CEB

[1] A pronouncement. The LORD’s word is against the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is its resting place, for the city of Aram and all the tribes of Israel belong to the LORD. [2] Hamath also borders on it. Tyre and Sidon, indeed, each is exceedingly wise. [3] Tyre built a fortress for herself. She piled up silver like dust and gold like mud in the streets, [4] but the LORD will take her possessions away and knock her wealth into the sea. She will be devoured with fire. [5] Ashkelon will look and be afraid. Gaza will writhe in agony, and also Ekron, because her hope has dried up. The king will perish from Gaza; Ashkelon won’t be inhabited. [6] An illegitimate child will dwell in Ashdod; I will eliminate the pride of the Philistines. [7] I will remove bloody food from his mouth and pieces of unclean food from between his teeth. He will be a survivor who belongs to our God. He will be like a chieftain in Judah; Ekron will be like a Jebusite. [8] I will encamp before my house as a guard against anyone departing or returning. A slave driver will no longer pass through against them, for I have seen you with my eyes. [9] Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion. Sing aloud, Daughter Jerusalem. Look, your king will come to you. He is righteous and victorious. He is humble and riding on an ass, on a colt, the offspring of a donkey. [10] He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem. The bow used in battle will be cut off; he will speak peace to the nations. His rule will stretch from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. [11] Moreover, by the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. [12] Return to the stronghold, prisoners of hope. Moreover, declare today that I will return double to you. [13] Indeed, I myself will bend Judah as a bow; I will fill it with Ephraim. Zion, I will rouse your sons against your sons. Greece, I will make you like a warrior’s sword. [14] The LORD will appear above them; his arrow will go forth like lightning. The LORD God will blow the horn; he will march forth on the stormy winds of the south. [15] The LORD of heavenly forces will protect them. They will devour and subdue like sling stones. They will drink, mumbling like one having wine. They will be filled like a bowl, like the corners of the altar. [16] The LORD their God will deliver them on that day as the flock of his people; they will be the jewels in a crown dotting his land. [17] What is his goodness, and what is his beauty? Grain will make his young men flourish; so too wine his young women.