Zechariah 9:9–17

⁹Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!

Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem!

See, your King comes to you,

righteous and victorious,^d

humble and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.^e

¹⁰And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim^f

and the horse from Jerusalem,

and the bow of war will be broken.

Then He will proclaim peace to the nations.

His dominion will extend from sea to sea,

and from the Euphrates^g

to the ends of the earth.

¹¹As for you,

because of the blood of My covenant,

I will release your prisoners

from the waterless pit.

¹²Return to your stronghold,

O prisoners of hope;

even today I declare

that I will restore to you double.

¹³For I will bend Judah as My bow

and fit it with Ephraim.

I will rouse your sons, O Zion,

against the sons of Greece.^h

I will make you like the sword

of a mighty man.

¹⁴Then the LORD will appear over them,

and His arrow will go forth like lightning.

The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn

and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.

¹⁵The LORD of Hosts will shield them.

They will destroy and conquer with slingstones;

they will drink and roar as with wine.

And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls,

drenched like the corners of the altar.

¹⁶On that day the LORD their God will save them

as the flock of His people;

for like jewels in a crown

they will sparkle over His land.

¹⁷How lovely they will be,

and how beautiful!

Grain will make the young men flourish,

and new wine, the young women.