Zechariah

¹ The oracle of the word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward Yahweh),

² And Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.

³ And tied up silver like dust And fine gold like the mire of the streets.

⁴ And strike her wealth down into the sea; And she will be consumed with fire.

⁵ Gaza too will writhe in great pain; Also Ekron, for her hope has been put to shame. Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

⁶ And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

⁷ And their detestable things from between their teeth. Then they also will be a remnant for our God, And be like a clan in Judah, And Ekron like a Jebusite.

⁸ Because of him who passes by and returns; And no taskmaster will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.

⁹ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Make a loud shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is righteous and endowed with salvation, Lowly and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a pack animal.

¹⁰ And the horse from Jerusalem; And the bow of war will be cut off. And He will speak peace to the nations; And His reign will be from sea to sea And from the River to the ends of the earth.

¹¹ I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

¹² This very day I am declaring that I will return double to you.

¹³ I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will rouse up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece; And I will make you like a mighty man’s sword.

¹⁴ And His arrow will go forth like lightning; And Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet And will go in the storm winds of the south.

¹⁵ And they will consume and trample on the stones of a sling; And they will drink and roar as with wine; And they will be filled like a sacrificial bowl, Drenched like the corners of the altar.

¹⁶ As the flock of His people; For they are as the stones of a crown, Sparkling in His land.

¹⁷ Grain will make the choice men flourish, and new wine the virgins.