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Zechariah 9

Prophecies against Neighboring Nations

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

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And  aHamath also, which borders on it;  bTyre and  cSidon,  1though  2they are  bvery wise.

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For Tyre built herself a  afortress And  bpiled up silver like dust, And  cgold like the mire of the streets.

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Behold, the Lord will  adispossess her And cast her wealth into the sea; And she will be  bconsumed with fire.

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Ashkelon will see it and be afraid. Gaza too will writhe in great pain; Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded. Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

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And a  1mongrel race will dwell in  aAshdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

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And I will remove their blood from their mouth And their detestable things from between their teeth. Then they also will be a remnant for our God, And be like a  1clan in Judah, And Ekron like a Jebusite.

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But I will camp around My house  1because of an army, Because of  ahim who passes by and returns; And  bno oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.

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 aRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your  bking is coming to you; He is  1 cjust and  dendowed with salvation,  eHumble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a  fcolt, the  2foal of a donkey.

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I will  acut off the chariot from Ephraim And the  bhorse from Jerusalem; And the  cbow of war will be cut off. And He will speak  dpeace to the nations; And His  edominion will be from sea to sea, And from the  1River to the ends of the earth.

Deliverance of Judah and Ephraim

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As for you also, because of the  ablood of My covenant with you, I have set your  bprisoners free from the  1waterless pit.

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Return to the  1 astronghold, O prisoners  2who have the  bhope; This very day I am declaring that I will restore  cdouble to you.

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For I will  abend Judah  1as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O  bGreece; And I will make you like a  cwarrior's sword.

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Then the LORD will appear  aover them, And His  barrow will go forth like lightning; And the Lord  1GOD will blow the  ctrumpet, And will march in the  dstorm winds of the south.

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 aThe LORD of hosts will defend them. And they will  bdevour and trample on the  csling stones; And they will drink and be  dboisterous as with wine; And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin, Drenched like the  ecorners of the altar.

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And the LORD their God will  asave them in that day As the flock of His people; For they are as the stones of a  bcrown,  1Sparkling in His land.

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For what  1 acomeliness and  bbeauty will be  2theirs! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.



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