Zec 9 | ESV | STEP | The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach and Damascus is its resting place . For the Lord has an eye on mankind and on all the tribes of Israel ,

‏ Zechariah 9

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

1 The oracle of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach
and ^aDamascus is its resting place.
For the Lord has an eye on mankind
and on all the tribes of Israel, ^{▼▼Or For the eye of mankind, especially of all the tribes of Israel, is toward the Lord}
2 ^cand on Hamath also, which borders on it,
^dTyre and ^eSidon, though ^fthey are very wise.
3 Tyre has built herself ^ga rampart
and ^hheaped up silver like dust,
and fine gold like the mud of the streets.
4 But behold, the Lord will strip her of her possessions
and strike down ⁱher power on the sea,
and ^jshe shall be devoured by fire.
5 ^kAshkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
6 ^la mixed people ^{▼▼Or a foreign people; Hebrew a bastard} shall dwell in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
7 I will take away ⁿits blood from its mouth,
and ^oits abominations from between its teeth;
^pit too shall be a remnant for our God;
it shall be like ^qa clan in Judah,
and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.
8 Then ^rI will encamp at my house as a guard,
^sso that none shall march to and fro;
^tno oppressor shall again march over them,
^ufor now I see with my own eyes.

The Coming King of Zion

9 ^vRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
^wBehold, ^xyour king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
^yhumble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 ^zI will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
and ^aathe war horse from Jerusalem;
and the battle bow shall be cut off,
and ^abhe shall speak peace to the nations;
^achis rule shall be from sea to sea,
and from ^adthe River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you also, because of ^aethe blood of my covenant with you,
^afI will set your prisoners free from ^agthe waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O ^ahprisoners of hope;
today I declare that ^aiI will restore to you double.
13 For ^ajI have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, ^akO Greece,
and wield you like a warrior’s sword.

The Lord Will Save His People

14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and ^alhis arrow will go forth like lightning;
^amthe Lord God will sound the trumpet
and will march forth in ^anthe whirlwinds ^aoof the south.
15 The Lord of hosts ^apwill protect them,
and ^aqthey shall devour, ^arand tread down the sling stones,
and ^asthey shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched ^atlike the corners of the altar.
16 On that day the Lord their God will save them,
as ^authe flock of his people;
for ^avlike the jewels of a crown
they shall shine on his land.
17 ^awFor how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
^axGrain shall make the young men flourish,
and new wine the young women.