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Title:       Old Testament, The
Book:        Zechariah
Author:      Various
Date:        1885

Chapter 9

     The ^6 burden of the word of Jehovah upon the land of Hadrach, and
Damascus shall be its resting-place (for ^1 the eye of man and of all the
tribes of Israel is toward Jehovah); and Hamath, also, which bordereth
thereon; Tyre and Sidon, ^2 because they are very wise.  And Tyre did build
herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the
mire of the streets.  Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite
^3 her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.  Ashkelon shall
see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for her
expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and
Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.  And ^4 a bastard shall ^5 dwell in Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.  And I will take away his
blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he
also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah,
and Ekron as a Jebusite.

[Footnote 6: Or, oracle]

[Footnote 1: Or, Jehovah hath an eye upon men and upon all the tribes of
Israel]

[Footnote 2: Or, though]

[Footnote 3: Or, the sea which is her rampart Or, her rampart into the sea]

[Footnote 4: Or, a bastard race]

[Footnote 5: Or, sit as king]

     And I will encamp about my house ^6 against the army, that none pass
through or return; and no ^7 oppressor shall pass through them any more: for
now have I seen with mine eyes.

[Footnote 6: Or, as otherwise read, as a garrison]

[Footnote 7: Or, exactor]

     Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem:
behold, thy king cometh unto thee; he is just, and ^8 having ^9 salvation;
lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.  And I
will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the
battle bow shall be cut off; and he shall speak peace unto the nations: and
his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the
earth.

[Footnote 8: Heb. saved]

[Footnote 9: Or, victory]

     As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free
thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water. ^10 Turn you to the
stronghold, ye prisoners of hope: even to-day do I declare that I will render
double unto thee.  For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with
Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O ^11 Greece,
and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.  And Jehovah shall be seen
over them; and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning; and the Lord Jehovah
will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south. Jehovah of
hosts will defend them; and they shall devour, and shall tread down the
sling-stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they
shall be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar. And Jehovah their
God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they shall be
as the stones of a crown, ^12 lifted on high over his land. For how great is
^13 his ^14 goodness, and how great is ^13 his beauty! grain shall make the
young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

[Footnote 10: Or, Return]

[Footnote 11: Heb. Javan.]

[Footnote 12: Or, glittering upon &c.]

[Footnote 13: Or, their]

[Footnote 14: Or, prosperity]