ZECHARIAH
10.5
- 9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion,
- Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem;
- Behold, thy king cometh unto thee,
- He is triumphant, and victorious,
- Lowly, and riding upon an ass,
- Even upon a colt the foal of an ass.
- 10And 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.
- 11As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant
- I send forth thy prisoners out of the pit
- Wherein is no water.
- 12Return to the stronghold,
- Ye prisoners of hope;
- Even to-day do I declare
- That I will render double unto thee.
- 13For I bend Judah for Me,
- I fill the bow with Ephraim;
- And I will stir up thy sons, O Zion,
- Against thy sons, O Javan,
- And will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.
- 14And the Lord shall be seen over them,
- And His arrow shall go forth as the lightning;
- And the Lord God will blow the horn,
- And will go with whirlwinds of the south.
- 15The Lord 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 the basins, like the corners of the altar.
- 16And the Lord their God shall save them in that day
- As the flock of His people;
- For they shall be as the stones of a crown,
- Glittering over His land.
- 17For how great is their goodliness, and how great is their beauty!
- Corn shall make the young men flourish,
- And new wine the maids.
- 10Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain,
- Even of the Lord that maketh lightnings;
- And He will give them showers of rain,
- To every one grass in the field.
- 2For the teraphim have spoken vanity,
- And the diviners have seen a lie,
- And the dreams speak falsely,
- They comfort in vain;
- Therefore they go their way like sheep,
- They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
- 3Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds,
- And I will punish the he-goats;
- For the Lord of hosts hath remembered His flock the house of Judah,
- And maketh them as His majestic horse in the battle.
- 4Out of them shall come forth the corner-stone,
- Out of them the stake,
- Out of them the battle bow,
- Out of them every master together.
- 5And they shall be as mighty men,
- Treading down in the mire of the streets in the battle,
- And they shall fight, because the Lord is with them;
- And the riders on horses shall be confounded.
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