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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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