Zec 9:8-17
8I will encamp at my house,
a garrison against invaders;
No oppressor will overrun them again,
for now I have seen their affliction.
9Exult greatly, O daughter Zion!
Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem!
Behold: your king* is coming to you,
a just savior is he,
Humble, and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.b
10He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim,c
and the horse from Jerusalem;
The warrior’s bow will be banished,
and he will proclaim peace to the nations.d
His dominion will be from sea to sea,
and from the River* to the ends of the earth.e
11As for you, by the blood of your covenant,* f
I have freed your prisoners from a waterless pit.
12Return to a fortress,*
O prisoners of hope;
This very day, I announce
I am restoring double to you.
13For I have bent Judah as my bow,
I have set Ephraim as its arrow;
I will arouse your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Yavan,*
and I will use you as a warrior’s sword.
14The LORD will appear over them,
God’s arrow will shoot forth as lightning;
The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn,
and come in a storm from the south.g
15The LORD of hosts will protect them;
they will devour and conquer with sling stones,
they will drink and become heated as with wine;
they will be full like bowls—like the corners of the altar.h
16And the LORD their God will save them:
the people, like a flock on that day;i
For like gemstones of a crown*
they will shine on the land.
17Then how good and how lovely!
Grain will make the young men flourish,
and new wine the young women.j