Zechariah 9

1 oracle word LORD in/on/with land: country/planet Hadrach and Damascus resting his for to/for LORD eye man and all tribe Israel

This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place— for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD —

2 and also Hamath to border in/on/with her Tyre and Sidon for be wise much

and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

3 and to build Tyre siege to/for her and to heap silver: money like/as dust and gold like/as mud outside

Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

4 behold Lord to possess: take her and to smite in/on/with sea strength her and he/she/it in/on/with fire to eat

Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

5 to see: see Ashkelon and to fear and Gaza and to twist: writh in pain much and Ekron for be ashamed expectation her and to perish king from Gaza and Ashkelon not to dwell

Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.

6 and to dwell bastard in/on/with Ashdod and to cut: eliminate pride Philistine

A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 and to turn aside: remove blood his from lip his and abomination his from between tooth his and to remain also he/she/it to/for God our and to be like/as chief in/on/with Judah and Ekron like/as Jebusite

I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

8 and to camp to/for house: home my guard from to pass and from to return: repent and not to pass upon them still to oppress for now to see: see in/on/with eye my

But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.

9 to rejoice much daughter Zion to shout daughter Jerusalem behold king your to come (in): come to/for you righteous and to save he/she/it afflicted and to ride upon donkey and upon colt son: child she-ass

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

10 and to cut: eliminate chariot from Ephraim and horse from Jerusalem and to cut: eliminate bow battle and to speak: speak peace to/for nation and dominion his from sea till sea and from River till end land: country/planet

And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

11 also you(f. s.) in/on/with blood covenant your to send: let go prisoner your from pit nothing water in/on/with him

As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

12 to return: return to/for stronghold prisoner [the] hope also [the] day to tell second to return: rescue to/for you

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

13 for to tread to/for me Judah bow to fill Ephraim and to rouse son: descendant/people your Zion upon son: descendant/people your Greece and to set: put you like/as sword mighty man

For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

14 and LORD upon them to see: see and to come out: come like/as lightning arrow his and Lord YHWH/God in/on/with trumpet to blow and to go: walk in/on/with tempest south

Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.

15 LORD Hosts to defend upon them and to eat and to subdue stone sling and to drink to roar like wine and to fill like/as bowl like/as corner altar

The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.

16 and to save them LORD God their in/on/with day [the] he/she/it like/as flock people his for stone consecration: crown to shine upon land: soil his

On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.

17 for what? goodness his and what? beauty his grain youth and new wine to bear fruit virgin

How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.