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

The prophecy of the word of the Lord concerning the land of Chadrach, and Damascus his resting-place; for unto the Lord [will look] the eye of men, and [that of] all the tribes of Israel;

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

And also concerning Chamath that is bordering thereon, Tyre, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

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

And though Tyre have built herself a strong-hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire 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 drive her out, and he will strike down her power into the sea; and she herself shall be devoured with 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 shall see it, and fear; Gazzah also, and tremble greatly: and 'Ekron, for her trust will be made ashamed: and the king shall vanish from Gazzah, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

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

And aliens shall dwell in 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

And I will remove their bloody [-sacrifices] out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and their land also shall be left for our God, and it shall be as a prince's [dwelling] in Judah, and 'Ekron shall be like Jebusi.

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

And I will encamp about my house against armies, against those that pass to and fro, and there shall not pass over them any more an oppressor; for now do I look [on them] with my 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

Be greatly glad, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! behold, thy King will come unto thee, righteous and victorious is he, lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of a she-ass.

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 chariots from Ephraim, and horses from Jerusalem, and there shall be cut off the battle-bow, 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.

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 thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant, do I send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein there is no water.

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

Return you to the strong-hold, ye hopeful prisoners: even today do I declare, that I will recompense twofold [good] unto thee.

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 do bend Judah for me, grasp Ephraim [as] a bow; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Javan, and I will render thee as 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

And the Lord will appear over them, and then will go forth like the lightning his arrow: and the Lord Eternal will blow on the cornet, and he will go along in the tempests 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 be a shield over them; and they shall devour [the prey], and subdue the sling-stones; and they shall drink, make a noise as one [drunken with] wine; and they shall be filled like the offering-bowls, 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

And the Lord their God will save them on that day as the flock of his people; for [like] the stones of a crown, will they elevate themselves over his land.

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

For how great will be [that generation's] happiness, and how great its beauty! corn shall make the young men sing joyfully, and new wine the virgins.